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Director-General's remarks at the Celebration of Eid Al-Adha

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the Celebration of Eid Al-Adha 19 June 2024 Tatiana Valovaya Celebration of Eid Al-Adha Wednesday, 19 June 2024, at 1.00 p.m.Door 40, 2nd Floor, Building E, Palais des Nations  Ambassador Binkhothaila,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honor to join you today for the celebration of Eid Al-Adha. The Festival of Sacrifice is one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar and is a time of coming…

OHCHR Press Conference

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 19 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of report titled, “Thematic Report: Indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks during the conflict in Gaza (October – December 2023)” Ajith Sunghay, Chief of OPT Office, UN Human Rights Office

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that the Severity of Violations against Women and Girls in Afghanistan Might Amount to Crimes against Humanity, and that Nearly 18 Million Individuals Face Acute Hunger in Sudan Amidst Looming Famine

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that the Severity of Violations against Women and Girls in Afghanistan Might Amount to Crimes against Humanity, and that Nearly 18 Million Individuals Face Acute Hunger in Sudan Amidst Looming Famine 18 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, hearing that the severity of…

MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Myanmar is Being Suffocated by an Illegitimate Military Regime, Speaks of Stories of Horrific War Tactics and Brutal Atrocity Crimes

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Myanmar is Being Suffocated by an Illegitimate Military Regime, Speaks of Stories of Horrific War Tactics and Brutal Atrocity Crimes 18 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on his report on Myanmar, hearing that Myanmar was being suffocated…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 18 June 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, and Ipsos. Public support for refugeesTrinh…

Gaza: UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable death and suffering’

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable death and suffering’ 18 June 2024 UNRWA/Fadi A group of displaced Palestinians gather near a UNRWA shelter in the Nuseirat area of ​​central Gaza, cooking what little food they have. As the war drags on in Gaza, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned Israel’s “relentless” attacks across the war-shattered enclave, while repeating…

Parent, technician, farmer, merchant: What more can a teacher be?

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Parent, technician, farmer, merchant: What more can a teacher be? 18 June 2024 © UNESCO/S. Ussavasodhi Children study at a migrant learning centre on the Thai side of the border with Myanmar. On World Refugee Day, marked annually on 20 June, meet some of the multi-talented teachers and principals of migrant learning centres in Thailand along the border with Myanmar, who, with UN…

‘Nowhere is safe’ for civilians as Sudan war descends further into chaos

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Nowhere is safe’ for civilians as Sudan war descends further into chaos 18 June 2024 © UNICEF/Tariq Khalil Millions across Sudan have been driven by the conflict between rival militaries. In this file photo, a child collects water from a deep well in central Darfur. The UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday focused on the worsening crisis in Sudan as civilians continue to suffer amidst…

Systemic gender oppression in Afghanistan may amount to crimes against humanity

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Systemic gender oppression in Afghanistan may amount to crimes against humanity 18 June 2024 © UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Girls and women across Afghanistan lack access to secondary education since the Taliban takeover. The systemic oppression against Afghan women and girls is “so severe and extensive that they appear to form a widespread and systematic attack” which could amount to…

Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief

10 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Systematic terror, brutal atrocities rife in Myanmar: UN human rights chief 18 June 2024 UNICEF/Minzayar Oo An IDP camp in northern Myanmar. (file photo) The UN’s top human rights official said on Tuesday that Myanmar is in “agonizing pain”, suffocated by an illegitimate military regime which uses “horrific war tactics” and commits brutal atrocity crimes…