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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
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Report to HRC 55, “Anatomy of a Genocide”.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on The Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967.
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Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report
27 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions. She said that as of March 2024, 174 States were parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.…
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OHCHR Press Conference
26 March 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of the report on obstacles to the implementation of the peace agreement in Colombia.
Antonia Urrejola, international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify obstacles to the implementation of the Colombia 2016 Peace Agreement.
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
26 March 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the…
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UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
26 March 2024
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of Russian forces.
According to the Monitoring Mission,…
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Sexual exploitation and abuse: UN intensifying efforts to uphold victims' rights
26 March 2024
The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, together with related personnel and partners, according to its latest report on the issue.
The findings published on Tuesday state that although progress has been made since…
