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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Morocco, Norway and Ukraine

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Morocco, Norway and Ukraine 04 October 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Morocco, Norway and Ukraine.Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro, Committee Rapporteur, said the Committee held…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 04 October 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of…

Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes 04 October 2024 © UNICEF/Dar al Mussawir/Ramzi Beirut's southern suburbs have continued to be targeted by Israeli airstrikes. As Lebanon suffered another night of heavy Israeli bombing, UN humanitarians and partners described how people desperate to flee the violence found the country’s main border crossing into…

WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use 04 October 2024 © WHO/Katson Maliro A sample is taken from a person with mpox. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it has approved the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, which will boost diagnostic capacity in countries facing outbreaks of the disease.…

‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on 04 October 2024 UN News Orphaned children gathered in an open space in the the Al-Baraka Camp in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered by the grinding nearly year-long war continue to deplete the Strip…

UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools 04 October 2024 UNRWA A person pointing to a damaged building in the Tulkarem camp. (file) The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night…

UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in the Marshall Islands 04 October 2024 © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin A boy stands on a seawall that protects his family home from the rising seas in Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The UN Human Rights Council held a dialogue on Friday to examine the nuclear testing legacy in the Marshall Islands, which representatives from the Pacific…

Rights expert urges universities to respect pro-Palestinian protests

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert urges universities to respect pro-Palestinian protests 04 October 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider متظاهرون خارج حرم جامعة كولومبيا الأمريكية في نيويورك، يحملون لافتات مكتوب عليها: "نريد أن تتحرر فلسطين". Universities must respect peaceful activism and revise repressive policies targeting the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on their campuses, a UN independent human…

Gang attack in Haiti's Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gang attack in Haiti's Pont Sondé leaves 70 dead 04 October 2024 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Rampant violence and claimed many lives and displaced hundreds of thousands from their homes in Haiti. (file) An attack by a notorious gang in the town of Pont Sondé, Haiti, left at least 70 people dead on Thursday, after gunmen armed with automatic rifles opened fire, a spokesperson for the UN human…

Explainer: The journey of a UN Security Council resolution

6 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Explainer: The journey of a UN Security Council resolution 04 October 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Security Council members and delegates huddle for a discussion after emerging from closed consultations following a meeting on the situation in the Middle East in December 2023. (file) How does a Security Council resolution get adopted…