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World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Nearly a million children displaced in Gaza, Guatemala ‘coup’ concerns, ‘enduring menace’ of genocide 09 December 2023 © UNICEF/Abed Zaqout Families continue to shelter at UNRWA in Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. UN humanitarians in war-ravaged Gaza are “hanging on by our fingertips” with civil society on the brink of full-blown collapse, they warned on…

Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in hearts of people’

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories from the UN Archive: Human rights must come ‘in hearts of people’ 09 December 2023 UN Photo Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Universal Declaration of Human Rights poster in English in 1949. (file) The American diplomat, activist and former First Lady of the United States, who is widely regarded as the driving force behind the establishment of the global principles of…

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Concludes Thirty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and São Tomé and Príncipe

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Concludes Thirty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and São Tomé and Príncipe 08 December 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Eleventh Session, Issues Concluding Observations on the Reports of Bolivia, Bulgaria, Germany, Morocco, South Africa and Viet Nam

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Eleventh Session, Issues Concluding Observations on the Reports of Bolivia, Bulgaria, Germany, Morocco, South Africa and Viet Nam 08 December 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and eleventh session, during which it reviewed the reports of Bolivia, Bulgaria,…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 08 December 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Haiti, spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 08 December 2023 Press Conference Announcement UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to present findings on Bolivia, Morocco, Germany, South Africa, Bulgaria and Viet Nam Verene Shepherd, Chairperson Mehrdad Payandeh, Committee Member Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen, Committee Member Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad, Committee Member

Gaza humanitarian disaster heralds 'breakdown' of society

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza humanitarian disaster heralds 'breakdown' of society 08 December 2023 © WHO Thousands of families are sheltering in camps in southern Gaza. As intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza and fighting with Palestinian armed groups continued to impede aid operations, reports on the ground of children begging for water and people cutting down telephone poles for firewood indicated that “…

Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Homicide a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined 08 December 2023 © Unsplash/David von Diemar Globally, homicide is a bigger killer than armed conflict and terrorism combined. More people were killed due to homicide than armed conflict and terrorism combined in 2021, with an average of 52 lives lost per hour worldwide, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a…

Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Stories of courage and dedication: Humanitarians on Gaza’s front line 08 December 2023 © PRCS Mouhammed, director of emergency and disaster management at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Gaza Strip, assists in receiving a displaced mother and two daughters after crossing a checkpoint heading to the south. Amid ongoing bombardment in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies and humanitarian…

Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28

1 year 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Our voices and needs must be put first in climate talks, young people tell COP28 08 December 2023 COP28/Anthony Fleyhan International Youth Climate Delegates (IYCD) pose for a group photo during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by while climate change threatens…