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Stories from the UN Archive: Poetic traditions at the UN
21 March 2024
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Heba Mostafa Mostafa Rizk of Egypt at the closing of the work of the Third Committee of the 77th General Assembly. (file)
On World Poetry Day, marked on 21 March, and #ThrowbackThursday, we looked at some poetry in motion in the General Assembly’s Third Committee on social, humanitarian and…
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In Dialogue with Guyana, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures Promoting Gender Equity, Ask About the Territorial Dispute with Venezuela and Alleged Corruption Regarding Oil Exploitation Permits
20 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Guyana on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts commended…
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UNCTAD Press Conference
20 March 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of the First Global Supply Chain Forum
Pedro Manuel Moreno, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary general (from Geneva)The. Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - Barbados (from Bridgetown)Matthew Wilson, Ambassador of Barbados to the UN and WTO (From Geneva)
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UN report details ‘climate of fear’ in Russian occupied areas of Ukraine
20 March 2024
UNOCHA/Oleksandr Ratushniak
Deminers clear a previously occupied area near the front line between Mykolaiv and Kherson in southern Ukraine.
Russia has instilled a pervasive atmosphere of fear in the occupied regions of Ukraine, perpetrating egregious violations of international humanitarian and human…
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‘Currently unsafe to return’ to Belarus, Human Rights Council hears
20 March 2024
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Protestors at the March of Peace and Independence in Minsk, Belarus in 2020. (file)
With the number of political prisoners growing and a shutdown of civic space, people in Belarus are being deprived of their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and more, a new UN human rights…
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UNRWA review panel presents interim findings to Secretary-General
20 March 2024
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Catherine Colonna, Chair of the Independent Review Group on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), briefs reporters at UN Headquarters.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has received the interim findings of an independent panel conducting an assessment of UNRWA, the UN…
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Accountability essential to counter human rights abuse in DPR Korea
20 March 2024
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Flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea fly in Pyongyang.
The UN’s deputy human rights chief on Wednesday underscored the need to ensure accountability for ongoing serious violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), stressing that it would also benefit…
