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Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2025

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2025 27 January…

Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad regime 27 January 2025 © OHCHR/Sandra Bitar Hanny Megally, member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, at a site of mass grave in the Damascus area. A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and…

Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Darfur: ICC Prosecutor urges immediate action to address atrocities 27 January 2025 © UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Mahamat Réfugiés soudanais à Adre, un poste frontière entre le Soudan et le Tchad qui constitue une aide vitale pour des millions de personnes au Soudan. (fichier) The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday called on the UN Security…

‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search ‘Hold fast to our common humanity’: UN marks 80 years since death camps were liberated 27 January 2025 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Prayers and a moment of silence at the United Nations Observance of International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to fight growing…

Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Guterres calls on US to exempt development and humanitarian funds from aid ‘pause’ 27 January 2025 世界粮食计划署/Melese Awoke 世界粮食计划署继续在埃塞俄比亚索马里地区分发粮食。 The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider “additional exemptions” to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days…

Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Director-General's remarks at the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 27 January 2025 Tatiana Valovaya International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust“Holocaust remembrance and education for dignity and human rights”Monday, 27 January 2025 at 1.00 p.m.Room XVIII, Palais des Nations Dear Mr. Ivan Lefkovits [Holocaust survivor],Ambassador Meron [Permanent…

DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search DR Congo: Battle for Goma continues as ‘volatile’ crisis unfolds 27 January 2025 联合国难民署/Guerchom Ndebo 人们走过刚果民主共和国东部戈马附近的流离失所者营地。 As fighting intensifies between the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and Congolese forces, UN chief of Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix underscored the critical state of the battle for eastern DRC’s regional capital Goma, describing the…

UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search UN officials call for ceasefire compliance after 15 people killed in Lebanon 26 January 2025 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A a 5-year-old walks amongst the ruins of houses in southern Lebanon. Top UN officials in Lebanon are calling for compliance with the ongoing ceasefire after reports that Israeli forces killed 15 people, including a Lebanese soldier, along the…

‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search ‘We have a duty to stand against intolerance’: UN human rights chief 26 January 2025 © Unsplash/Frederick Wallace Suitcases and bags confiscated from prisoners at a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps were liberated by…

Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Main Search Saints and liars: The story of American aid workers who helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust 26 January 2025 © National Archives in Krakow A German policeman checks the identification papers of Jewish people in the Krakow ghetto. Poland. Circa 1941. Long before the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941, American aid workers were fanning…