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First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur 27 March 2024 © WFP/Jacques David Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. A former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled for…

Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action 27 March 2024 UN video Severn Cullis-Suzuki is a Canadian environmental activist and writer. “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…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 27 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement Report to HRC 55, “Anatomy of a Genocide”. Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on The Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967.

Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home 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.…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home 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.

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home 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…

Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza 26 March 2024 UN Human Rights Council/Sérine Meradji Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, makes remarks at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against…

UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Pashkina Buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Ukraine. (file) 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…

World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia 26 March 2024 © UNICEF/Herold Joseph The crisis in Haiti is taking a toll on health care facilities in the country. An alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is heightening the risk of a malnutrition crisis in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on…

Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

1 year ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight 26 March 2024 © WHO/Christopher Black Children are being treated in a temporary field hospital in Mouraj, a neighbourhood in the south of the Gaza Strip. Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and…