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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Concludes Thirty-Eighth Session after Adopting Findings on Türkiye, Senegal and Congo

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Concludes Thirty-Eighth Session after Adopting Findings on Türkiye, Senegal and Congo 14 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Türkiye…

New Permanent Representative of Türkiye Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Türkiye Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 14 June 2024 Presentation of Credentials Burak Akçapar, the new Permanent Representative of Türkiye to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 14 June 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the UN Environment Programme and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and followed by a briefing by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine.Update from the Assistant Secretary-General,…

World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Ethiopia must end, El Fasher crisis update, UN stands with Niger

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Ethiopia must end, El Fasher crisis update, UN stands with Niger 14 June 2024 © ЮНИСЕФ Эфиопия/М. Айен Ребека Гринспен: «Повышение устойчивости позволит Африке воспользоваться многочисленными возможностями, открывающимися перед ней в будущем». The head of the UN human rights office (OHCHR) Volker Türk on Friday called for serious measures to be taken to…

Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech 14 June 2024 UNICEF/Brown In this 2017 photograph, Rohingya refugees driven by brutal violence from their homes in Myanmar arrive in camps in Bangladesh. The UN’s top genocide prevention official warned on Friday that hate speech remains a significant threat to global peace and security, often targeting society’s most…

War in Ukraine should not be ‘new normal’, warns top humanitarian there

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home War in Ukraine should not be ‘new normal’, warns top humanitarian there 14 June 2024 © ЮНФПА в Украине / И.Херскин Харьков после обстрела. Фото из архива A surge of attacks by Russian forces on the Kharkiv area of Ukraine is causing significant civilian casualties, as well as the destruction of homes and crucial infrastructure, the top UN official in Ukraine said today, in a plea not to “…

‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution 14 June 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. A cautious welcome was given by civilians in Gaza to this week’s Security Council resolution endorsing a ceasefire for hostages…

Climate change fuels tensions in Nigeria

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change fuels tensions in Nigeria 14 June 2024 IOM/Jorge Galindo Climate change impacts continue to fuel tensions and drive displacement in Nigeria. Despite its huge potential, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, continues to grapple with a host of challenges which are impacting people’s lives and triggering conflict over key resources, a senior UN official in the country said on…

Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’ 14 June 2024 © UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene The authorities in Ethiopia stopped the circumcision of a young girl after they were alerted. The global fight to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is being undermined by the movement of some girls across national borders and beyond to undergo the procedure, the UN…

Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP

10 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP 14 June 2024 © UNRWA Children collect water in the Gaza Strip. Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the…