The four-day meeting at UN Headquarters began with discussions on international debt architecture, feminist fiscal policy for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global tax reform.
“The SDGs have stalled,” Ms. Mohammed said, emphasising that their revival depends on “unlocking the scale...
3 December 2024 Humanitarian Aid
More than 2,000 people have been impacted by a new Israeli evacuation order issued in Khan Younis governorate in Gaza, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, reported on Tuesday.
Monday’s directive is the fourth such evacuation order for the area since...
“There are now 6,000 reminders that the international community is failing the people of Myanmar,” the Human Rights Council-appointed experts stated in a news release on Monday. “It is time for a change, starting with moving this disaster out of the shadows of international attention”.
‘Course...
The legitimate protests were dispersed using disproportionate and, in some cases, unnecessary force by the police in the capital, Tbilisi, according to the statement from High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
Dozens of protesters and media workers were reportedly injured during the...
Observed annually on 1 December, the World AIDS Day serves as a reminder of the global fight against the pandemic while commemorating lives lost and celebrating progress.
“Every 25 seconds, someone in the world is infected with HIV,” Mr. Guterres said.
“One-quarter of people living with HIV –...
UN data reveals that reports of conflict-related sexual violence increased shockingly by 50 per cent last year compared to 2023, and women and girls accounted for 95 per cent of verified cases.
These numbers, however, “represent a small fraction of the reality” as many cases go unreported, the...
28 November 2024 Economic Development
Pay packets around the world rose 1.8 per cent in 2023 and continued their positive trajectory in this first half of this year, rising by 2.7 per cent on the back of a strong post-COVID global recovery, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said...
By Eileen Travers in Cascais, Portugal
27 November 2024 Culture and Education
The message, from second graders and octogenarians to imams, rabbis, young changemakers and the King of Spain, was clear: “we need peace and mutual understanding now more than ever before”, according to more than...
The Mapping of Facilities for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Afghanistan report, conducted in collaboration with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), is the first comprehensive survey of the country’s treatment capacity.
While services are operational in 32 of Afghanistan’s 34...
27 November 2024 Culture and Education
In an age when social media dominates global information sharing, an alarming two-thirds of digital content creators are publishing unverified information to millions of followers, a landmark survey by UN educational and cultural agency UNESCO revealed on...
On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, UN Women honours the courage, resilience, and commitment of women and girls in advancing human rights.
Women human rights defenders play a vital role in upholding civil, political, economic, social, cultural, and collective rights. Their...
“This war has irreversibly changed my life. We have been displaced repeatedly, losing my education, my friends. The fear we live with is beyond words.”
Those are the words of Leen Nahal, who at the age of 14 has endured five wars in Gaza and been repeatedly displaced.
Photo: UN...
The COP29 climate conference concluded on 24 November with several key global agreements on climate action, including a new collective goal for climate-related financing to reach USD 300 billion per year by 2035.
Throughout the conference, supporters of gender equality made their voices heard...
The joint report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, documented 336 cases of human rights violations against media professionals between August 2021 and September 2024.
Threats to press freedom
“Journalists and media workers in...
Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and combatting hate speech and mis- and disinformation are part of the plan to bolster peace and mutual understanding as Heads of State and Government, including kings, presidents and prime ministers from Cabo Verde, Senegal and Spain...
HIV continues to take a heavy toll on women and girls. Every week, 4,000 young women and girls around the world are newly infected with HIV – 3,100 of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Violence against women and girls, which increases the risk of HIV for women by 50 per cent, remains pervasive, with...
Mafalda, the inquisitive and sharp-witted creation of the late humorist Quino, also fulfilled a long-held dream on her birthday: “to learn languages to be a UN interpreter” and “to help people understand each other”.
A statuette of the eternal six-year-old, sculpted by the Argentine artist...
Kicking off day one was the Youth Forum, where more than 150 youth delegations gathered at the 16th century military Forte de São Julião da Barra, spreading messages of peace, unity and multicultural understanding.
“As young people, you have to revolt and to spread your dreams,” said Miguel...
With the theme “No Excuse,” the event served as a powerful call to action against gender-based violence, highlighting both progress and the urgent work still required.
As UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out in his message for the Day, the statistics are sobering: “Every day, 140...
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Women and girls are experiencing increasing levels of violence across private, public, and online spaces, exacerbated by intersecting inequalities and discrimination, including based on race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and age. Globally, an...