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Human Rights Council Adopts Decision on Remote Participation Modalities for Hybrid Meetings, Appoints 14 Special Procedure Mandate Holders, and Concludes Fifty-Fifth Regular Session

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council Adopts Decision on Remote Participation Modalities for Hybrid Meetings, Appoints 14 Special Procedure Mandate Holders, and Concludes Fifty-Fifth Regular Session 05 April 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a decision on remote participation modalities for its hybrid meetings, appointed 14 Special Procedure mandate holders, adopted the session’s report…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 05 April 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Food and Agriculture Organization.First aid in months reaches DarfurLeni Kinzli, for the World Food…

Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel 05 April 2024 UN News A child follows/watches the recovering of bodies from under the rubble of a house in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation of civilians as a method of…

Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Aid lifeline reaches Darfur region in bid to avert ‘hunger catastrophe’ 05 April 2024 © UNICEF/Antony Spalton Displaced people in Darfur camp collecting water. (file) Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in months, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as humanitarians try to avert a “hunger catastrophe”…

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…