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Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council demands Houthis cease attacks in the Red Sea 27 June 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Security Council members vote on a resolution concerning maintenance of international peace and security on 27 June 2024. The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded that Houthi rebels in Yemen immediately cease all attacks against merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea…

Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting 27 June 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Children is Sudan are facing widespread food insecurity. The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by leading hunger experts who warned that the country faces “the worst levels of acute food insecurity ever recorded”, with no…

MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons

9 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Increase Access to Regular Migration Pathways to Prevent Trafficking in Persons 27 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and ExpressionThe Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with…

AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - The Protection Gap of Journalists in Exile is the Result of the Failure of States to Respect their International Obligations, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council 26 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and LawyersThe Human Rights Council this afternoon began an interactive…

MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Addressing the Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur Calls on States to Respect and Protect the Bodies of Victims of Unlawful Deaths for the Purposes of Truth, Justice and Reparations 26 June 2024 Meeting Summaries  Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations, Concludes Discussion on the Human Rights of…

We’ll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home We’ll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official 26 June 2024 © UNRWA A child waits to fill water containers in Gaza. UN aid teams and partner organizations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in need despite the increasing dangers of working there, the Organization’s top aid official said on Wednesday…

World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview 26 June 2024 © ICC-CPI Al Hassan during his initial appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 4 April 2018. The International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a war crimes conviction on Wednesday against an Al Qaida-linked Malian former self-styled police chief…

From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future 26 June 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson The baking cooperative produces a range of breads and pastries. Banana bread, coconut buns and Spanish-style filled rolls are providing a cooperative of women bakers on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines with the promise of a more secure future, thanks to support…

UN hears testimony from former child soldier on brutal reality of war

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN hears testimony from former child soldier on brutal reality of war 26 June 2024 © UNICEF/Jean-Claude Wenga Young boys released from armed groups in South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, look out of a window. The UN Security Council on Wednesday heard powerful and personal testimony from a former child soldier who recounted harrowing experiences of being abducted and…

Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade

9 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade 26 June 2024 OCHA/Pierre Peron A settlement in Rakhine province, northern Myanmar. (file photo) Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a “campaign of violence and brutality” as the civil war there continues, according to an independent UN human…