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New UN framework to protect environment from harmful chemicals

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home New UN framework to protect environment from harmful chemicals 30 September 2023 © UNICEF/Magray A man fishes on the banks of the Mithi River in western India that has become an open dump for sludge oil and hazardous chemicals. A new global framework to reduce environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a UN conference on Saturday, with countries committing to phase out the…

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Fifth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands and Nigeria

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Twenty-Fifth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands and Nigeria 29 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations on the periodic reports of Mauritania and Nigeria, and on reports containing additional…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of France, Tonga and Botswana

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of France, Tonga and Botswana 29 September 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of France, Tonga and Botswana.  It also…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Hears Briefing by President of Economic and Social Council

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Hears Briefing by President of Economic and Social Council 29 September 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Begins General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Secretary-General’s Report on Cooperation with the United Nations …

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 29 September 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Daniel Johnson, Officer-in-Charge of the Radio, Television and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service, 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations…

Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Karabakh emergency escalates, thousands still pouring into Armenia: UN agencies 29 September 2023 © UNHCR/Karen Minasyan Refugees arrive in the border town of Goris in Armenia. Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday…

‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We know the solutions’: Youth offer UN tips for better world 29 September 2023 UN Photo/Pier Paolo Cito SDG Action Zone at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) wrapped up its high-level week, world leaders flew home, and the security barricades outside UN Headquarters were stored away for next year. UN News spoke with some first-time participants…

UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education 29 September 2023 © UNICEF/Mackenzie Knowles-Cour Students at a primary school in eastern Nigeria prepare await the beginning of class. The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step up efforts to ensure that half of humanity is not shut out of the…

World News in Brief: Aid workers under attack, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Aid workers under attack, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods 29 September 2023 © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno A barge leaves a pier in Renk, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, carrying hundreds of South Sudanese returnees who have fled the conflict in Sudan. South Sudan and Sudan are the world’s most dangerous countries for aid workers today, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination…

Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists 29 September 2023 © UNICEF/Truong Viet Hung Six environmental human rights defenders have been arrested in Viet Nam since 2021, according to OHCHR. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of recent arrests and convictions of human rights defenders pushing for clean energy reforms in…