HRC Press Conference: Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran - 14 March 2025

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HRC Press Conference: Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran - 14 March 2025

Press Conferences , Edited News | HRC , OHCHR

The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians including young children as part of a concerted effort to crush dissent, investigators mandated by the Human Rights Council insisted on Friday.

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UN Geneva Press Briefing - 14 March 2025

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Press Conferences | OSE , UNCTAD , WHO , UNICEF , IFRC , UNHCR

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the TV, Radio and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, United Nations Trade and Development, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

HRC - Press Conference: Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory 13 March 2025

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Press Conferences , Edited News | HRC

Senior human rights investigators reporting to the Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that sexual and gender-based violence by Israeli security forces against Palestinian men, women and children have been increasingly used “as a method of war” following the 7 October 2023 attacks that sparked the Gaza war.

OHCHR Press Conference: The situation in occupied Palestinian territory - 12 March 2025

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Press Conferences | OHCHR

OHCHR Special Procedures - The situation in occupied Palestinian territory 

Rohingya Cox's Bazar update - UNICEF

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Edited News | UNICEF

Bangladesh: Humanitarians describe ‘extreme desperation’ as aid cuts deepen Rohingya children’s suffering

In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts in aid funding risk creating a humanitarian “catastrophe”, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 11 March 2025

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Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNICEF , WHO

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the TV, Radio and Webcast Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization.

UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al Kheetan on Syria

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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG

The UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday gave an update on the situation in Syria’s coastal region as reports continue to emerge of the distressing scale of violence there since 6 March. 

UNRWA Press conference: Update on operations - 10 March 2025

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Press Conferences | UNRWA

Update on the work of UNRWA across its areas of operation: Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip

DR Congo crisis update - UNHCR 07 March 2025

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Edited News | UNHCR

The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies from people forced to flee the unchecked advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 07 March 2025

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Press Conferences | UNHCR , UN WOMEN , ILO , WMO

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, UN Women, the International Labour Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.

HRC – Press conference: Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing - 05 March 2025

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Press Conferences | HRC , OHCHR

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing speaks on the subject: "Who benefits from a manufactured migration crisis and what has that to do with the housing crisis?"

UN Geneva Press Briefing - 04 March 2025

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Press Conferences | UNHCR , WHO , WFP

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme.

 

DRC displacement crisis - UNHCR

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Edited News | UNHCR

Close to 80,000 have fled DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have pushed tens of thousands to flee across borders with no sign of the exodus stopping, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.