According to President Trump’s latest directive from the White House on Tuesday on international cooperation, the US will no longer participate in or financially support […]
Tag: HumanRights
Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds
Released on Tuesday, the new report highlights that at least 5,626 people have been killed and more than 2,213 injured in the past year, due […]
Stories from the UN Archive: Marian Anderson broke barriers with music and diplomacy
Battling extensive racial prejudice, she broke many barriers, including as the first African American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera. UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld hailed […]
US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
The development follows the pause announced to billions of dollars of funding on 24 January by the US administration affecting “nearly all US foreign aid […]
What the UN is doing in DR Congo
Despite security challenges, UN agencies and peacekeepers have pledged to stay and deliver amid rising deaths and injuries alongside an alarming spread of highly contagious mpox and […]
Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns
Fighting escalated sharply in late January, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of parts of North Kivu, including areas near the regional capital Goma, and […]
Sudan: UN chief condemns reported executions as starvation risks rise
Many of the victims are believed to be from the Darfur and Kordofan regions. “The Secretary-General reminds all warring parties in Sudan of their obligations […]
World News in Brief: WHO chief asks US to reconsider withdrawal, gender parity remains distant goal, call for rethink on Nordic alcohol law change
President Trump’s executive order of 20 January is regrettable “and we hope the US will reconsider,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a speech […]
40 Killed In Paramilitary Shelling On Sudan Market: Report
Port Sudan: Sudanese paramilitary shelling of a market in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, killed 40 people on Saturday, a medical source told AFP. Requesting […]
Assad’s Cousin, Who Suppressed 2011 Peaceful Protests, Arrested In Syria
Damascus: Syria’s new authorities on Friday announced the arrest of a cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad, accused of orchestrating a crackdown in Daraa, where […]
