Edited News | UNHCR , WFP
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency, appealed today for US$266 million to end food ration cuts for over 3 million refugees in East Africa. During the last months, WFP has been forced to implement ration cuts for refugees in Uganda (40%), Kenya (40%), South Sudan...
Edited News | UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
UN independent expert Agnès Callamard today welcomed a report published earlier this week by U.S. authorities that named Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as the person who gave the go ahead to the operation to kill or capture journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Edited News | UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
Human rights experts: Russia responsible for attempted killing of Navalny, international investigation needed. The findings of an investigation by two independent human rights experts into the poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny found the Russian state to be responsible for the attempted...
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Tens of thousands of civilians arbitrarily detained in Syria remain forcibly disappeared, says UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria
Edited News | UNHCR , IOM
As ongoing clashes push Yemenis into “famine-like conditions” UN agencies call for the protection of civilians.
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing COVID-19 Oxygen Emergency - UNITAID 23 February 2021
Edited News | OHCHR , UNITED NATIONS
"On the opening day of the Human Rights Council’s 46th session, the UN chief reiterated his call to the Myanmar military “to stop the repression immediately…
Edited News | OHCHR
Speaker: • OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell
Edited News | OHCHR , UNITED NATIONS
Violence in South Sudan engulfs much of country, violations rife Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, UN human Rights Council-appointed investigators said on Friday, warning that the bloodshed and exactions...
Edited News | WHO , UNITED NATIONS
Close to 300 Ebola contacts identified in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 109 more in Guinea – WHO