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World’s largest conference on women calls for equality amid gender backlash
10 March 2025
Gender equality is a critical goal at a time when the demand for rights faces a global backlash, top UN officials told thousands of diplomats, business and civil society delegates gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday for the world’s largest annual conference focused on women’s issues…
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New Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
10 March 2025
Presentation of Credentials
António da Conceição, the new Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment…
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Explainer: The Commission on the Status of Women and why it matters
09 March 2025
Ever since former US First Lady and human rights champion Eleanor Roosevelt inspired the first UN sub-commission on the status of women in the 1940s, thousands of women around the world meet at UN Headquarters in New York every March to take the pulse of the planet and make their voices heard.…
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Ukraine reels from one of the deadliest days of war
09 March 2025
Attacks across Ukraine on Friday reportedly left 21 civilians dead and scores injured, making it one of the deadliest days this year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country said in a statement issued on Saturday night.
“With 21 civilians reported killed, 7 March was one of the deadliest…
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UN rights chief raises alarm over escalating violence in Syria
09 March 2025
The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN rights chief said on Sunday following a series of coordinated attacks reportedly launched by elements of the former government and other local armed men.
“We are receiving extremely disturbing reports of…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
07 March 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UN Women, the International Labour Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Urgent support needed as 1 million displaced in north-west Syria yearn for home Celine…
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Experts of the Human Rights Committee Congratulate Zimbabwe on Passing a Law Abolishing the Death Penalty, Raise Questions on Land Reform and Judicial Independence
07 March 2025
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Zimbabwe on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee Experts congratulated the State for passing a law…
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DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi
07 March 2025
The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
“Over 63,…
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Syria: Up to one million people plan to return home in desperation
07 March 2025
Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement sites across the country’s northwest intend to return home within the next year – sparking deep concerns of a new humanitarian crisis.
According to UN refugee agency, UNHCR, 600,000 people could be on the move in the next six…
