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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.…

Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears 26 June 2023 MONUSCO UN peacekeepers patrol the village of Logo in Djugu territory in eastern DR Congo. A senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday that the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to deteriorate over the past three months, despite a lull in fighting…

Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand 26 June 2023 © Unsplash/Marcin Czerniawski Torture is a crime under international law, (file) UN rights experts marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Monday, by reiterating their call for an “absolute prohibition” on the use of torture during armed conflict, calling also for a push to end the…

Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session 26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-eighth session in Geneva, during which it will examine the reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, the State of Palestine and Uganda, on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political…

WHO with FAO, WFP, UNFPA hybrid press conference

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO with FAO, WFP, UNFPA hybrid press conference 26 June 2023 Press Conference Announcement Greater horn of Africa Crisis: shifting weather patterns and the changing food and health outlook Brenda Lazarus, Food Security and Early Warning Economist at FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa Dominique Ferretti, WFP Senior Emergency Officer, Regional Bureau Nairobi Michael Ebele, UNFPA Regional Humanitarian Adviser for East and Southern Africa…

Thailand: Moving from punishment to treatment of people who use drugs

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Thailand: Moving from punishment to treatment of people who use drugs 25 June 2023 UN News/Daniel Dickinson The Ozone Foundation is based in a suburb of the Thai capital, Bangkok. People who use drugs in Thailand are receiving more help to reduce the harm caused by their habit thanks to a change in formerly punitive drug laws and support from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC…

A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis 25 June 2023 UN News / David Mottershead A man gazing into the distance at the Avicenna Drug Treatment Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. There are many dangers lurking in the shadows just off the bustling streets of the Afghan capital Kabul, but none is more threatening than the drug abuse crisis that is ravaging the city,…

Ukraine’s ‘Wild West’: Rebuilding a ‘new’ Kharkiv during an invasion

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine’s ‘Wild West’: Rebuilding a ‘new’ Kharkiv during an invasion 24 June 2023 Michail Kantorovich Maxim Rosenfeld, an architect from Kharkiv. The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv had just survived another missile attack in the spring of 2022 following Russia’s full-scale invasion, when historian, architect, and documentary filmmaker Maxim Rosenfeld stood in the penthouse of a ruined office…

Sudan: OHCHR calls for ‘urgent action’ to end militia attacks on people fleeing El Geneina

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: OHCHR calls for ‘urgent action’ to end militia attacks on people fleeing El Geneina 24 June 2023 ©UNHCR/Modesta Ndubi Violence between communities in West Darfur has forced many people to flee their homes around El Geneina town. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Saturday said it was gravely concerned at reports of “wanton killings” by “Arab” militia in Sudan’s West Darfur backed…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds an Interactive Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members and Concludes a Dialogue on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds an Interactive Dialogue on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members and Concludes a Dialogue on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression 23 June 2023 Meeting Summaries       The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of…