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Archibishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero
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international days

March 24: United Nations International Day for the Right to the Truth

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) destroyed weapons and ammunition recovered from civilians seeking refuge in the UNMISS base in Malakal, Upper Nile State. Some 134 weapons and 10,500 rounds of ammunition were disposed of in the exercise. A majority (108) of the confiscated weapons were AK 47/56 rifles. A view from the exercise of destruction of weapons.
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arms trade

OHCHR published a report on the destructive impact of arms transfers for human rights

UN Women: "for all women and girls"
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women

International Women's Day 2025: initiatives at international level and at the University of Padova

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Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council: the 58th regular session has started

Sculpture entitled "Non-Violenza" by Karl Fredrik Reutersward, situated outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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disarmament

International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, 5 March 2025

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Volker Türk presents the Human Rights Appeal 2025

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United Nations

Zero Discrimination Day: We Stand Together, 1 march 2025

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climate change

Human Rights and Climate Activism: The Case of Valentina Corona and the G7 Protest

The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC/CPI), Netherlands.
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international law

Ongoing international coup d'état

Un Secretary General Report 2024, Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
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migration

United Nations: Secretary-General's Report 2024 on Global Compact for Migration published

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technology

UN General Assembly adopts the Cybercrime Convention

delegates arriving to attend the General Assembly
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artificial intelligence (AI)

United Nations: Resolution 79/L.77 adopted by the General Assembly on lethal autonomous weapons systems

Picture of a Wind Turbine taken while on an official visit to Nicaragua, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Parque Eólico Camilo Ortega Saavedra wind farm in the Department of Rivas in 2014.
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climate change

COP29: The UN Climate Conference ends with an agreement of a $1.3 trillion Climate Financing Goal by 2035

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people with disability

COP 29: disability inclusion trailing behind

people with disability

Global disability movement asks to be included in climate negotiations