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Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Conscience "Conscience, Love and Peace" Walk the Talk

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Conscience "Conscience, Love and Peace" Walk the Talk 05 April 2024 Tatiana Valovaya The International Day of Conscience“Conscience, Love and Peace” Walk the TalkFriday, 5 April 2024, at 10.00 a.m.Building A, Room VII, Palais des NationsDelivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Lidiya Grigoreva, Cheffe de Cabinet, Office of the Director-General Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends,Happy…

Panel 4 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Panel 4 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries Ensuring Compliance with International Mechanisms After the International Court of Justice Rulings Introductory remarksTHEMBELA NGCULU, Counsellor at the South Africa Permanent Mission in Geneva, in opening remarks, said South Africa knew all too well the important role played by civil society, and it was thanks to the…

Panel 3 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Panel 3 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries State Actions on Accountability: Discussing Best PracticesAHMAD ABUZNEID, Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, said the Campaign was dedicated to ending all support for the apartheid State of Israel. The situation was dire, and powerful testimonies had been heard during the Conference as to the reality on the…

Panel 2 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Panel 2 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Ensuring Third Party Responsibility: Perspectives from Global and Regional VoicesSAMAH SISAY, Attorney at the US Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said the Centre worked to advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the United States and supported the work of the International Court of Justice into…

Opening session of the 2024 Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Opening session of the 2024 Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries  CHEIKH NIANG, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, welcomed the attendees and the high-level speakers to the Conference, and noted the Conference aimed to gain the attention of civil society organizations…

Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Urgently Establishes a Group of Three Independent Experts on Belarus, Extends Mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Urgently Establishes a Group of Three Independent Experts on Belarus, Extends Mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions, urgently establishing a group of three independent experts on the situation of human…

Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of All Time fights for peace

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of All Time fights for peace 04 April 2024 UN Photo/Teddy Chen UN Messenger of Peace and boxing legend Muhammad Ali at UN Headquarters in 1975. (file) Boxing legend Muhammad Ali took on fights outside the ring for civil rights and against war, bringing strong messages to the UN since the 1970s, so ahead of the International Day of Sport for Development…

Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince 04 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman and her child, who was born in the tent in which they sit. There are 600 families now living at the former school in downtown Port-au-Prince. As a siege imposed by heavily armed gangs on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, stretches into a second month, the UN migration agency sounded an alarm on…

UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar 04 April 2024 © UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola Une famille déplacée dans l’est du Myanmar marche près de la frontière avec la Thaïlande. The ongoing escalation of the conflict in Myanmar, more than three years after the military takeover, is severely affecting people across the country, with spillover effects in the region, two senior UN…

Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions 04 April 2024 UN News Children fill containers with drinking water in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in Rafah, southern Gaza. UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on Thursday after a 48-hour pause following Israeli forces killing seven World Central Kitchen…