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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Concludes Fifty-Fourth Session
13 October 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its fifty-fourth session. In general comments and in general concluding remarks, the Council heard from a number of delegations that spoke on national positions on adopted resolutions, as well as on the recent situation in Israel and the…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
13 October 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the World Health…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Two Resolutions, Extends Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
13 October 2023
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Council Elects Seven Members of the Advisory Committee and Appoints 12 Mandate Holders
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted two resolutions, extending the mandate of the Special…
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Gaza: Nowhere to go, as humanitarian crisis reaches 'dangerous new low'
13 October 2023
Humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s order for the entire population there to leave the north, amid ongoing airstrikes and a deepening crisis. The UN chief told reporters outside the Security Council the world had to unite around the principle of protecting civilians and "finding a lasting solution to this…
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Tackling disasters means safer and fairer future for Caribbean: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
13 October 2023
Reducing the risk of disasters will not only save lives but can provide the platform to tackle inequality in places like the Caribbean, that’s according to senior UN officials in the region.
Earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic activity and other natural disasters…
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Ethiopia: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as rights probe mandate ends
13 October 2023
The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on the “staggering” level of human rights violations and mass killings that have plagued the east African nation since the Tigray conflict erupted in 2020.
The independent rights investigators’…
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International Criminal Court: Russia urged to withdraw arrest warrants for judges
13 October 2023
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday said it was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to issue arrest warrants against senior judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), following earlier warrants against its Prosecutor and Pre-trial Judges involved in examining potential war crimes in Ukraine.…
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Afghanistan: Agencies launch funding appeal for quake-hit families
13 October 2023
UN agencies are appealing for urgent funds to assist the hundreds of thousands affected by deadly earthquakes in western Afghanistan.
The region was struck by two massive earthquakes on Saturday, followed a series of aftershocks, including a major one on Wednesday that flattened several homes…
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Israel-Gaza crisis dominates close of Human Rights Council session
13 October 2023
At the concluding segment of the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Friday in Geneva, several States seized the opportunity to address the conflict engulfing Gaza and Israel, now in its sixth day.
Some 22 countries and one non-governmental organization (NGO) took the…
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Cutting disaster risk will boost equality, improve resilience
13 October 2023
Marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Friday, UN chief António Guterres called on countries everywhere to boost resilience and adaptation, to build a safer and more just future for all.
According to various estimates, up to 75 per cent of extreme weather events are currently…
