2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Call for ‘solutions across the board’ as 79th General Assembly opens
10 September 2024
The 79th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday afternoon in New York, with incoming President Philemon Yang outlining a vision of unity in diversity and calling for deeper international cooperation to tackle a host of global challenges, including climate change, escalating conflict, and a slowdown in sustainable development…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend Iceland’s Move to Establish a National Human Rights Institute, Ask about the Implications of the Recent Immigrant Influx and Volcanic Activity in Reykjanes Peninsula
10 September 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its review of the fifth periodic report of Iceland, with Committee…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Director-General's remarks for the Opening of the photo exhibition following the High-Level Event to mark the International Day to Protect Education from Attack
10 September 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Opening of the photo exhibition following the High-Level Event to mark the International Day to Protect Education from Attack Tuesday, 10 September 2024, at 1.00 p.m.Door 40, Palais des NationsDelivered on behalf of the Director-General by Ms. Lidiya Grigoreva,…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Director-General's remarks at the "Joint Postgraduate Diploma on Peaceful Coexistence: Reinforcing Peace, Human Rights, and Development"
09 September 2024
Tatiana Valovaya
Meeting with participants of the University of Peace's course on Peaceful Coexistence Monday, 9 September 2024, at 4.00 p.m. Virtual Meeting Ladies and gentlemen,Dear friends,It is a pleasure to meet you all – albeit virtually. Let me thank the University of Peace and…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
UN peacekeepers saving lives but need stronger political support and resources, top official urges
09 September 2024
As conflicts grow more complex and armed groups increasingly weaponize low-cost technologies like improvised explosive devices and drones, UN peacekeeping missions need greater political support and resources to carry out their duties safely, a senior UN official said on Monday…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
New use of cluster bombs threatens global ban, report warns
09 September 2024
Cluster bomblets continue to kill thousands of civilians, mostly children, and the new use of this predominantly outlawed class of weapons is threatening efforts to universally ban them, according to a new report published on Monday.
Civilians accounted for 93 per cent of the global casualties from…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Reconnect with our common humanity and reject ‘treacherous new normal’
09 September 2024
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his annual global update on Monday, urging the international community to reject a “new normal” that upholds entrenched power structures at the expense of our common humanity.
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Outgoing General Assembly president ‘bullish on the UN’, despite mounting crises
09 September 2024
A milestone declaration to accelerate investment in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as three resolutions on the Gaza conflict were among the achievements of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, outgoing president Dennis Francis said on Monday in New York.…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class
09 September 2024
Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing war continues to deprive hundreds of thousands of children of this fundamental right, UN agencies have warned.
Almost 625,000 children in the enclave have already lost an entire school year following the 7 October…
2 months ago
Breadcrumb
Home
‘Incalculable cost’ of conflict on the lives of children
09 September 2024
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of attacks on students, teachers and schools, resulting in an “incalculable cost” for children affected by conflict around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message commemorating the International Day to Protect Education from Attack on Monday…
