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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk welcomes the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in India, which will reserve one third of seats in national and state parliaments for women,” Shamdasani said.
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Edited News | WHO
Increasing violence from armed conflict and intercommunal clashes which have left entire villages burned to the ground in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with rampant sexual violence and a cholera outbreak are devastating the lives of millions of people, the World Health...
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Statements | HRC , UNOG
Statement by Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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Press Conferences | FAO , HRC , OHCHR , UNCTAD , WHO , WIPO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the...
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Press Conferences | OHCHR
Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation
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Statements , Conferences | OHCHR , UNOG
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Press Conferences | HRC
Launch of FFM Venezuela’s latest report to the Human Rights Council Venezuela - UN Fact-Finding Mission says attacks on civic and democratic space have intensified, urges new security force, DAET, be monitored to protect rights
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Edited News | UNHCR , UNICEF , WHO
A deadly combination of a suspected measles outbreak and high malnutrition have led to the deaths of 1,200 refugee children under five in Sudan’s White Nile State while many thousands more, including newborns, are at risk of death by the end of the year, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.
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Edited News | UNDP , UNHCR
As UN humanitarian responders continue their work in the worst-hit areas of Derna after two dams collapsed upstream of the coastal city of Derna, the magnitude of the disaster continues to unfold, they said on Tuesday. “The situation on the ground is catastrophic,” said Rana Ksaifi, Assistant...