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MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, Submits to General Assembly Draft International Covenant on the Right to Development for its Negotiation and Adoption, and Extends Mandate on Burundi

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Five Resolutions, Submits to General Assembly Draft International Covenant on the Right to Development for its Negotiation and Adoption, and Extends Mandate on Burundi 12 October 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning adopted five resolutions, including one in which it decided to submit to the General Assembly the draft international…

DR Congo: UN peacekeepers suspended over serious misconduct charges

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo: UN peacekeepers suspended over serious misconduct charges 12 October 2023 UN Photo/Martine Perret Peacekeepers patrol Butembo in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the security of local communities. The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, has suspended some of its peacekeepers following reports of serious misconduct.…

WMO: Global stocktake of water resources needed

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO: Global stocktake of water resources needed 12 October 2023 UN News/Anton Uspensky The Colorado River. In 2022, over 50 per cent of global catchment areas and reservoirs displayed deviations from normal conditions. The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human activity, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)…

UN-African Union cooperation a must, as landscape of conflict shifts

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN-African Union cooperation a must, as landscape of conflict shifts 12 October 2023 MINUSMA/Gema Cortes A UN peacekeeper patrols a village in Mopti, central Mali. (file) The United Nations-African Union partnership stands out as a “pillar of multilateralism”, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday, one which has continued to grow in scope and depth…

World News in Brief: Reducing disaster risk for persons with disabilities, Afghan quake latest, global aid funding off track

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Reducing disaster risk for persons with disabilities, Afghan quake latest, global aid funding off track 12 October 2023 © UNOCHA/Ali Haji Suleiman Idlib, North-west Syria: A girl helps her sister on their way home from school. Persons with disabilities are among the most marginalized in a crisis, with a mortality rate in disasters that is on average two to four times higher than persons without disa…

100,000 reasons to help: The UN migration agency at work in Armenia

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home 100,000 reasons to help: The UN migration agency at work in Armenia 12 October 2023 © IOM/Joe Lowry People who fled Karabakh wait to speak to local authorities in Goris, Armenia. Some 100,000 refugees who fled the Karabakh region are beginning to build a new life in Armenia, with the support of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), as the agency’s Joe Lowry reports from…

Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza   

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza    12 October 2023 WHO occupied Palestinian Territory Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. WHO warns that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are at a breaking point. Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday…

UN rights body extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Russia

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights body extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Russia 12 October 2023 UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré A general view of a Human Rights Council meeting. (file) The United Nations premier human rights body on Thursday extended the mandate of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Russia for a further year…

Explainer: How UN delivers life-saving aid amid crises

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: How UN delivers life-saving aid amid crises 12 October 2023 © WFP/Ali Jadallah El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) de la ONU distribuyó pan a las familias refugiadas de la violencia continuada en Gaza. What does it take to get food, medicine, emergency education, and shelter to record numbers of people in some of the most dangerous places on Earth? The UN does this around the…

WMO press conference

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home WMO press conference 12 October 2023 Press Conference Announcement State of Global Water Resources 2022 report Prof. Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General Dr Stefah Uhlenbrook, Director of Water and Cryosphere department Dr Sulagna Mishra, Scientific Officer