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World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi
28 March 2024
A United States resolution to extend the mandate of an expert panel which monitors sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was vetoed by Russia in the Security Council on Thursday.
This in effect abolishes the…
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Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan
27 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided by Finland,…
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New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
27 March 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…
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First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur
27 March 2024
A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled for her life to neighbouring Chad.
Sudan, and Darfur in…
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DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’
27 March 2024
Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country,…
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Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action
27 March 2024
“What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the world grapples with climate change.
Ahead of Zero Waste Day, marked annually on 30 March since 2022, we looked back at how that simple but…
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Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began
27 March 2024
The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on Wednesday.
Satellite imagery pointed to at least 53 schools “totally destroyed”…
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With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste
27 March 2024
While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fifth of food is thrown away.
The UN Environment Programme’s Food Waste Index Report 2024 highlights…
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World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia
27 March 2024
The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small children, being killed and injured by Russian strikes.
News reports said that…
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OHCHR Press Conference
27 March 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Report to HRC 55, “Anatomy of a Genocide”.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on The Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967.
