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UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death 09 August 2024 UNIS Vienna Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action +30 Symposium. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior officials whose public statements on…

Evacuation orders this week affect thousands in north and south Gaza

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Evacuation orders this week affect thousands in north and south Gaza 09 August 2024 © UNRWA لقد تم تدمير جزء كبير من قطاع غزة خلال الصراع. At least 60,000 Palestinians have moved towards western Khan Younis in Gaza in the past 72 hours following three evacuation orders this week, the UN and humanitarian partners reported on Friday.…

Sudan’s displaced millions face escalating hardship amid war and floods

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s displaced millions face escalating hardship amid war and floods 09 August 2024 © UNHCR/Ayem Alfadil Displaced women carry their belongings through a flooded gathering site near Kassala, Sudan. Millions of displaced people in Sudan, already suffering from the devastating impact of a nearly 16-month-long war, are now grappling with worsening conditions due to heavy seasonal rains and…

World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks condemned, new cybercrime treaty, ‘alarmingly high’ executions in Iran

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks condemned, new cybercrime treaty, ‘alarmingly high’ executions in Iran 09 August 2024 © UNOCHA/Saviano Abreu Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, speaks to alocal community leader in Chasiv Yar Town in Donetsk Region in October 2023. The outgoing UN senior humanitarian official in Ukraine condemned a deadly Russian attack on Friday…

UN counter-terrorism chief highlights Da’esh surge, calling for global action

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN counter-terrorism chief highlights Da’esh surge, calling for global action 08 August 2024 UN Photo/Stuart Price The skyline beyond the northern suburbs of Mogadishu is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a hotel in Somalia. Islamic State (ISIL/Da’esh) and its affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in several parts of Africa, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, resulting…

Upcoming elections in Cameroon mark a ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Upcoming elections in Cameroon mark a ‘key opportunity’ to commit to human rights: UN human rights chief 08 August 2024 © OHCHR/Ravina Shamdasani UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on official mission to Cameroon. Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in their upcoming 2025 and 2026 elections, stressed the…

UN rights chief ‘deeply troubled’ by dissolution of Thailand’s Move Forward Party

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief ‘deeply troubled’ by dissolution of Thailand’s Move Forward Party 08 August 2024 UN Photo/Mark Garten Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an interview with UN News. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that a decision of the Constitutional Court in Thailand to dissolve the country’s largest political party was deeply troubling…

Gaza: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order 08 August 2024 © UNRWA A family moves possessions amidst the rubble in Gaza. Thousands of people in Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israel military issued a new evacuation order on Thursday, UN humanitarian partners on the ground have reported…

WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa 08 August 2024 © NIAID Colorized transmission electron microscopic image of mpox virus particles (red), found within an infected cell (blue), that had been cultured in the laboratory. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest…

Testing swift responses to chemical terrorism threats

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Testing swift responses to chemical terrorism threats 08 August 2024 UNODC A participant in a UNODC-supported simulation of a chemical terrorism attack in Indonesia. As the UN Security Council meets on Thursday to discuss the threat the ISIL/Da’esh terrorist group poses, a specialised UN agency has been helping nations on the ground to prepare for chemical terrorism attacks…