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DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR CONGO CRISIS: Updates as top UN official tells emergency Security Council meeting ‘we are trapped’ 26 January 2025 © UNICEF/Jospin Benekire Fighting has displaced thousands of people in eastern DR Congo, with many fleeing to camps near Goma. (file) Spiralling violence and killings in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo triggered an emergency Security Council meeting Sunday…

What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home What’s UNDOF? Why UN peacekeepers patrol the Israel-Syria border 25 January 2025 © UNDOF UNDOF units patrol Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights in the Israel-Syria border area year-round. More than 1,100 UN peacekeepers are currently deployed in the Golan, a demilitarised zone along the Israel-Syria border at what is a tense and dangerous time in the history of the region. But, why are the…

UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo 25 January 2025 UNOCHA/Francis Mweze من الأرشيف: نازحون بسبب القتال يسيرون في شوارع غوما في شرق جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية. The UN is temporarily relocating non-essential staff from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday without interrupting its operations in the country at a time heightened security concerns…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Ecuador’s Social Expenditure for Children, Ask about December 2024 Child Murders and Excessive Use of Force against Child Demonstrators

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Ecuador’s Social Expenditure for Children, Ask about December 2024 Child Murders and Excessive Use of Force against Child Demonstrators 24 January 2025 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ecuador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s social expenditure for children…

Director-General's remarks at UNESCO-IBE's Centenary Inaugural Event

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Director-General's remarks at UNESCO-IBE's Centenary Inaugural Event 24 January 2025 Tatiana Valovaya  UNESCO-IBE Centenary Celebrations Inaugural Event: “From Geneva to the World – A Journey to Transform Curriculum and Learning. UNESCO-IBE at the Heart of a Century of Innovation in Education”Friday, 24 January 2025 at 6.00 p.m.Conference Hall, Maison de la Paix Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen,It is my great pleasure to address you this evening as…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 24 January 2025 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization. Deteriorating situation in eastern Democratic Republic of…

Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Global education must integrate AI, centred on humanity 24 January 2025 © UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih Children participate in an e-learning session at the Al Seniyaa internally displaced people’s gathering site in Port Sudan. Marking the International Day of Education, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic human right and foundation for individual…

DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home DR Congo emergency: Fears that regional capital Goma faces attack 24 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。 Intensifying hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo involving the non-state armed group M23 have caused further mass displacement in the mineral-rich region, with fears that the regional capital Goma could come under attack, UN agencies warned on…

UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank 24 January 2025 © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Members of a family flee Jenin due to an escalation of violence. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank, condemning the use of “unlawful lethal force” by Israeli security forces…

Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier

2 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier 24 January 2025 UN News/Matt Wells Roadside trailers in The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. The UN independent expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday welcomed the decision by outgoing US President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous leader who has spent…