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Committee on the Rights of the Child Closes Ninety-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Ecuador, Eritrea, the Gambia, Honduras, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Slovakia
31 January 2025
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its ninety-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the periodic reports under the Convention on the Rights of…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
31 January 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, from the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing. In attendance were spokespersons or representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and…
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Sudan: UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by summary executions, attacks on civilians
31 January 2025
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports of summary executions of civilians allegedly carried out by fighters and militias allied with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the city of Khartoum North, calling for an immediate halt to the killings. …
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UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in eastern DR Congo
31 January 2025
United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between Government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expands.
The rebels have already seized the provincial capital, Goma…
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‘Robbed’ of their childhood: UNICEF warns of crisis facing Haiti’s youth
31 January 2025
Violent clashes this week between security forces and armed groups on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince have led to another wave of displacement, according to the UN aid coordination office (OCHA).
In a briefing on Friday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported that…
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Gazans depend on us for ‘sheer survival’ insists UNRWA
31 January 2025
The largest UN agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UNRWA, said on Friday that its staff are still providing aid to the people of Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem who depend on them “for their sheer survival”, a day after the Israeli parliament ban on its activities entered into force…
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Diplomacy key to ending crisis in eastern DR Congo: UN peacekeeping chief
31 January 2025
The head of UN Peace Operations has underscored the need for continued diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and avert the potential for wider conflict.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix briefed journalists at UN Headquarters on Friday, as the…
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Holds Sixteenth Informal Meeting with States
30 January 2025
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its sixteenth informal meeting with States. Committee Experts discussed the Committee’s draft general comment on realising children’s rights through access to justice and effective remedies, its communication and simplified reporting procedures…
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Syria: Hostilities and aid challenges persist across devastated country
30 January 2025
Humanitarians warned on Thursday that Syria continues to face major security and aid challenges in the northeast and beyond, in the uncertain aftermath of the overthrow of the Assad regime.
In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said more than 25,000 people have…
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Myanmar: UN chief urges return to civilian rule as crisis worsens
30 January 2025
The UN Secretary-General on Thursday said Myanmar’s military must relinquish power to allow a return to civilian rule through an inclusive democratic transition, as the country marks four years since the junta seized power.
Following the coup, President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San…
