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Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome France’s Efforts to Combat Homophobia, Raise Questions on Violence in New Caledonia and Rules Governing Identity Checks

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome France’s Efforts to Combat Homophobia, Raise Questions on Violence in New Caledonia and Rules Governing Identity Checks 23 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of France on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts…

‘Trauma that echoes across generations’: UN highlights weaponisation of sexual violence

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Trauma that echoes across generations’: UN highlights weaponisation of sexual violence 23 October 2024 © UNICEF/Josue Mulala Conflicts and situations of instability can result in higher levels of gender-based violence against women and girls. The United Nations marked 15 years of its mandate on sexual violence and conflict with a commemoration ceremony held in New York on Wednesday.…

Gaza: Israeli strikes delay polio vaccine campaign in the north

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Israeli strikes delay polio vaccine campaign in the north 23 October 2024 UN Israeli forces struck tents sheltering displaced civilians near Al-Aqsa Hospital in an area where people from northern Gaza were told to relocate. Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza have forced the postponement of a polio vaccination campaign, the World Health…

Percentage of women killed in war doubled in 2023: UN report

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Percentage of women killed in war doubled in 2023: UN report 23 October 2024 © UNDP/Abed Zagout Women walk along destroyed streets in Gaza. The proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled last year compared to 2022, accounting for 40 per cent of all deaths in war, while UN-verified cases of conflict-related sexual violence increased by 50 per cent.…

Civilians and peacekeepers at risk, amid escalating Lebanon conflict

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Civilians and peacekeepers at risk, amid escalating Lebanon conflict 23 October 2024 © UNICEF A mother with her children shelter under a tarp in Beirut after being driven from their home. A displacement crisis in unfolding in Lebanon, as Israel’s escalating military offensive in the south and the bombing of Beirut continues to drive both Lebanese civilians as well as third country refugees…

Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts demand answers from Russia over award-winning Ukrainian journalist’s death 23 October 2024 UN Photo/Milton Grant An aerial view of the Kremlin and Red Square in the Russian Federation. (file) For more than half a year, the family of award-winning Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna have lived in torment, seeking answers about their daughter’s fate, after she disappeared while…

Syria facing alarming regional spillover, UN envoy warns

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria facing alarming regional spillover, UN envoy warns 23 October 2024 © UNICEF/Rami Nader Syrian and Lebanese families, who fled the escalating violence in Lebanon arrive in Syria. The conflict in Gaza and Lebanon is spilling over into Syria, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Wednesday…

World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UNRWA staffer killed in Gaza, Central African Republic update, terror in Türkiye, journalists face financial reprisals 23 October 2024 © UNOCHA UN agencies operating in Gaza City in May 2024. (file) A strike in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip has led to death of at least one staff member of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Wednesday…

UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas 23 October 2024 © WHO A child receives the polio vaccine in Gaza. Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 22 October 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, and the…