1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
World News in Brief: ICC slams ‘unacceptable threats’, DR Congo displacement, UNEP ‘Champions of the Earth’
30 October 2023
The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday hit back at Russia’s recent decision to issue arrest warrants against senior judges, describing the move as the most notable example of “unacceptable threats and attacks” on the international judicial body…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Committee against Torture Opens its Seventy-Eighth Session in Geneva
30 October 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-eighth session, which is being held in Geneva from 30 October to 24 November, during which it will review efforts by Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
UN seeks end to ‘colossal’ humanitarian tragedy as Sudan’s military factions resume Saudi-hosted talks
29 October 2023
The United Nations has welcomed the resumption of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to end the months-long conflict between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary force which lefts scores dead and sent the northeast African country spiraling into humanitarian crisis…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Israel-Palestine crisis has ‘reached an unprecedented level of dehumanisation’: Independent rights expert
29 October 2023
The crisis sparked by the Hamas terrorist attack and ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is a "political and humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” said the UN’s independent human rights expert for the Occupied Palestinian Territory this week…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Thousands in Gaza storm UN warehouses; a sign of desperation after weeks-long ‘siege’
29 October 2023
Relief agencies warned on Sunday that civil order is starting to break down in Gaza after thousands of desperate people stormed UN-operated warehouses and other aid distribution centres in the ravaged enclave, taking wheat flour, hygiene supplies and other basic survival goods.…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Situation in Gaza ‘growing more desperate by the hour’, says UN chief Guterres
29 October 2023
UN Secretary-General António Guterres began his official visit to Nepal by extending deep condolences to the families of the 10 Nepalese students killed in the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel, and once again called for the protection of all civilians in Gaza, where, he said, “the situation is growing more desperate by the hour…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Amid ‘unprecedented escalation’ in Gaza, UN calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire
28 October 2023
The United Nations on Saturday ramped up appeals for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza after another night of ground incursions and intense bombardment by Israeli forces left healthcare facilities without electricity and civilians across the ravaged enclave virtually “cut off from the outside world”.…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Türkiye: Rebuilding lives in quake-affected communities
28 October 2023
The ancient city of Antakya, in Türkiye’s southeastern province of Hatay, was once a hub of history, culture and diversity. Today, it bears the scars of a series of catastrophic earthquakes that struck in February and an emergence of scattered signs of life.
Despite progress in clearing debris, the city…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Sixth Session in Geneva
27 October 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Bhutan, France, Guatemala, Jamaica, Malawi, Philippines and Uruguay, and provisional concluding observations on the…
1 year ago
Breadcrumb
Home
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
27 October 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International…
