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Committee against Torture Commemorates Fortieth Anniversary of the Convention against Torture

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Commemorates Fortieth Anniversary of the Convention against Torture 14 November 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning held a high-level event to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.In opening remarks, Claude Heller, Chairperson of the Committee against Torture, welcomed…

OHCHR Press Conference

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 14 November 2024 Press Conference Announcement Renaud de Villaine, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR Diego Luna, Actor and Executive Producer of documentary “State of Silence”Santiago Maza, Filmmaker, Director of documentary “State of Silence”Thibaut Bruttin, Director General of Reporters Without Borders

COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero 14 November 2024 Maxime Pontoire A person carrying a red sun umbrella walks through a solar panel farm in France. Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role that cities, regions, businesses and financial…

Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north 14 November 2024 © WHO A young man drags water through a temporary tented camp in Khan Younis, Gaza. Intense Israeli military operations have continued in Gaza as UN humanitarians reported that multiple attempts to deliver lifesaving aid to besieged areas in the north of the enclave had been either “denied or…

Coffee, tea and cocoa costs see global food import bill soaring past $2 trillion

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Coffee, tea and cocoa costs see global food import bill soaring past $2 trillion 14 November 2024 UN Photo/Martine Perret A coffee handler holds up coffee beans in Timor-Leste. The global food import bill is projected to exceed $2 trillion in 2024 – fuelled by the rising cost of everyone’s favourite hot drinks – according to the latest Food Outlook released by the Food and Agriculture…

Middle East crisis: Live updates for 14 November

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Middle East crisis: Live updates for 14 November 14 November 2024 © WFP/Ali Jadallah Trucks carrying relief aid inside Gaza wait for authorisation to proceed. (file) Israeli military operations are blocking, denying or impeding lifesaving aid requests in Gaza on Thursday as the war there and in Lebanon continues to kill, injure and displace civilians. In an interview at UN Headquarters,…

Global diabetes epidemic reaches critical levels with 800 million cases

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Global diabetes epidemic reaches critical levels with 800 million cases 14 November 2024 © WHO/Panos/Eduardo Martino A medic checks the blood glucose level of pregnant and diabetic women at the Centre for Diabetes Assistance and Endocrinology in Bahia, Brazil. Global diabetes cases have quadrupled since 1990, affecting over 800 million adults worldwide, according to a World Health…

UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change 14 November 2024 © UNHCR/Francis Mukasa South Sudanese refugee and climate activist Opira Bosco Okot teaches school students in Uganda. UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to mobilise the world’s forcibly displaced to join the fight against global warming.…

From Declaration to action: Antimicrobial resistance initiatives centre stage at Jeddah conference

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home From Declaration to action: Antimicrobial resistance initiatives centre stage at Jeddah conference 14 November 2024 Minsitry of Health/Saudi Arabia The entrance to the Forth Global High-Level Minsterial Conference on AMR. Antimicrobial resistance initiatives are back in the spotlight as stakeholders gather in Jeddah, on the Saudi Arabian coast, a few months after a high-level meeting in New…

World News in Brief: Haiti crisis, measles surge, global torture accord turns 40

5 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti crisis, measles surge, global torture accord turns 40 14 November 2024 © UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol Children displaced by gang violence in Haiti wait in line for food. Insecurity and overlapping crises afflicting Haiti are continuing to fuel a dire humanitarian situation across the Caribbean nation, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday…