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Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics 05 April 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the media outside the Security Council on the situation in Gaza. Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid civilian casualties while also undergoing “a true paradigm…

World News in Brief: Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks, cholera testing breakthrough, ‘my health, my right’ campaign

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks, cholera testing breakthrough, ‘my health, my right’ campaign 05 April 2024 © UNHCR/Blaise Sanyila One of the many sites for internally displaced people that have sprung up in North Kivu where 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes since March 2022. The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest…

Gaza: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears 05 April 2024 © WFP/Arete/Abood al Sayd A boy carries a large bowl on his head at the Al-Qastal School in the Gaza Strip. Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the carnage in Gaza as the war enters its sixth month amid a man-made famine, Israel’s constant bombardment, targeted…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, including a Text Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Urging States to Prevent the Continued Forcible Transfer of Palestinians Within or From Gaza, and Calling on States to Cease the Sale or T

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, including a Text Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Urging States to Prevent the Continued Forcible Transfer of Palestinians Within or From Gaza, and Calling on States to Cease the Sale or Transfer of Arms to Israel 05 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning adopted five resolutions, including a text in which it…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Conscience "Conscience, Love and Peace" Walk the Talk

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Conscience "Conscience, Love and Peace" Walk the Talk 05 April 2024 Tatiana Valovaya The International Day of Conscience“Conscience, Love and Peace” Walk the TalkFriday, 5 April 2024, at 10.00 a.m.Building A, Room VII, Palais des NationsDelivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Lidiya Grigoreva, Cheffe de Cabinet, Office of the Director-General Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends,Happy…

Panel 4 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Panel 4 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries Ensuring Compliance with International Mechanisms After the International Court of Justice Rulings Introductory remarksTHEMBELA NGCULU, Counsellor at the South Africa Permanent Mission in Geneva, in opening remarks, said South Africa knew all too well the important role played by civil society, and it was thanks to the…

Panel 3 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Panel 3 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries State Actions on Accountability: Discussing Best PracticesAHMAD ABUZNEID, Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, said the Campaign was dedicated to ending all support for the apartheid State of Israel. The situation was dire, and powerful testimonies had been heard during the Conference as to the reality on the…

Panel 2 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Panel 2 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Ensuring Third Party Responsibility: Perspectives from Global and Regional VoicesSAMAH SISAY, Attorney at the US Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said the Centre worked to advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the United States and supported the work of the International Court of Justice into…

Opening session of the 2024 Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Opening session of the 2024 Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries  CHEIKH NIANG, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, welcomed the attendees and the high-level speakers to the Conference, and noted the Conference aimed to gain the attention of civil society organizations…

Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Urgently Establishes a Group of Three Independent Experts on Belarus, Extends Mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Urgently Establishes a Group of Three Independent Experts on Belarus, Extends Mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus 04 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions, urgently establishing a group of three independent experts on the situation of human…