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UN report details ‘climate of fear’ in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN report details ‘climate of fear’ in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine 20 March 2024 UNOCHA/Oleksandr Ratushniak Deminers clear a previously occupied area near the front line between Mykolaiv and Kherson in southern Ukraine. Russia has instilled a pervasive atmosphere of fear in the occupied regions of Ukraine, perpetrating egregious violations of international humanitarian and human…

‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears 20 March 2024 Unsplash/Angie Bob Protestors at the March of Peace and Independence in Minsk, Belarus in 2020. (file) With the number of political prisoners growing and a shutdown of civic space, people in Belarus are being deprived of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and more, a new UN human rights…

UNRWA review panel presents interim findings to Secretary-General

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA review panel presents interim findings to Secretary-General 20 March 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Catherine Colonna, Chair of the Independent Review Group on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has received the interim findings of an independent panel conducting an assessment of UNRWA, the UN…

Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea 20 March 2024 Unsplash/Micha Brändli Flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fly in Pyongyang. The UN’s deputy human rights chief on Wednesday underscored the need to ensure accountability for ongoing serious violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), stressing that it would also benefit…

Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council 20 March 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict. Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas likely to experience catastrophic levels of food insecurity by the lean season in May, the UN Security…

First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Water key to cultivating financial independence in southern Madagascar 20 March 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Women farmers in southern Madagascar work their irrigated field of maize. Women in one of the poorest parts of rural Madagascar are growing their financial independence from men by cultivating village land and selling their produce…

Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Indonesia leads the way in taming forest fires 20 March 2024 © UN Indonesia Fires in Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Biosphere reserve, Riau, Indonesia. Some 70 million hectares of forest are affected by fires each year, causing huge environmental and economic damage. On the International Day of Forests, marked on 21 March, we look at how an innovative UN-led initiative in Indonesia is…

World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Dignity and justice key to end evil of racial discrimination, methane emissions update, Mpox latest, peacebuilding boost 20 March 2024 Unsplash/Clay Banks With 321 million francophones around the globe, diversity is at the heart of La Francophonie. Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world” the UN chief has said in his message marking the…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 20 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement Situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 19 March 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United…