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Gaza: UN rights chief warns against potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN rights chief warns against potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah 12 February 2024 © UNRWA Tents of displaced people in Rafah southern Gaza UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday appealed for restraint in the face of an Israeli military incursion in Rafah, warning of the risk of further atrocity crimes in the Gaza war.…

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Fifth Session

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Fifth Session 12 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-fifth session. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it is scheduled to review the reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden. Laura-Maria Craciunean-…

First Person: ‘My eggs are too expensive to eat’ (and that’s a good thing)

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘My eggs are too expensive to eat’ (and that’s a good thing) 11 February 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Lucette Vognentseva can sell her eggs for four times the price of a local egg. Small-scale chicken farmers in the south of Madagascar are hatching a plan to boost their incomes and improve the stock of local poultry breeds, thanks to support from the UN’s Food and Agriculture…

Gender bias in science ‘deprives our world of great talent’: Guterres

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gender bias in science ‘deprives our world of great talent’: Guterres 11 February 2024 © UNICEF/Mary Gelman A Brazilian student working on a robot in Rio de Janeiro On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrated on 11 February, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed that gender equality in science is essential to building a better future for all…

A lullaby for children sleeping under bombs in Gaza

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home A lullaby for children sleeping under bombs in Gaza 10 February 2024 Oliva Films The Spanish-Palestinian singer Marwán has composed a lullaby to raise funds for UNRWA. The latest song by Spanish-Palestinian singer Marwán, one of Spain's most acclaimed songwriters, is a lullaby for the children living under Israeli bombardment in Gaza. He tells UN News about his enduring links to the…

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise the Central African Republic’s Efforts to Combat Harmful Traditional Practices, Ask about Sexual Violence against Women in the Conflict and Children’s Access to Education

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise the Central African Republic’s Efforts to Combat Harmful Traditional Practices, Ask about Sexual Violence against Women in the Conflict and Children’s Access to Education 09 February 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the Central African…

Gaza: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare 09 February 2024 © UNICEF/Abed Zaqout (archivo) Un niño herido recibe atención en el hospital Nasser en Khan Younis. The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday as it unveiled data indicating more than 350 attacks on…

Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan war leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition 09 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Ala Kheir Women at the IDP cam in Sudan A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after 300 days of war, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. “The…

Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads 09 February 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clark A newly-displaced woman at the Gymnasium Vincent, a school and sports complex in downtown Port-au-Prince. The already dire human rights situation in Haiti has deteriorated even further amid unrelenting and expanding gang violence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday…

UN Special Adviser ‘horrified’ at suffering of civilians in the Middle East

1 year 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Special Adviser ‘horrified’ at suffering of civilians in the Middle East 09 February 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Friday expressed profound horror at the ongoing situation in the Middle East, reiterating the call for a humanitarian ceasefire and protection of…