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Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Trailblazers: UN’s ‘founding mothers’ remind all people to stand up for human rights 20 March 2025 UN Photo A group of Japanese women examine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during a visit to the UN's interim headquarters in Lake Success, New York, in February 1950 Silence is not an option in the fight for human rights – that was the message on Thursday at an event honouring…

Free societies are good for business says UN rights chief, wrapping up visit to Kyrgyzstan

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Free societies are good for business says UN rights chief, wrapping up visit to Kyrgyzstan 20 March 2025 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. (file) Respect for human rights is not only a moral obligation but a necessity for economic stability, the UN’s top human rights official said on Thursday, during a visit to the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan…

End of eternal ice: Many glaciers will not survive this century, climate scientists say

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home End of eternal ice: Many glaciers will not survive this century, climate scientists say 20 March 2025 © NASA Earth Observatory Natural-colour satellite image of the margin of Matusevich Glacier in East Antarctica. (file) Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising hundreds of millions of people living…

Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, Russia

4 weeks 1 day ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, Russia 20 March 2025 © HRMMU/Anastasiia Honcharuk Russian attacks on thermal power plants like this one in Ukraine last year have caused immense suffering to vulnerable communities, UN humanitarians have warned. UN chief António Guterres on Thursday hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at…

UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured 19 March 2025 UNOPS UNOPS staff have been supporting the humanitarian effort in Gaza. At least one UN staffer has been killed and at least five others injured – several very severely – following an explosion at two UN guesthouses in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday…

Haitian media struggle to survive in face of attacks, revenue collapse

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Haitian media struggle to survive in face of attacks, revenue collapse 19 March 2025 UN Haiti/Daniel Dickinson Journalists attend a media conference in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. (file) An increase in attacks on media outlets in Haiti by armed gangs which control most of the capital Port-au-Prince is intended to intimidate journalists and instill chaos according to the UN agency…

Violence triggers record displacements in Haiti’s capital

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Violence triggers record displacements in Haiti’s capital 19 March 2025 © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A mother who fled her home due to gang violence is now living in a shelter in a former church hall in Port-au-Prince. In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, marking another grim record in the country’s worsening…

Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears 19 March 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres Possessions litter the floor of a bombed residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard gruesome testimony of torture, rape and execution of Ukrainian detainees and soldiers allegedly committed by Russian forces, as a high-level…

Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges

4 weeks 2 days ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges 19 March 2025 © UNICEF Renewed airstrikes have reportedly killed hundreds of people in the Gaza Strip. Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities.…

LIVE NOW: ‘Abject fear’ returns to Gaza, Security Council hears, as UN calls for urgent renewal of ceasefire and hostage releases

1 month ago Breadcrumb Home LIVE NOW: ‘Abject fear’ returns to Gaza, Security Council hears, as UN calls for urgent renewal of ceasefire and hostage releases 18 March 2025 © UN Women/Suleiman Hajji A young woman walks through the ruins of homes in Gaza. The UN Security Council met in New York on Tuesday on the Middle East crisis, exactly two months since the start of the fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal came…