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Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Climate and conflict collide on the high seas: UN warns of soaring costs and delays 22 February 2024 UNCTAD Photo A Singaporean cargo ship docks in a northern European port, having navigated the busy East Asia-Europe transit. Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea coupled with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are upending international trade, inflating costs and causing…

Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit 22 February 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. Researchers have been deployed to the Middle East and requests issued to meet with Israel officials, said the head of an independent team…

'Shocking, unsustainable and desperate' conditions across Gaza, Security Council hears

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home 'Shocking, unsustainable and desperate' conditions across Gaza, Security Council hears 22 February 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe The UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. The Security Council met on Thursday at UN Headquarters in New York on the situation in the Gaza Strip, wracked by months of unrelenting war and tensions…

Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Indonesia on Successful General Elections, Raise Questions on the Job Creation Law and Religious Freedoms

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Indonesia on Successful General Elections, Raise Questions on the Job Creation Law and Religious Freedoms 21 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the second periodic report of Indonesia, with Committee Experts commending the State for its recent successful general elections…

Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Welcome Burkina Faso’s Capacity Building Efforts for Forensic Services, Ask Questions on Alleged Enforced Disappearances Involving Security Forces and Impunity for State Agents

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Welcome Burkina Faso’s Capacity Building Efforts for Forensic Services, Ask Questions on Alleged Enforced Disappearances Involving Security Forces and Impunity for State Agents 21 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Burkina Faso on additional information submitted under…

Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief 21 February 2024 © WHO/Christopher Black WHO led two crucial missions to transfer 32 critical patients from Nasser hospital, in southern Gaza on 18 and 19 February. An “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate, the head of the UN World Health Organization warned on…

UK urged to end ‘national threat’ of violence against women and girls

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UK urged to end ‘national threat’ of violence against women and girls 21 February 2024 © Unsplash/Heidi Fin مبنى البرلمان في لندن، المملكة المتحدة. The United Kingdom must take action to end all forms of violence against women and girls, having labelled it a “national threat”, a UN independent human rights expert on the issue said on Wednesday.…

World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks in Donetsk, Afghan quake costs, ‘forever chemicals’ dumped in US, benefits of multilingual education

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks in Donetsk, Afghan quake costs, ‘forever chemicals’ dumped in US, benefits of multilingual education 21 February 2024 © UNICEF Olena and her five children wait for an evacuation train at the train station in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region of Ukraine. As the war in Ukraine nears the two-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, UN humanitarians…

Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says 21 February 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters. Myanmar’s military government is becoming an even greater threat to civilians following the imposition of a mandatory draft this month, the UN independent expert…

Stories from the UN Archive: Dawn at UN Headquarters

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Dawn at UN Headquarters 21 February 2024 UN Photo/Michos Tzovaras A street sign in front of the UN Secretariat in New York City in 1979. (file) In 1951, the UN Secretariat opened for business. The slender 39-storey office tower has become the iconic symbol of the United Nations, so we dove into our archives for a look at the world’s meeting place that has grown…