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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market

3 weeks 6 days ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market 26 March 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing a General Assembly meeting. (file) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in war-torn Sudan following deadly army airstrikes in North Darfur earlier this week.…

Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’

3 weeks 6 days ago Breadcrumb Home Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’ 26 March 2025 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria. The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard “…

UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens

3 weeks 6 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens 26 March 2025 Фото ООН Взрыв мины на окраине города Лори в Южном Судане. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the peace agreement as violence escalates and reports emerge of the detention of First Vice President Riek Machar…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 25 March 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Institute on Disarmament Research, UNICEF/Giga, and the World Health Organization.Situation of children in Yemen after…

In Dialogue with Malta, Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Ask about Efforts to Establish a Stand-Alone Law on Enforced Disappearance and Prevent Disappearances of Migrants

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Malta, Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Ask about Efforts to Establish a Stand-Alone Law on Enforced Disappearance and Prevent Disappearances of Migrants 25 March 2025 Meeting Summaries Committee Experts Commemorate the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice in Argentina and the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights…

Director-General's remarks on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 25 March 2025 Tatiana Valovaya  International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2025Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 1.00 p.m.Room XXIV, Palais des NationsRemarks delivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Kira Kruglikova, Director, Division of Administration,United Nations Office at Geneva …

Director-General's remarks for the Opening of the Exhibition "Portraits of Resilience"

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks for the Opening of the Exhibition "Portraits of Resilience" 25 March 2025 Tatiana Valovaya Opening of the exhibition “Portraits of Resilience”organized by the Permanent Missions of France and the United KingdomTuesday, 25 March 2025 at 1.00 p.m.Bar Serpent, E Building, Palais des NationsRemarks delivered by Ms. Lidiya Grigoreva, Cheffe de Cabinet, Office of the Director-General, United Nations Office at GenevaExcellencies, Ladies…

Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: One in two children severely malnourished after 10 years of war 25 March 2025 © UNICEF/Alaa Noman A young child in Yemen who is recovering from malnutrition plays with a vehicle tyre. In Yemen, a decade of conflict has proved catastrophic for the country’s children living under the threat of airstrikes and staggeringly high malnutrition rates, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on…

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns 25 March 2025 UNICEF/Zammit Newborns at a maternity and childrens hospital in in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and…

Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’

4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’ 25 March 2025 UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz Details from the permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said…