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UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights expert calls for immediate release of all Israeli hostages 17 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. The UN independent human rights expert on protection from torture on Tuesday reiterated the urgent need for all Israeli hostages held in Gaza to be unconditionally released…

General Assembly overwhelmingly passes resolution demanding end to Palestine occupation

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home General Assembly overwhelmingly passes resolution demanding end to Palestine occupation 17 September 2024 © UNRWA Debris and waste continue to pile up across Gaza. The General Assembly passed a resolution demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine within the next twelve months by an overwhelming margin on Wednesday. The vote came in the middle of its 10th emergency special session…

HRC-The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Press Conference

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home HRC-The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Press Conference 17 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Fact-Finding MissionFrancisco Cox Vial, Member of the Fact-Finding MissionPatricia Tappatá Valdez, Member of the Fact-Finding Mission

What’s going on with the world (and the future) at the UN?

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home What’s going on with the world (and the future) at the UN? 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Scene from UN Headquarters in New York It’s the season to take on global challenges, from forging a healthier planet to putting the brakes on nuclear weapons, as world leaders and leading experts land at UN Headquarters in New York in mid-September for the General Assembly’s annual High-…

Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Families collect water from a UNICEF-supported facility in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip. Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are making conditions worse by the day for people in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA…

Protect future generations from global decisions made today

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Protect future generations from global decisions made today 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Howard Elwyn-Jones In Glasgow, Scotland, people take part in a Fridays for Future demonstration for climate action, led by youth climate activists and organized on the sidelines of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Ensuring that world leaders consider the impact their actions will have on the…

The push to connect a digitally divided world and counter AI threats

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home The push to connect a digitally divided world and counter AI threats 16 September 2024 © FAO/ Fahad Kaizer Farmers in Bangladesh have access to digital platforms to reach a wider market and get better prices for their crops. A surge in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools is already improving lives but is also bringing fresh urgency to calls for regulation, as more…

Improving the way we run the world…and beyond

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Improving the way we run the world…and beyond 16 September 2024 UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The Peace Monument sculpture in the garden of UN Headquarters by the Croatian sculptor Antun Augustincic, depicting a woman riding a horse with an olive branch in one hand and a globe in the other. The UN and other bodies set up in the wake of World War Two, are struggling to cope effectively with today’s…

A new global peace plan for ‘uniquely dangerous’ times

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home A new global peace plan for ‘uniquely dangerous’ times 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov People watch a building on fire following a missile attack in Ukraine. (file) With conflict and violence at record levels, the UN Member States have called on Secretary-General António Guterres to come up with a template for a more peaceful, secure world. The “New Agenda for Peace” will be a…

Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable

7 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gender equality: Distant, yet achievable 16 September 2024 © UNICEF/Frank Dejongh A woman feeds a child at the Adré refugee site in the east of Chad. While progress has been made worldwide on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment, critical gender gaps remain in all 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals, according to the latest Gender Snapshot report released Monday by UN…