Edited News , Press Conferences | FAO , UNICEF , WFP , WHO
Approximately 735 million people face hunger today, compared to 613 million in 2019, the UN said on Wednesday.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“The Russian Federation’s senseless war on Ukraine continues to generate severe and far-reaching violations of human rights,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday, during a UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue on Ukraine.
Statements
Volker Türk on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Statements | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution on “the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by the recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries."
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
The UN’s top rights official Volker Türk on Tuesday urged respect for religious tolerance and respect during a debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva where Member States convened in response to the recent burning of the holy Quran in the Swedish capital.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today spoke at an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries".
Statements
Urgent debate on "the alarming rise in premeditated and public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other countries"
Press Conferences | OHCHR
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 on arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the occupied Palestinian territory
Edited News | WFP
Chad-Sudanese border: WFP boosts support for refugees uprooted by conflict. UN humanitarians in Chad expressed concern on Tuesday at surging numbers of people fleeing conflict in Sudan and confirmed that that they have scaled up the Organization’s response to help the wounded and malnourished.
Press Conferences | UNDP , WFP
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS the United Nations Development Programme and the...