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Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns 30 July 2024 © Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan A woman checks on her newborn as a nurse monitors the baby's condition at a perinatal centre in Astana, Kazakhstan. Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month…

Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: UN rights chief concerned about post-election tension and violence 30 July 2024 UN News National Assembly of Venezuela in Caracas. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election.…

Security Council lifts arms embargo on Central African Republic forces

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Security Council lifts arms embargo on Central African Republic forces 30 July 2024 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe A view of the UN Security Council as members vote in favour of the draft resolution on the Central African Republic sanctions regime. The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) government forces, while calling on all nations to…

Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel 30 July 2024 © ICJ The International Court of Justice (file). UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, a group of 38 UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.…

War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike 30 July 2024 OCHA/Lokuju Peter People affected by heavy rainfall and flooding in Kassala, eastern Sudan. Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to…

World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: UAE urged to free activists, mass school closures in Haiti, aid for Sudanese refugees in Libya 30 July 2024 ©UNSPLASH/ Kamil Rogalinski A view on Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates must immediately release 43 activists who have been sentenced to life imprisonment for terror offences, independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday.…

Healthcare in Sudan ‘hanging by a thread,’ warns UN agency

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Healthcare in Sudan ‘hanging by a thread,’ warns UN agency 29 July 2024 © UNICEF/Mohamed Zakaria Families in North Darfur have moved to centres for displaced people. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday strongly denounced the increasing attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, reporting over 20 such incidents in the last two months…

UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages 29 July 2024 © UNRWA Remains of a UNRWA-run school in central Gaza after an airstrike. The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the war-ravaged enclave remains “absolutely catastrophic”, with Palestinian civilians enduring a “horrendous maelstrom of human misery…

Venezuela: Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela: Guterres calls for ‘complete transparency’ following disputed presidential election 29 July 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the media at UN Headquarters on the situation in Gaza. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has commended the people of Venezuela “for their determination to express their will peacefully through the ballot box,” his…

Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced

8 months 1 week ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced 29 July 2024 © UNRWA Palestinians continue to flee the most heavily bombarded areas of the Gaza Strip. New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in the Syrian Golan Heights, where 12 youngsters were killed over the weekend, UN humanitarians have said.…