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Panel 3 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine
04 April 2024
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State Actions on Accountability: Discussing Best PracticesAHMAD ABUZNEID, Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, said the Campaign was dedicated to ending all support for the apartheid State of Israel. The situation was dire, and powerful testimonies had been heard during the Conference as to the reality on the…
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Panel 2 of the Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine
04 April 2024
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The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Ensuring Third Party Responsibility: Perspectives from Global and Regional VoicesSAMAH SISAY, Attorney at the US Centre for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said the Centre worked to advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the United States and supported the work of the International Court of Justice into…
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Opening session of the 2024 Conference of Civil Society Organisations Working on the Question of Palestine
04 April 2024
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CHEIKH NIANG, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, welcomed the attendees and the high-level speakers to the Conference, and noted the Conference aimed to gain the attention of civil society organizations…
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Human Rights Council Adopts Seven Resolutions, Urgently Establishes a Group of Three Independent Experts on Belarus, Extends Mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus
04 April 2024
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions, urgently establishing a group of three independent experts on the situation of human…
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UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar
04 April 2024
The ongoing escalation of the conflict in Myanmar, more than three years after the military takeover, is severely affecting people across the country, with spillover effects in the region, two senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday.
The expansion of fighting throughout the country…
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Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions
04 April 2024
UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on Thursday after a 48-hour pause following Israeli forces killing seven World Central Kitchen relief workers in a convoy delivering food in the enclave, where intense Israeli bombardment and ground operations continue…
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Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’
04 April 2024
Some of Haiti’s gangs have bigger arsenals than the police as criminal groups are becoming “stronger, richer and more autonomous” by using arms trafficking to fuel their growth, according to UN experts.
The consequences have plunged the Caribbean nation into an ongoing political and humanitarian crisis.…
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Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince
04 April 2024
As a siege imposed by heavily armed gangs on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, stretches into a second month, the UN migration agency sounded an alarm on Thursday about the ever-worsening humanitarian situation.
The surge of violence since February this year has reached “unprecedented levels” resulting in…
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World News in Brief: $12 million for Haiti, Ukraine airstrikes condemned, support mine action
04 April 2024
A $12 million contribution from a UN emergency humanitarian fund will support people impacted by the violence that broke out in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in March.
“These funds will enable aid partners to reach the hardest hit,” UN Emergency Relief…
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Stories from the UN Archive: Greatest of All Time fights for peace
04 April 2024
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali took on fights outside the ring for civil rights and against war, bringing strong messages to the UN since the 1970s, so ahead of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, we looked back at what he brought to the world.
“Here’s a little Black boy from…
