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MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on States and the Council to Pledge to Take Concrete and Transformative Action to Tackle Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls in Public and Political Life

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on States and the Council to Pledge to Take Concrete and Transformative Action to Tackle Gender-based Violence against Women and Girls in Public and Political Life 30 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Opinion and of…

UN space agency vigilant over threat posed by ‘near-Earth objects’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN space agency vigilant over threat posed by ‘near-Earth objects’ 30 June 2023 NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Asteroid tracks among the stars. With over 18,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) lurking beyond the stratosphere, 2,000 of which are classified as potentially hazardous, the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is using Friday’s International Asteroid Day to raise awareness across the…

Eastern DR Congo: Health system at breaking point warns WHO

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Eastern DR Congo: Health system at breaking point warns WHO 30 June 2023 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire The displacement of people in Democratic Republic of the Congo is contributing to a health crisis. Increased violence, natural disasters and disease outbreaks have fueled a deteriorating health situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a senior official with the…

UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing 30 June 2023 UN News (من الأرشيف) المتحدثة باسم المفوضة السامية، رافينا شمدساني في مؤتمر صحفي. Following a third night of riots and protests across France over the police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent, the UN rights office (OHCHR) said it was time for the country to reckon with its…

Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Time to end gender-based violence, boost role of women in politics, public life 30 June 2023 © UN Women/Johis Alarcón Activists attend a march against gender violence in Ecuador. Immense strides have been made in the quest for gender equality, but major barriers thrown up by the patriarchal system must be dismantled so women can play a fuller role in politics and public life, the UN human…

Myanmar: Military’s obstruction of humanitarian aid could be international crime

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: Military’s obstruction of humanitarian aid could be international crime 30 June 2023 © FAO/Hkun Lat A woman carries a sack of fertilizer distributed by the UN in Yin Yane Village, Monywa, Myanmar. (file) Myanmar’s military is killing civilians, destroying food and homes, and keeping the most vulnerable from receiving lifesaving aid, according to a new report from the UN human…

UN Security Council terminates Mali peacekeeping mission

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Security Council terminates Mali peacekeeping mission 30 June 2023 © MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko Peacekeepers from the Nigerien contingent of MINUSMA provide security in eastern Mali. The Security Council on Friday unanimously approved the complete withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces in Mali, although it will take six months for the final “blue helmets” to depart…

Pride Month: UN’s transgender rights campaign goes global

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Pride Month: UN’s transgender rights campaign goes global 30 June 2023 © Unsplash/Shavnya Pride parade 2023 in Washington Square Park, New York. A razor, nail polish, and beads are part of an innovative pilot project, launched by UNAIDS in India to raise awareness about gender identity during childhood, that is now unrolling across the world, as communities celebrate Pride Month,…

INTERVIEW: Policing one of the world’s ‘biggest drug trafficking corridors’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Policing one of the world’s ‘biggest drug trafficking corridors’ 29 June 2023 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Police officers staff a checkpoint on Highway 1 in the north of Thailand. A cross-border collaboration between law enforcement agencies in countries in Southeast Asia supported by the UN in Thailand is helping to tackle organized crime along one of the world’s “biggest drug…

‘The world is failing the Haitian people’ warns UNICEF chief

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The world is failing the Haitian people’ warns UNICEF chief 29 June 2023 © UNICEF/Odelyn Joseph A toddler's arm is measured to determine malnutrition at a clinic run by UNICEF, in Cité Soleil, Haiti. Immediate action needs to be taken by the international community to address conditions in Haiti, otherwise “it’s hard to imagine a decent future” for the Caribbean nation, said the head…