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Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 04 September 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-seventh regular session from 9 September to 11 October 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 9 September under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening…

ILO Press Conference

7 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ILO Press Conference 04 September 2024 Press Conference Announcement Launch of the “World Employment and Social Outlook: September 2024 update” report Under embargo until 4 September at 11 :30 a.m. CEST (9:30 GMT) Celeste Drake, ILO Deputy Director-GeneralSteven Kapsos, Head of the Data Production and Analysis Unit, ILO

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 03 September 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 Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Trade and Development. Polio vaccination…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Argentina’s Efforts to Decrease the Infant Mortality Rate, Ask about Responses to the Child Poverty Crisis and Sexual Violence against Children

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Argentina’s Efforts to Decrease the Infant Mortality Rate, Ask about Responses to the Child Poverty Crisis and Sexual Violence against Children 03 September 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Argentina, with Committee Experts praising the State’s efforts to decrease…

Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN humanitarians ahead of polio vaccination target 03 September 2024 UN News An infant receives polio vaccination in an UNRWA clinic in Al-Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that 161,030 children under 10 have been vaccinated in central Gaza during the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, surpassing the…

Yemen: UN appeals for immediate release of staff held by de facto authorities

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: UN appeals for immediate release of staff held by de facto authorities 03 September 2024 © UNESCO/Maria Gropas The Old City of Sana'a in Yemen. Six United Nations personnel who’ve been held on “spurious” accusations in Yemen for three months by the Houthi de facto authorities must be released immediately, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Tuesday…

Venezuela: UN rights office describes pervasive ‘climate of fear’

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: UN rights office describes pervasive ‘climate of fear’ 03 September 2024 UN News National Assembly of Venezuela in Caracas. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concerns on Tuesday over the continuing “climate of fear” in Venezuela, after an arrest warrant was issued for the opposition’s presidential candidate in the country’s recent election…

WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs 03 September 2024 Photo: WHO/Jim Holmes Photo: WHO/Jim Holmes The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.  The directive covers…

New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New UN report details Nicaragua’s ongoing human rights crisis 03 September 2024 © WFP/Julian Frank Human rights violations in Nicaragua have been ongoing since 2018. The human rights situation in Nicaragua has "seriously deteriorated" over the past year, following arbitrary arrests, mistreatment of detainees, attacks on Indigenous people, and intimidation of political opponents, according…

Make AI work for everyone, UN chief says

7 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Make AI work for everyone, UN chief says 03 September 2024 UN China Secretary-General António Guterres addresses workshop on artificial intelligence and capacity building, co-hosted by the United Nations and China in Shanghai. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for global cooperation in sharing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), warning that unequal access…