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Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Legal protection essential for people displaced by climate change: UN expert 27 June 2023 © IOM/Muse Mohammed A family displaced by prolonged drought in Ethiopia now live in a makeshift tent in Mogadishu, Somalia. An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human…

Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access 27 June 2023 © UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune A mother and her four daughters arrive in Chad from Sudan. Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those fleeing expected to surpass projections while aid access remains extremely uncertain, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on…

Top UN official urges Israeli, Palestinian leaders to ‘put on the brakes’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Top UN official urges Israeli, Palestinian leaders to ‘put on the brakes’ 27 June 2023 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A 15-year-old girl at home in the Gaza Strip. Unless decisive steps are swiftly taken to rein in Israeli-Palestinian violence, there is a “significant risk” that the situation could deteriorate, the top UN Middle East official told the Security Council on Tuesday…

‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double 27 June 2023 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A girl walks through rubble in the courtyard of a school destroyed by bombing in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (file) Violations of international law regarding children and armed conflict continued to have a “devastating impact”, the UN’s top official on the issue said on…

WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans 27 June 2023 ADB/T. Гиорбелидзе «Гендерное равенство в науке жизненно важно для построения лучшего будущего для всех». While no longer a global emergency, COVID-19’s lasting effects alongside such other threats as mpox and seasonal heat waves may still prove challenging for Europe through the summer months, the…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants         

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants          26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and concluded an interactive dialogue with…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Starts Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Starts Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants 26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and started an…

Preventing ‘contagion of atrocities’ hinges on responsibility to protect

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Preventing ‘contagion of atrocities’ hinges on responsibility to protect 26 June 2023 TANBAT6/Kapteni Mwijage The Tanzania Peacekeeping Force, TANBAT 6 serving under the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) provides clean water to communities in Berberati in Mambéré-Kadéï region. For “countless civilians” caught in current conflicts around the world, taking…

UN refugee agency predicts spike in resettlement needs next year

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN refugee agency predicts spike in resettlement needs next year 26 June 2023 © UNHCR/Lilly Carlisle Refugees from Kiziba camp in Rwanda prepare for resettlement to Norway. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is anticipating a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year.…

Horn of Africa: Around 60 million in urgent humanitarian need

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Horn of Africa: Around 60 million in urgent humanitarian need 26 June 2023 世界粮食计划署/Melese Awoke 世界粮食计划署继续在埃塞俄比亚索马里地区分发粮食。 Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million urgently in need of help, UN humanitarian agencies warned on Monday.…