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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for Elevating Gender Equality to the National Level, Raise Questions on the Treatment of Women Human Rights Defenders and on Human Tra

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend the Lao People’s Democratic Republic for Elevating Gender Equality to the National Level, Raise Questions on the Treatment of Women Human Rights Defenders and on Human Trafficking 08 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of…

Artificial intelligence: rooting out bias and stereotypes

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Artificial intelligence: rooting out bias and stereotypes 08 October 2024 UN Women/Geno Ochieng Girls attend a robotics bootcamp in Rwanda. As online tools using various forms of artificial intelligence become increasingly common, calls are growing for more action to ensure that they do not create or perpetuate stereotypes and gender bias…

Explainer: How UN peacekeepers meet the challenge of escalating conflict in Lebanon

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: How UN peacekeepers meet the challenge of escalating conflict in Lebanon 08 October 2024 © UNIFIL/Pasqual Gorriz UNIFIL peacekeepers patrol between Ras Naqoura and Labounieh along the Blue Line in southwestern Lebanon. (file) The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been operating along the “Blue Line” which separates Lebanon and Israel since the 1970s, and its mandate was just…

Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza 08 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar A woman walks past a destroyed building in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese capital. UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear…

‘Indescribable’ pain following year of war in Gaza

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Indescribable’ pain following year of war in Gaza 08 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Themba Linden A woman cleans the floor of a destroyed building in Gaza. A Palestinian man living in a refugee camp in northern Gaza has talked of the ‘indescribable’ pain he has experienced over the past year as the conflict in the beleaguered enclave continues…

Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns 08 October 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in the Middle East. Two bills before the Israeli parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of UN Palestine relief agency, UNRWA, which has been indispensable and irreplaceable “more than ever” over…

‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Families ran for their lives’: Syria receives 250,000 refugees fleeing Lebanon 08 October 2024 © UNHCR/Houssam Hariri Families flee into Syria following airstrikes in Lebanon. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded an urgent visit to Syria, highlighting the plight of 250,000 people who have crossed into the country fleeing airstrikes in Lebanon. …

‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo 08 October 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region. The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has remained “alarming” amid ongoing…

UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief warns of ‘widespread and systematic’ torture of Ukrainian POWs 08 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy Debris is cleared following an attack on in Kharkiv City on 22 September 2024, As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its 1,000-day mark, the UN’s top human rights official reiterated his call for Russia to cease its attack immediately and comply with its…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 08 October 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Human Rights Council.War in…