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Coups only make crises worse: Guterres

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Coups only make crises worse: Guterres 31 August 2023 MINUSMA/Marco Dormino A woman casts her vote during the 2018 election in Mali. UN chief Antonio Guterres said credible elections are vital for robust democracies together with the rule of law. Highlighting the “succession of military coups” unfolding across Africa, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday emphasized the need for…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 31 August 2023 Press Conference Announcement UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) press conference to present findings on Italy, Croatia, Uruguay, Namibia, Senegal and Turkmenistan Michal Balcerzak (Vice Chair) Régine Esseneme, Committee member Stamatia Stavrinaki, Vice Chairperson

New Permanent Representative of Philippines Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Philippines Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 31 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Carlos D. Sorreta, the new Permanent Representative of Philippines to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Germany’s Increase in Social Benefits, Raise Questions on the Guardianship Law and Coercion in Psychiatric Facilities

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Welcome Germany’s Increase in Social Benefits, Raise Questions on the Guardianship Law and Coercion in Psychiatric Facilities 30 August 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Germany, on its implementation of the…

First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Ukraine

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Ukraine 30 August 2023 © UNDP/Oleksandr Ratushniak The northern city of Chernihiv, Ukraine, has been the target of strikes since the first months of the war. Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations with the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), vividly describes what it was like spending a week in Ukraine and Moldova,…

Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists 30 August 2023 Centro de Estudios Ecunémicos Thousands of women in Mexico search for their missing children. A group of UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico to investigate and prosecute those who attack and kill women activists searching for their missing relatives…

UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece 30 August 2023 Unsplash/Анасмайстер Пожары в Афинах, Греция. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called for urgent assistance for children caught up in wildfires in Greece, considered to be the worst Europe has seen since the turn of the century…

Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances 30 August 2023 UNIC/Mexico A protest rally in Mexico City on the case of Ayoitzinapa rural school attended by the 43 disappeared students.. UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance by condemning the “atrocious crime” and urging all Member…

‘Not the time to forget’ Central African Republic

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Not the time to forget’ Central African Republic 30 August 2023 © UNOCHA/Enzo Senga Poor infrastructure and insecurity remain a major challenge for humanitarians in the Central African Republic. Pictured here is a UN convoy travelling through the Haute-Kotto Prefecture. Attacks by armed groups against security forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), combined with increased food and…

UN Women welcomes FIFA action against Spanish football federation chief

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Women welcomes FIFA action against Spanish football federation chief 30 August 2023 © Wiki/Alejandro Reguero Spanish footballer Jennifer Hermoso (right) plays with Atlético Madrid in 2018. The UN agency championing gender equality has underlined its strong stance against abuse or harassment of women taking part in sport.…