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10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR Press Conference 10 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement UNHCR's Annual Report Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2024 Under strict embargo until 13 June 2024 05:01 CEST Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for RefugeesTarek Abou Chabake, UNHCR Chief statistician

Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital 10 June 2024 UN Photo/Albert González Farran People continue to be displaced by conflict in Sudan. Further deadly violence in Sudan’s besieged El Fasher city has forced a major hospital to shut over the weekend after soldiers stormed the facility, prompting alarm on Monday from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) about the…

Gaza: Security Council adopts US resolution calling for ‘immediate, full and complete ceasefire’

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Security Council adopts US resolution calling for ‘immediate, full and complete ceasefire’ 10 June 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A view of the UN Security Council as members vote in favour of the draft resolution on the situation in Gaza. The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the war in Gaza, with…

World News in Brief: ‘Gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan, DR Congo rights abuses, reforestation crucial to climate fight

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ‘Gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan, DR Congo rights abuses, reforestation crucial to climate fight 10 June 2024 © UN Women Womens rights have steadily eroded in Afghanistan since 2021. The oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 is unmatched in terms of scale and generational impact, according to a new update on gender…

Support Palestinian women-led organizations at heart of Gaza aid response

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Support Palestinian women-led organizations at heart of Gaza aid response 10 June 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba A woman and child carry possessions through the streets of Rafah. The UN agency championing gender equality called on Monday for greater investment in Palestinian women-led organizations who are at the forefront of humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip.…

Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability 10 June 2024 © UNICEF/Joseph Haitian youth celebrate national Youth Day in Port-au-Prince. The crisis in Haiti has left children among the most vulnerable to extreme violence, malnutrition, poverty, and collapsing social systems there, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).…

Envoy highlights progress towards a new political landscape in Central Africa

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Envoy highlights progress towards a new political landscape in Central Africa 10 June 2024 © WFP/Jacques David In addition to battling a multidimensional humanitarian crisis, Chad is also sheltering hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees. The adoption of a new constitution in Chad alongside new inclusive dialogue in Gabon, standout as positive recent developments in Central Africa, the…

What’s going on at COSP17?

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home What’s going on at COSP17? 10 June 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The UN hosts events around the year focused on disabilities issues, including its annual observance of World Down Syndrome Day, where participants discussed the theme “Leave no one behind in education”. Hundreds of people with disabilities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society representatives alongside…

HRC Press Conference

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 10 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement 56th regular session of the Human Rights Council Omar Zniber, President of the Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Sixth Regular Session from 18 June to 12 July 2024

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Sixth Regular Session from 18 June to 12 July 2024 10 June 2024 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-sixth regular session from 18 June to 12 July 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The session will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 18 June under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening will be addressed…