Edited News | OHCHR
A month after demonstrations erupted across Iran, the unabated violent response by security forces against protesters, and reports of arbitrary arrests and the killing and detention of children are deeply worrying according to UN Human Rights office.
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Volker Türk began his four-year mandate as the eighth United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, this morning (17 October 2022) at the Palais Wilson in Geneva.
Edited News | OCHA
Urgently needed aid relief has been delivered to people in areas of north-east Ukraine recently reclaimed from Russian control, UN humanitarians said on Friday. “More than 73,000 people, and that's nearly half of the population in the retaken areas in Kharkivska oblast have received food...
Edited News , Press Conferences | OCHA
Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2022 STORY: UNCTAD Trade and Development Annual Report 2022 Speakers: Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD Secretary-General Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS , WFP
Two months since the Black Sea Grain Initiative kicked into action to help release desperately needed grain and fertilizer from ports in Ukraine and Russia, confidence is returning among global distributors as exports ramp up, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.
Edited News | IOM , UNITED NATIONS
For many Tunisians, shortages of essential foods, fuel and key farming products linked to the war in Ukraine have tested them to the limit, they’ve been telling UN News.
Edited News | OHCHR , WIPO
Speaker: Ravina Shamdasani OHCHR
Edited News , Press Conferences | OHCHR
Almost seven months to the day since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UN-appointed independent human rights investigators said that war crimes have indeed been committed in the conflict.
Edited News | WFP , WMO
After lashing parts of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with 140 kilometre-an-hour winds, Hurricane Fiona is expected to make landfall in Canada later on Friday, the UN said on Friday.