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WMO Press Conference
13 March 2025
Press Conference Announcement
State of world’s glaciers
Embargoed until 0001 CET on 21 March (World Glacier Day)
Stefan Uhlenbrook, Director of Water and Cryosphere, WMOMichael Zemp, Director World Glacier Monitoring Service
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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief
13 March 2025
Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday. After two years of war, over 30 million people – more than half of them children – are living in the grip of mass atrocities, famine and deadly disease…
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‘Brighter future hangs in the balance’ in Syria after 14 years of war
13 March 2025
The Constitutional Declaration issued by Syria’s caretaker authorities marks a pivotal moment in the country’s turbulent transition, with UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen expressing cautious optimism about its potential to fill a legal vacuum and pave the way for a “credible and inclusive political transition…
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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Türk
13 March 2025
Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and climate change hold back child development, UN rights chief Volker Türk told Member States in Geneva on Thursday.
During a discussion on early childhood development, the High…
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UN chief hails Kyrgyz-Tajik border treaty breakthrough
13 March 2025
The UN Secretary-General warmly welcomed the presidential signing of the State Border Treaty by Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on Thursday following decades-long negotiations.
The presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon, signed the agreement at a meeting in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz…
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Rights probe alleges sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli forces used as ‘method of war’
13 March 2025
Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that sexual and gender-based violence by Israeli security forces against Palestinians – including children - have been increasingly used “as a method of war” following the 7 October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war…
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Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years
13 March 2025
Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, with the highest number reported since 1997, UN agencies announced on Thursday.
“Measles is back, and it’s a wake-up call,” warned Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for the European…
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HRC Press Conference
13 March 2025
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the latest report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel
Navi Pillay, Chair of the CommissionChris Sidoti, Member of the Commission
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Director-General's remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the XII Global Baku Forum "Rethinking World Order: Turning Challenges into Opportunities"
13 March 2025
Tatiana Valovaya
Opening ceremonyXII Global Baku Forum “Rethinking World Order: Turning Challenges into Opportunities”Thursday, 13 March 2025 at 10:00 a.m., Gulustan Palace, BakuYour Excellency President Aliyev,Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen,It is a great honour and pleasure to address the Global Baku…
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In Dialogue with the European Union, Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Praise the Proposed European Disability Card, Raise Issues Concerning Funding of Institutions and Forced Sterilisation and Abortions
12 March 2025
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the combined second and third periodic report of the European Union,…
