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Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza
03 March 2025
Israel’s move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan to continue with phase one of the fragile ceasefire has had an immediate impact, including a 100-fold increase in the price of flour and vegetables.
That’s according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA…
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OHCHR Press Conference
03 March 2025
Press Conference Announcement
Hostage-taking as torture - annual thematic report to the Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Embargoed until 4 March, after she delivers her statement to the HRC (Exact time to be confirmed)
Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment…
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US cuts mean ‘essential’ UN mental health teams in Ukraine risk closure
03 March 2025
Some 640,000 women and girls in Ukraine will be affected by cuts to psychosocial support, gender-based violence services, safe spaces, and economic empowerment programs following the confirmation from US authorities to end practically all financial contributions to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency (UNFPA…
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Human Right Committee Opens One Hundred and Forty-Third Session
03 March 2025
Meeting Summaries
Committee Elects New Chairperson and Bureau, Five New Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and forty-third session, during which it will examine the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe on their implementation of the provisions of the…
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Ukrainians continue to flee the frontline, as war stretches into fourth year
02 March 2025
Communities on the frontline of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are being killed, injured and displaced on a daily basis, as the war grinds on.
“In the last six months alone, more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from frontline areas in the east and north,” said Filippo…
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Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire
01 March 2025
As the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal concludes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following developments in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
“The past six weeks have provided a fragile but vital reprieve, offering a measure…
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‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war
01 March 2025
At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. Like others returning to northern Gaza after months of being displaced by war, Sufian Al-Majdalawi clings to whatever he can find.
Using small tools and his bare hands, he sifts through mounds of twisted debris and dirt…
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Bahrain’s pearling legacy: Reviving a millennia-old culture
01 March 2025
Bahrain, with its shallow waters and rich oyster beds, has long been synonymous with pearls, which formed the backbone of the island nation’s economy for thousands of years. Diving for pearls, otherwise known as pearling, remains part of the country’s cultural DNA.
“I always say that all Bahrainis have…
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom
28 February 2025
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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventhsession after adopting concluding observationson the reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
28 February 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Trade and Development. Escalating attacks on education in HaitiGeetanjali Narayan, United Nations Children…
