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From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future

4 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home From banana bread to pineapple pizzas: Women in the Philippines bake a better future 26 June 2024 Banana bread, coconut buns and Spanish-style filled rolls are providing a cooperative of women bakers on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines with the promise of a more secure future, thanks to support from the UN Development Programme, (UNDP). The Balaigay Women Producer…

Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade

4 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade 26 June 2024 Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a “campaign of violence and brutality” as the civil war there continues, according to an independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday. Since the February 2021 coup, over 5,000…

World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview

4 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: ICC convicts Malian extremist of war crimes, Sudan crisis update, UN Police Summit preview 26 June 2024 The International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a war crimes conviction on Wednesday against an Al Qaida-linked Malian former self-styled police chief who faced a range of charges, from torture to rape. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mohamed…

UNECE Press Conference

4 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNECE Press Conference 26 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement Regulating autonomous vehicles: international developmentsDmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE Richard Damm, Chair, Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles (GRVA)Francois Guichard, Secretary, Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles, (GRVA)

New Permanent Representative of Argentina Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

4 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Argentina Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 26 June 2024 Presentation of Credentials Carlos Mario Foradori, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Mr. Foradori served as Permanent…

OHCHR Press Conference

4 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 26 June 2024 Press Conference Announcement Human Rights Council thematic report on drug use, harm reduction and the right to healthTlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council that $669 Billion in Remittances from Migrants in 2023 Exceeded Foreign Investment and Official Development Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

4 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council that $669 Billion in Remittances from Migrants in 2023 Exceeded Foreign Investment and Official Development Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 25 June 2024 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers.The Human Rights Council this afternoon…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education

4 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Concludes Discussion on the Right to Education 25 June 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.  It also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

4 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 25 June 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Trade Centre, and the Human Rights Council.…

New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food

4 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food 25 June 2024 Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”. According to the latest UN-partnered IPC report on hunger levels, 96 per cent of the population – some 2.15 million people – face acute food insecurity at “…