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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Thirtieth Session
04 March 2024
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its thirtieth session in Geneva, during which it will review the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia. Andrea Ori, Chief, Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights…
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Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis, warns UN rights chief
04 March 2024
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Men walk through a heavily damaged area of central Gaza.
Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as the UN’s top rights official warned that the war there risked morphing into a much “wider conflagration” enveloping every country in the Middle East and…
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General Assembly President condemns ‘catastrophic, unconscionable, shameful’ conditions in Gaza
04 March 2024
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A wide view of the UN General Assembly as members states meet on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Ambassadors in the UN General Assembly again discussed on Monday the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and the critical work of the UN…
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‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence, says UN Special Representative
04 March 2024
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Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, briefs journalists at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in…
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‘Mega election’ 2024 could be a landmark for democracy: UN rights chief
04 March 2024
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A voter's finger is dyed with ink after casting a vote in presidential elections.
Dozens of elections taking place this year around the world will likely be “free from hatred” and respect the will of the people, but there are warning signs that several polls may not, including…
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UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia
04 March 2024
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UNODC Executive Director Ghada Waly (second, right) at the opening of a court prison complex in Somalia.
The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly has highlighted the threats of transnational organized crime, terrorism and corruption that is plaguing…
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Human ingenuity can help to save nature, Guterres says on World Wildlife Day
03 March 2024
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Geoffroy's spider monkey, also known as the black-handed spider monkey or the Central American spider monkey.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action now to protect nature in his message to mark World Wildlife Day on Sunday…
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Roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza war: UN Women
02 March 2024
WFP/Wissam Nassar
Two women and one child in front of their house of sorts in the heart of Gaza. Apart from their appalling living conditions, Gazan parents find themselves unable to meet their children’s basic needs such as food, health and housing.
The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its…
