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UN representative alarmed by sexual violence against women and girls in DRC

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN representative alarmed by sexual violence against women and girls in DRC 25 May 2023 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A mother and her children walk through a camp for displaced people in Goma, eastern DR Congo. UN Special Representative, Pramila Patten, expressed her ‘deep concern’ on Thursday over increasing allegations of sexual violence against women and girls being carried out in camps for…

Guterres: ‘We can turn the tide’ towards ending colonialism

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres: ‘We can turn the tide’ towards ending colonialism 24 May 2023 UN Photo/Ariane Rummery A renewable energy project in Tokelau, supported by UNDP, converts solar-generated power to electricity. New ideas must open fresh pathways towards finally ending the era of colonialism and to help advance sustainable development in the world’s 17 remaining colonies, the UN chief said in a video…

UNESCO names 18 new Global Geoparks

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNESCO names 18 new Global Geoparks 24 May 2023 © Ijen UNESCO Global Geopark/Alijourney Ijen Acidic Crater Lake in Indonesia. The UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed the addition of 18 new sites from around the world to its network of outstanding Geoparks, showcasing some of the most beautiful sites of natural beauty around the globe…

African free trade area could spur sustainable growth: UN chief

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home African free trade area could spur sustainable growth: UN chief 24 May 2023 © ILO/Marcel Crozet Workers at a tobacco factory in Malawi fill processing machinery with coal. (file) The robust growth that many African countries experienced before COVID-19 was lost to the pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, highlighting the need to scale up efforts towards a single…

Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network 24 May 2023 Unsplash/Johannes Plenio Carbon dioxide levels and other greenhouse gas concentrations, continued at record levels, despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A hundred and ninety-three countries have unanimously approved the creation of a global greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism, the World…

UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa 24 May 2023 © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno More people are being displaced in Somalia as a result of drought conditions. With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7…

Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide 24 May 2023 Volker Türk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. The “senseless” fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist on zero tolerance for sexual violence among their troops, the UN rights chief said on Wednesday…

Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence 24 May 2023 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee Displaced Sudanese children at a temporary shelter.. The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children, joined UN agencies on Wednesday in highlighting the urgent need to protect the rights of young people on the move, amid spiralling crises worldwide…

‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount 24 May 2023 UN News/Maher Nasser Nearly 600,000 people have visited the Holy Sites in Jerusalem since the beginning of Ramadan. Swift action is needed to prevent flare ups of Israeli-Palestinian violence and avert a looming food crisis, the top UN official in the Middle East told the Security Council on…

OHCHR hybrid press conference

1 year 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR hybrid press conference 24 May 2023 Press Conference Announcement UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk press conference with Geneva-based journalists Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights