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“Polycrisis” is the term used by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the opening of its latest report, produced in collaboration with the International Science Council, to ...
On May 23, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/78/L.67/Rev.1) on the Srebrenica genocide, designating July 11 as the “International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 ...
World Refugee Day has been celebrated annually on June 20th since 2001. The first celebration coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, which in 1951 formalized the definition of ...
UN agencies and numerous aid partners emphasized the need for ongoing support for humanitarian efforts in Yemen. After nine years of conflict, over half the population—18.2 million people, ...
In Georgia, a new Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence has been adopted. The law on foreign agents' influence requires media, NGOs and non-profit organizations to declare that they are pursuing ...
The President of the General Assembly highlighted the persistent gaps between commitments and realities concerning Indigenous peoples, despite efforts to improve their wellbeing and participation at ...
On March 2024, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, presented her report "Anatomy of a Genocide" at the ...
UNESCO published a new report in which it addresses the issue of teacher shortages worldwide. Sustainable Development Goal 4 brings forward the aim to reach inclusive, equitable and quality ...
According to the latest statements from United Nations special rapporteurs Reem Alsalem and Francesca Albanese, numerous human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls have been ...
The UN Special Envoy on Yemen, Hans Grundberg, highlighted the deepening complexity of the Yemen crisis amid reverberations from the Gaza attacks and Red Sea escalation. Despite ongoing mediation ...
The UN's Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo, briefed the Security Council, stating that as the war in Ukraine approaches its third year, the damage to the country and global ...
“Peace is our raison d’être. Yet, as I scan the landscape of today’s world, the one thing missing most dramatically is peace”. The UN Chief Antonio Guterres addressed ...
On 9 February 2024, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide released a statement on the horrifying continuous situation in the Middle East. As the war in ...
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed profound regret over the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, marking the first-ever use of nitrogen asphyxiation for capital punishment in ...
In this moment of continuous war and violence worldwide, the UN Security Council is unable to take decisions and act accordingly. “The UN seems paralyzed” as Dennis Francis, the ...
