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Keep pressuring Taliban amid ‘unparalleled assault’ on women’s rights

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Keep pressuring Taliban amid ‘unparalleled assault’ on women’s rights 15 August 2023 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani Women wait at a maternal health hospital, the only one of its type in Afghanistan. The head of the UN agency that champions gender equality on Tuesday urged the international community  to continue pressing for change in Afghanistan, accusing the Taliban of imposing “the most…

Sudan: Four months of conflict 'destroying people's lives and violating their basic human rights'

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Four months of conflict 'destroying people's lives and violating their basic human rights' 15 August 2023 UN Photo/Albert González Farran People continue to be displaced by conflict in Sudan. After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be taken to end the conflict which is having a “devastating impact” on people's lives, health…

New Permanent Observer of League of Arab States Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Observer of League of Arab States Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 15 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Sami Mohammad Al-Sulaiman, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United…

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

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Estonia Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 15 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Riia Salsa-Audiffren, the new Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva…

Rights experts denounce idea of ‘reformed’ Taliban two years after return to power

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts denounce idea of ‘reformed’ Taliban two years after return to power 14 August 2023 © WFP/Sadeq Naseri A family in a village in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan eat food received from the UN. More than 30 independent UN human rights experts have called for the international community to recommit to support the people of Afghanistan, in a statement issued on Monday marking two…

Disability rights threatened by bad working conditions for carers: independent expert

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Disability rights threatened by bad working conditions for carers: independent expert 14 August 2023 © Unsplash/Zhuo Cheng You El trabajo de cuidados no remunerado recae sobre las mujeres. Discussions about the “future of care in the 21st century” must prioritize working conditions and career opportunities – or else disability rights will be in jeopardy, a UN-appointed independent rights…

UN agencies continue to deliver aid in Niger

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN agencies continue to deliver aid in Niger 14 August 2023 © FAO/Luis Tato Women in Niger are practicing the sustainable harvesting of forest resources. (file) The United Nations continues to deliver aid in Niger, nearly three weeks since President Mohamed Bazoum was seized by some of his guards in a power grab…

Top UN aid official in Ukraine condemns latest wave of indiscriminate attacks

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN aid official in Ukraine condemns latest wave of indiscriminate attacks 14 August 2023 © UNOCHA/Saviano Abreu The port city of Mykolaiv, in the south of Ukraine, is being targeted with renewed shelling. An escalation of Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine has brought more death and injuries to southern regions while hampering aid operations, the UN’s top humanitarian official…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Ninth Session

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Twenty-Ninth Session 14 August 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-ninth session in Geneva, during which it would review the reports of Andorra, Austria, Germany, Israel, Malawi, Mauritania, Mongolia and Paraguay.   At the beginning of the session, Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame, Committee…

From ashes to riches: Profiting from peatland in Indonesia

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home From ashes to riches: Profiting from peatland in Indonesia 13 August 2023 UN Indonesia/Kiky Wuysang A farmer tends her crops on a peatland area in coastal West Kalimantan. Farmers in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan on the island of Borneo are adapting their agricultural techniques with a more climate-friendly approach by ending the burning of land thanks to an initiative by…