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From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia 11 June 2023 UN Photo/Fardosa Hussein A mother caring for her 11-year-old child, who was wounded by shrapnel in a mortar attack, at the General hospital in Garowe, Somalia on 27 February 2023. Fleeing armed conflict is frightening, forcing people to escape violent clashes and leave behind their homes, schools, and daily…

Century-old call for equality resonates today

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Century-old call for equality resonates today 10 June 2023 Kahlil Gibran Museum Lebanese poet and artist Kahlil Gibran was celebrated at the United Nations on the 100th anniversary of his most famous work, The Prophet, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. One of the world’s most celebrated poets is also one of the closest to the heart of the UN.…

Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade 10 June 2023 UNREC The Government of Togo and the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) destroyed 2,000 seized and obsolete weapons and 10,000 rounds of ammunition to mark the International Day of Peace. Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles for $750 and…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 09 June 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross ,…

Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office 09 June 2023 UNDP Sudan People fleeing conflict in Sudan wait at a bus station in Khartoum. Warring parties in Sudan must do more to protect civilians caught up in the conflict, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, in response to recent deadly attacks and ongoing violations.…

Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom 09 June 2023 © UNOCHA Five trucks delivered aid to Bilozerka, one of the communities worst-affected by the floods caused by the Kakhovka Dam blast in Ukraine. The humanitarian situation following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is still a “moving target”, immediate needs are “huge”, and concerns are rising for what…

UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions 09 June 2023 © WFP/Melese Awoke Wheat is loaded onto a truck heading to the Somali region in Ethiopia. Amid media reports of widespread theft of aid deliveries in Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday the immediate temporary suspension of food assistance to the country…

Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen 09 June 2023 © UNESCO/Francesco Bandarin The Old City of Sana’a, Yemen, World Heritage site. The UN rights office (OHCHR) sounded the alarm on Friday over the detention in Yemen’s capital Sana’a of followers of the minority Baha’i faith - and a subsequent sermon by a leading cleric targeting them and other religious groups…

Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations 09 June 2023 Фото МИНУСКА/Л.Гроте Миротворцы ООН патрулируют район на северо-западе ЦАР The UN on Friday announced that following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, an entire unit of 60 peacekeepers from Tanzania formerly based in the western part of the Central African Republic…

UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead 09 June 2023 MINUSMA/Fred Fath Peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali on a long-distance patrol between Gao and Ansongo. (file) The UN has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeeping patrol in Mali which left one ‘blue helmet’ from Burkina Faso dead and eight others with serious injuries…