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Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan 27 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided by Finland,…

New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 27 March 2024 Presentation of Credentials Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…

Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began   

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began    27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A young girl walks through destroyed streets in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on…

With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste 27 March 2024 © FAO/Sumy Sadurni Food waste, pictured here at Lira market in Uganda, is a significant challenge for farmers and vendors alike. While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday…

DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’ 27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire A woman in South Kivu province, DR Congo, is given a mobile phone by UNICEF so she can receive cash transfers to support her family. Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special…

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia 27 March 2024 © UNICEF/Oleksii Filippov A school in Kharkiv, Ukraine, destroyed by shelling (February 2024) The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small…

First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur 27 March 2024 © WFP/Jacques David Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled for…

Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action 27 March 2024 UN video Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist and writer. “What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the world grapples with climate change…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 27 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement Report to HRC 55, “Anatomy of a Genocide”. Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on The Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967.

Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report 27 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions.  She said that as of March 2024, 174 States were parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.…