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MORNING - Human Rights Council Hears that States Must Prioritise the Participation of Youth in Climate and Environmental Processes, and that the People of Myanmar Are Enduring Flagrant Human Rights Violations

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Hears that States Must Prioritise the Participation of Youth in Climate and Environmental Processes, and that the People of Myanmar Are Enduring Flagrant Human Rights Violations 26 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning held the biennial panel discussion on youth and human rights, under the theme of young…

Engagement key to reform of Taliban decrees restricting women’s rights

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Engagement key to reform of Taliban decrees restricting women’s rights 26 September 2023 © UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani Women wait at a maternal health hospital, the only one of its type in Afghanistan. The international community must continue to engage with Taliban leaders in Afghanistan despite deep disagreement with their approach to women’s rights and inclusive governance, the UN Special…

UN rights expert calls on Algeria to pardon convicted protesters

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights expert calls on Algeria to pardon convicted protesters 26 September 2023 UN Photo/Violaine Martin Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, 44th session of the Human Rights Council. 9 july 2020. The Algerian Government must pay urgent attention to the pattern of legal restrictions and prosecutions of individuals…

More than just a few countries should set the agenda, Indian Minister says at UN

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home More than just a few countries should set the agenda, Indian Minister says at UN 26 September 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak Minister for External Affairs of India Addresses 78th Session of General Assembly Debate The days when a few nations set the global agenda and “expected others to fall in line” are over, India’s foreign minister told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday…

UNHCR increasingly concerned for refugees fleeing Karabakh region

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR increasingly concerned for refugees fleeing Karabakh region 26 September 2023 UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Shabia Mantoo, Global Spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number of civilians to Armenia as a result of the recent hostilities in the region.…

Rights experts warn against forced separation of Uyghur children in China

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts warn against forced separation of Uyghur children in China 26 September 2023 © Unsplash/Grey Zhang 新疆，中国西北部的一个自治区。 Forced separations and language policies for Uyghur and other minority Muslim children at State-run boarding schools in China’s Xinjiang region carry the risk of forced assimilation, three UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday.…

Myanmar: ‘Inhumanity in its vilest form’ continues, warns Türk

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: ‘Inhumanity in its vilest form’ continues, warns Türk 26 September 2023 © UNICEF/Naing Linn Soe Internally displaced persons at a camp in Rakhine, Myanmar repair their shelters that were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha. The UN human rights chief on Tuesday presented another grim assessment of the situation in Myanmar, detailing escalating horrors inflicted by the military on civilians in…

UNODC joins regional crime fighters to tackle scams and human trafficking in SE Asia

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNODC joins regional crime fighters to tackle scams and human trafficking in SE Asia 26 September 2023 UN News/Daniel Dickinson A Thai army officer looks across the border into Myanmar Nations in the southeast Asian region joined the UN crime-fighting agency in Bangkok on Tuesday to launch a new strategy tackling organised crime and human trafficking…

From the Field: Greening tourism in Malaysia

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home From the Field: Greening tourism in Malaysia 26 September 2023 Unsplash/Nazarizal Mohammad 马来西亚正在向可持续的“绿色”旅游转型。 When done well, tourism can serve as a sustainable cornerstone of a country’s economy, simultaneously supporting ecosystems and livelihoods, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP…

No time for finger pointing; we must work together to tackle pressing challenges, says Canada

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home No time for finger pointing; we must work together to tackle pressing challenges, says Canada 26 September 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak Ambassador Robert Rae of Canada addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. The health of our planet, its people, institutions, and the global economy are at serious risk, and such deep challenges cannot be tackled in isolation, Robert Rae…