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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon and Ghana

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon and Ghana 06 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burundi and Hears Presentation by the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business…

In Dialogue with the State of Palestine, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the Creation of an Observatory to Combat Gender-Based Violence, Raise Issues Concerning the Death Penalty and Reported Targeting of Persons Exercising Freedom of Expres

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with the State of Palestine, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the Creation of an Observatory to Combat Gender-Based Violence, Raise Issues Concerning the Death Penalty and Reported Targeting of Persons Exercising Freedom of Expression 06 July 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the initial periodic report of the State of…

MORNING - High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council: Myanmar Continues its Deadly Freefall into Even Deeper Violence and Heartbreak

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner to the Human Rights Council: Myanmar Continues its Deadly Freefall into Even Deeper Violence and Heartbreak 06 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Special Rapporteur Says Member States Must Deny Myanmar Junta Weapons, Money and Legitimacy Special Rapporteur Says the Human Rights…

OHCHR - Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR - Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar hybrid press conference 06 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Press Conference of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Thomas Andrews, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Meet the robots who are making the world a better place

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Meet the robots who are making the world a better place 06 July 2023 © ITU/D.Woldu International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin meets the robots at the AI for Good Global Summit 2023 in Geneva. Meet Ameca, Grace, and Sophia, some of more than 50 robots attending the UN-driven AI for Good Global Summit, which opened on Thursday in Geneva…

Women and girls bear brunt of global water and sanitation crisis

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Women and girls bear brunt of global water and sanitation crisis 06 July 2023 © UNICEF/Bernadino Soares A six-year-old girl is carrying water from a fountain, which is far away from her house in Letefoho, Hatugau, Ermera municipality, Timor-Leste. Women and girls are primarily responsible for water collection in seven out of 10 households that lack supply, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and…

UN chief says regulation needed for AI to ‘benefit everyone’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief says regulation needed for AI to ‘benefit everyone’ 06 July 2023 © ITU/D.Woldu AI for Good Global Summit 2023 Exhibitions.. The development of artificial intelligence, or AI, “for the good of all” requires guardrails grounded in human rights, transparency, and accountability, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday…

Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’ 06 July 2023 © UNICEF A woman displaced by Violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince washes clothes in a city park. The world must act now to stem the violence and instability in Haiti, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, appealing for simultaneous action on the…

Iran nuclear deal: Despite differences, still ‘best available option’, Security Council hears

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Iran nuclear deal: Despite differences, still ‘best available option’, Security Council hears 06 July 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on non-proliferation. The international deal over Iran’s nuclear programme known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has stalled…

Myanmar atrocities and impunity must end: Türk

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar atrocities and impunity must end: Türk 06 July 2023 © UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola Maw Pray Myar holds her one-year-old daughter as she flees to safety towards the border with Thailand during a one week journey by foot in January 2022, in Kayah (Karenni) state, eastern Myanmar. The Myanmar regime’s brutal violence against civilians and its denial of life-saving humanitarian aid reflect “…