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World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear plant update, Sudan health crisis, reproductive rights

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear plant update, Sudan health crisis, reproductive rights 25 September 2023 © IAEA/Fredrik Dahl IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi visits the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its surrounding area with his team during an official visit to Ukraine. “We are not going anywhere” is the message coming from UN nuclear safety watchdog IAEA chief Rafael…

Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn 25 September 2023 © UNICEF/Velasquez Children walk past street graffiti in Caracas, Venezuela. (file) Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are increasing through policies aimed at silencing opposition and criticism of the Government, the head of a UN-appointed human rights body said on Monday.…

Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres 25 September 2023 © ICAN/Marlena Koenig The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is marked annually on 26 September. When “geopolitical mistrust and competition” has pushed the nuclear risk to Cold War levels, total elimination of such weapons is the only route to a peaceful future, the UN…

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Fourth Session

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Fourth Session 25 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-fourth session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the…

HRC - Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HRC - Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine 25 September 2023 Press Conference Announcement The Commissioners oral update to HRC 25 September 2023 Erik Møse, Chair of the Commission Pablo de Greiff, Commissioner Vrinda Grover, Commissioner

‘It’s crunch time’ to reach the SDGs, Mohammed tells Global Citizen Festival

1 year 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘It’s crunch time’ to reach the SDGs, Mohammed tells Global Citizen Festival 24 September 2023 UN News/Nathan Beriro The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the audience at the Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park. Despite pouring rain, around 60,000 advocates, artists, influencers and concerned citizens were in New York’s iconic Central Park on Saturday…

Russian Foreign Minister hits out at West’s ‘empire of lies’

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russian Foreign Minister hits out at West’s ‘empire of lies’ 23 September 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. Russia’s Foreign Minister told the UN General Assembly on Saturday that a new world order is being born through a struggle between a neocolonial minority and a “global…

At UN, Horn of Africa nations urge global solidarity and real reform

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home At UN, Horn of Africa nations urge global solidarity and real reform 23 September 2023 UN Photo/Fardosa Hussein An aerial photograph of the dried up Juba river in Somalia. Prolonged droughts due to worsening climate change impacts affect millions of people in the Horn of Africa region. As UN General Assembly’s general debate continued Saturday, Horn of Africa nations made a strong plea for…

Saudi Foreign Minister outlines plans for better, greener Middle East

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Saudi Foreign Minister outlines plans for better, greener Middle East 23 September 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Furhan Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session. All nations must honour the UN Charter, including the non-use of force and respect for human rights, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia told…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that the Challenges to Human Rights in Burundi Remain Enormous, and that the Human Rights Situation in Belarus Remains Grave

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Hears that the Challenges to Human Rights in Burundi Remain Enormous, and that the Human Rights Situation in Belarus Remains Grave 22 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi and…