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World News in Brief: $236 billion a year profit from forced labour, Senegal election update, peacekeepers in Lebanon

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: $236 billion a year profit from forced labour, Senegal election update, peacekeepers in Lebanon 19 March 2024 © UNICEF Forced labour generates profits of $236 billion per year, according to ILO. Forced labour is happening all over the world and it’s earning criminal gangs an astonishing $236 billion a year – $64 billion more than a decade ago, UN researchers said on…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Follow-Up Dialogue on Inquiry Report of the United Kingdom

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Follow-Up Dialogue on Inquiry Report of the United Kingdom 18 March 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon held a follow-up dialogue on the inquiry report of the United Kingdom. Alexandra Gowlland, Deputy Director of the Disability Unit, Equality Hub in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom and…

OCHA Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home OCHA Press Conference 18 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement The humanitarian situation in OPT/Gaza Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. (from Jerusalem)

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Follow-Up Dialogue on Inquiry Report of Spain

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Follow-Up Dialogue on Inquiry Report of Spain 18 March 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held a follow-up dialogue on the inquiry report of Spain with representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities, of the Independent Monitoring Mechanism in Spain (CERMI), and of the State party. In the…

HRC Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 18 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement Latest report and findings of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sara Hossain, Chairperson of the Fact-Finding MissionShaheen Sardar Ali, Member of the Fact-Finding MissionViviana Krsticevic, Member of the Fact-Finding Mission

WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB 18 March 2024 © UNICEF/Vinay Panjwani A doctor checks a patient’s chest x-ray for signs of tuberculosis. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) screening and prevention programmes to protect vulnerable populations and achieve key health goals…

Explainer: What is famine?

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: What is famine? 18 March 2024 © WFP Women feed their children at a nutrition site in South Sudan. Amid growing global concerns over alarming hunger spikes in conflict-affected communities and talk of intensifying levels of food insecurity possibly leading to famine, we looked into how – and when – a famine is classified…

Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’ 18 March 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres (centre right) attends a Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still represent a clear and…

World News in Brief: Haiti aid delivery continues, South Sudan violence, pandemic treaty talks near end, Guterres on Myanmar crisis

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Haiti aid delivery continues, South Sudan violence, pandemic treaty talks near end, Guterres on Myanmar crisis 18 March 2024 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph In the heart of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, escalating violence has become a grim reality, leading to the mass displacement of women and children. Aid workers continue to deliver assistance to people in Haiti’s…

24 million Sudanese children facing ‘generational catastrophe’

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home 24 million Sudanese children facing ‘generational catastrophe’ 18 March 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdee Children displaced by the fighting and insecurity in Sudan, sheltering in Sennar in the Blue Nile state. As the war in Sudan enters its second year next month, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on Monday warned of a staggering toll of the crisis on children, with an…