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Urgent need for bold action on economic, social and cultural rights- UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk statement to the 54th HRC. 15 September 2023

Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday presented a report on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and COVID-19 Recovery at the 54th Human Rights Council.

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Updates on Libya and Morocco: UN Emergency Relief Coordinator

Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , WHO

While UN humanitarians scale up the response to survivors of the flood disaster in Libya which wiped out entire neighborhoods and left thousands dead and many more missing, the UN’s aid chief warned on Friday that mental health care will be a huge issue for survivors of that catastrophe and the...

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WMO Press conference: Launch of United in Science report 14 September 2023

Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO

The world is far from meeting its climate goals, seriously undermining efforts to tackle hunger, poverty and ill-health, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

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Sudan: Five months of futile suffering, death, loss and destruction - Volker Türk

Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

“This Friday, Sudan will mark five months of futility. Five months of futile suffering, death, loss and destruction. Since the conflict began, the people of Sudan have been caught up in an endless cycle of violence generated by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)....

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Nicaragua: widespread deterioration of human rights - Volker Türk

Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

« Me entristece profundamente el continuo y generalizado deterioro de los derechos humanos en Nicaragua. Castigar y encerrar a quienes expresan sus opiniones, e intensificar aún más el aislamiento del país, son políticas que no sirven a los intereses del pueblo nicaragüense, ni siquiera de las...

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Afghanistan: human rights in a state of collapse - Volker Türk

Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

“Human rights in Afghanistan are in a state of collapse, acutely affecting the lives of millions of women, men, girls and boys,” UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council today.

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Libya flooding: WHO - IFRC - IOM

Edited News | IOM , WHO

UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in Libya after extreme rainfall caused devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend, humanitarians told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.

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COI Syria  Presser 12SEP2023

Edited News | HRC

Urgent response needed to increased fighting and plummeting economy in Syria - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry warns

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Climate change: spiraling human rights crisis - Volker Türk

Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Monday flagged climate change as a “spiralling human rights emergency for many countries”, as he called for decisive action to tackle the global planetary crisis.

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Myanmar report: Special Rapporteur and Human Rights Chief, HRC54 - 11 September 2023

Edited News | HRC

Serious international crimes continue to be inflicted against the people in Myanmar by the country’s military junta and affiliate militias, while armed conflict has intensified substantially, top UN-appointed independent rights experts maintained at the UN Human Rights Council on Monday.