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Security Council reiterates call for immediate and safe aid delivery to Gaza
02 March 2024
The UN Security Council has underscored the need to protect civilians in Gaza in the wake of the deadly incident at an aid convoy on Thursday.
Members issued a statement on Saturday expressing their deep concern over reports that "more than 100 individuals lost their lives, with…
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Sixth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Cambodia, Burkina Faso and Honduras
01 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the periodic report of Cambodia, and on additional information submitted by Burkina Faso and Honduras.Juan Pablo Albán…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
01 March 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Interparliamentary Union, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Human Rights Council.UNHCR warns…
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OHCHR Press Conference
01 March 2024
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Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (period September 2023 to January 2024)
Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Fifth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden
01 March 2024
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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland,…
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Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’
01 March 2024
Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus on Friday amid reports from the enclave’s authorities that a tenth child had died from malnutrition and dehydration.
“The official records yesterday or this morning said…
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UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique
01 March 2024
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the restive Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique following a recent surge in violence and attacks by armed groups.
More than 70,000 people have fled their homes for southern…
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World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day
01 March 2024
February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres, the UN weather agency (WMO) said on Friday.
Summarizing the state of the climate, the month ended with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere where it’s summer,…
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Myanmar: Unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty
01 March 2024
The crisis in Myanmar is a “never-ending nightmare” for the country’s people happening far away from the international spotlight, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Friday.
In a scheduled update to the UN’s top rights forum, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights explained…
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Student gastronomes plan recipe for Madagascar’s future
01 March 2024
As the world celebrates the Africa Day of School Feeding, school children in southern Madagascar are learning how to cook nutritious meals which ultimately may contribute to the longer-term development of vulnerable communities.
At Beabo Primary School in Ambovombe in the south of Madagascar, teams of…
