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Uganda: UN human rights office to close on Saturday

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Uganda: UN human rights office to close on Saturday 04 August 2023 © Unsplash/Antoine Plüss Mukono, un district de la région centrale de l'Ouganda. The UN human rights office in Uganda will cease operations on Sunday after the Government decided not to renew the host country agreement, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday, affirming that he “remains committed” to…

Russia: Latest Navalny sentence raises serious concerns, UN rights chief says

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia: Latest Navalny sentence raises serious concerns, UN rights chief says 04 August 2023 Unsplash/Liza Pooor A demonstration in support of Aleksei Navalny takes place in London, UK in early 2021. The new sentence imposed on jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny on Friday raises renewed serious concerns about judicial harassment and instrumentalization of the country’s court system for…

Nurturing future generations through breastfeeding

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nurturing future generations through breastfeeding 04 August 2023 Ⓒ WFP/Arete/Siegfried Modola Christine breastfeeds her baby boy, Alvin, to provide him with the healthiest start to life. Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in a camp in northwestern Uganda, served by the World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners, which are…

Nearly 14 million children in Sudan need humanitarian support: UNICEF

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Nearly 14 million children in Sudan need humanitarian support: UNICEF 04 August 2023 © UNICEF/Abdulazeem Mohamed Children displaced by conflict in Sudan are now living in Atbara. Two senior UN humanitarian officials have called for more funding and less bureaucratic impediments to support civilians affected by the war in Sudan, including roughly 14 million children…

The eerie silence of starvation ‘is deafening, it never leaves you’: UN official

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home The eerie silence of starvation ‘is deafening, it never leaves you’: UN official 03 August 2023 © WFP/Sadeq Naseri A family in a village in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan eat food received from the UN. The threat of famine, with people slowly starving to death, must be considered a red line for international peace and security, the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator said on…

FAO raises alarm on escalating food crisis in Sudan  

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home FAO raises alarm on escalating food crisis in Sudan   03 August 2023 © UNFPA/Sufian Adbul-Mouty Women, pregnant or with young children, wait for appointments at a maternity hospital in Port Sudan (file).. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a grave warning regarding the deepening food crisis in Sudan, as the country grapples with conflict and economic decline. …

Colombia: Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire between Government and ELN

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Colombia: Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire between Government and ELN 03 August 2023 UN Photo/Mark Garten Secretary-General António Guterres briefs journalists at the launch of his report on Information Integrity on Digital Platforms. UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) on the start of their bilateral…

UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNRWA appeals for end to deadly clashes at Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon 03 August 2023 近东救济工程处/Mohamad Eyadeh 艾因·哈勒瓦难民营是目前黎境内12个巴勒斯坦难民营中最大的一个。 Thirteen people have been killed and more than 60 injured in four days of deadly violence at the largest Palestine refugee camp in Lebanon, a senior UN official in the country said on Thursday.…

Cambodia: National elections ‘extremely disconcerting’, say human rights experts

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Cambodia: National elections ‘extremely disconcerting’, say human rights experts 02 August 2023 UNICEF/Cristofolett A neighbourhood in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. (file) The lead-up to, and the results of, the recent elections in Cambodia are “extremely disconcerting”, UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, adding that the credibility of the entire electoral process was affected…

Sudan conflict displaces nearly four million: UN migration agency

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan conflict displaces nearly four million: UN migration agency 02 August 2023 WFP/Marie-Helena Laurent Sudanese refugees in Chad collect food distributed by the UN. Conflict in Sudan has forced nearly four million people to flee their homes in a little over 100 days, the UN migration agency, IOM, has warned.…