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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo 17 March 2024 MONUSCO/Kevin N. Jordan MONUSCO peacekeepers on a trip to North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (file) The UN chief on Saturday condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes between the powerful M23…

First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before they are born

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Southern Madagascar, where girls are sold into marriage before they are born 16 March 2024 UN News/Daniel Dickinson Nodely Lehilaly regularly attends positive masculinity group sessions in his village in southern Madagascar. Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised as a wife to older men, sometimes…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 15 March 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Health Organization, the Office of the…

In Dialogue with Serbia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the State’s Improved Anti-Discrimination Framework, Raise Issues Concerning Measures to Prevent Violence against Women and to Locate Missing Persons

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Serbia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend the State’s Improved Anti-Discrimination Framework, Raise Issues Concerning Measures to Prevent Violence against Women and to Locate Missing Persons 15 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Serbia on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Reviews Reports of Nicaragua in Absence of a Delegation

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Reviews Reports of Nicaragua in Absence of a Delegation 15 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning reviewed the initial, second and third periodic reports of Nicaragua in the absence of a delegation. Committee Experts questioned Nicaragua on violence against women and girls with disabilities; emergency…

HRC Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HRC Press Conference 15 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement The Commissioners comprehensive report to HRC 15 March 2024 Erik Møse, Chair of the CommissionPablo de Greiff, CommissionerVrinda Grover, Commissioner

UN calls for united action to combat rising Islamophobia

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN calls for united action to combat rising Islamophobia 15 March 2024 © UNICEF/Ahmed Elfatih Mohamdeen Displaced girls play at a UNICEF-supported learning space in Al Salam, Sudan. Amid a rising tide of anti-Muslim hate, top UN officials condemned the scourge on Friday as the General Assembly adopted a resolution to push back against it during commemorations marking the International…

World News in Brief: Rights chief appalled at Nigeria mass abductions, ‘pervasive’ hunger in streets of Sudan, Syria child crisis

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Rights chief appalled at Nigeria mass abductions, ‘pervasive’ hunger in streets of Sudan, Syria child crisis 15 March 2024 © UNICEF Niger/Islamane Abdou Aid is distributed to displaced families who fled violence in Nigeria and have settled in Niger. (file) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday expressed outrage at the recent abductions by gunmen of…

I lost hope and will to live, in Russian jail, says Ukraine POW

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home I lost hope and will to live, in Russian jail, says Ukraine POW 15 March 2024 © EU/Oleksandr Rakushnyak With severe damage to housing, water and electricity supply, heating and public infrastructure such as schools and health facilities, the impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine on civilians is staggering. Fresh evidence of “horrific…widespread and systematic” abuse and…

Gaza: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month 15 March 2024 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children stand in front of a house demolished by a bombardment in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip... The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded weapons scattered across the enclave, UN humanitarians…