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UN's Türk urges probe into alleged sexual violence during Hamas terror attacks
06 December 2023
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday condemned serious sexual violations allegedly carried out by Hamas militants during their terror attacks in southern Israel on 7 October, while humanitarians in Gaza said conditions for civilians there had hit “rock bottom”, amid continued bombardment and mass displacement in the south…
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New York City youth give a shout out to human rights worldwide
06 December 2023
Hundreds of teenagers from New York schools on Wednesday descended on UN Headquarters to discuss mental health, education, homelessness and systematic racism, as part of the build up to this weekend’s 75th anniversary of Human Rights Day.
The event, organized by the UN human rights office (OHCHR…
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Guterres urges greater support for UN emergency relief fund
06 December 2023
Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the UN’s core humanitarian response fund to deploy quick and strategic resources to global crises globally.
He called for more support so it can expand and reach its target of $1 billion.Speaking at the annual pledging…
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World News in Brief: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar
06 December 2023
Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.
OHCHR issued a statement deploring the latest strike…
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Ukraine: Lasting toll of war, ‘beyond measure’, Security Council hears
06 December 2023
If urgent steps are not taken to end the ongoing war and its dire humanitarian consequences in Ukraine, 2024 may be even more unpredictable and destructive, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday.
Briefing ambassadors at the Security Council, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General…
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Countries uphold commitment to UN Peacekeeping at 2023 Ministerial in Ghana
06 December 2023
More than 90 countries underlined their commitment to UN Peacekeeping during a two-day conference in Accra, Ghana, that concluded on Wednesday.
The 2023 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial also saw new pledges, including of personnel and training, to meet current and future…
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OHCHR Press Conference
06 December 2023
Press Conference Announcement
HC Volker Türk press conference
Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
05 December 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the General Fisheries Commission for the…
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COP28: To save the planet, we need a just and fair renewable energy revolution
05 December 2023
The key to ensuring that communities – especially the most vulnerable – can leave fossil-fuel based economies behind, is to create space for a just transition to a green economy, clean energy advocates and representatives of indigenous groups argued on Tuesday at COP28.
As the two…
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UN cites ‘alarming surge’ in climate change over the past decade as COP28 pushes for global emissions cuts
05 December 2023
The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.”
Marked by record breaking…
