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). There is no reprieve in sight,” Türk said.
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 autoridades », UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk told...
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.
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.
Edited News | HRC
Urgent response needed to increased fighting and plummeting economy in Syria - UN Syria Commission of Inquiry warns
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.
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.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday called for a focus on development and human rights to help us chart our way out of multiple and inter-locking crises.
Edited News | UNICEF , UNITED NATIONS
Amid record levels of violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sounded the alarm on Friday that the country has the world’s highest number of children being raped and killed on a daily basis.
Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO
Climate change is having a measurable impact on air quality and therefore human health, meaning the two must be tackled together, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.