News in Brief 8 March 2024
Marking International Women’s Day, UN chief launches plan to tackle baked-in bias Rafah ground assault would…
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UN rights chief urges comprehensive action against religious hatred and discrimination
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday outlined a comprehensive set of measures…
World News in Brief: Rights violations in Iran, Haiti chaos grows, prison reform in face of pandemic threat
Violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led…
Gaza: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes
Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million…
5 ways to accelerate women’s economic empowerment
At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still…
Women at the UN: Everything you need to know about #CSW68
The annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meets in March each year…
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Stories from the UN Archive: UN General Assembly’s first female president
In 1953, UN Member States elected India’s political dynamo Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the eighth President…
News in Brief 7 March 2024
Gaza: Fears over growing toll of starvation among youngSudan: UN chief leads call for Ramadan…
World News in Brief: Israeli settlement plan condemned, abductions in northern Nigeria, alarm over reported pre-election attacks in India
The plan by Israel’s Government to build more than 3,400 housing units in illegal settlements…
News in Brief 6 March 2024
Gaza humanitarian update 11 months into Sudan war, ‘world’s worst hunger crisis’ looms 2023 was deadliest year…
Earth’s ‘life support system’ is being destroyed by global business paradigm, UN expert warns
The UN independent expert on human rights and the environment on Wednesday called for an…
Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation
Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a…
News in Brief 5 March 2024
North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hungerEl Niño weakens but impacts…
UN rights expert condemns ‘systematic’ war-time mass destruction of homes
An independent UN housing rights expert condemned on Tuesday the arbitrary destruction of civilian homes…
Drug control on the internet: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge
Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to…
‘Widespread’ sexual abuse of children in entertainment business revealed
Widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry must be urgently stamped out, an…
‘Clear and convincing information’ that hostages held in Gaza subjected to sexual violence, says UN Special Representative
Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict…
News in Brief 4 March 2024
Gaza: Gaza conflict could fuel much wider Middle East ‘conflagration’, warns UN rights chiefTürk: ‘Mega…
‘Mega election’ 2024 could be a landmark for democracy: UN rights chief
Dozens of elections taking place this year around the world will likely be “free from…
Roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza war: UN Women
The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its devastating…
WHO: Investments and myth-busting to improve hearing
Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization…
News in Brief 1 March 2024
Gaza: Worst famine fears realized as 10th child reportedly starves to deathMyanmar crisis now a…
Student gastronomes plan recipe for Madagascar’s future
As the world celebrates the Africa Day of School Feeding, school children in southern Madagascar…
World News in Brief: Another month of extreme heat, Sudan exodus continues into Chad, Zero Discrimination Day
February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres, the UN weather agency…
Myanmar: Unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty
The crisis in Myanmar is a “never-ending nightmare” for the country’s people happening far away…
News in Brief 29 February 2024
‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights CouncilRisks from climate change,…
UN issues global alert over teacher shortage
The world urgently needs 44 million teachers by 2030 in order to make the Sustainable…
At least one in eight people now obese, warns WHO
At least one in eight people on Earth are living with obesity, the World Health…
Nicaragua: Rights experts decry persecution of Government opponents
The Nicaraguan Government continues to perpetrate “serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against…
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Senior officials call for action and solutions at UN Environment Assembly
Leaders attending a major UN environmental conference in Nairobi must drive forward solutions to combat…
‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council
The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN…
News in Brief 28 February 2024
Gaza: Famine imminent without more aid relief, warn UN humanitarians All parties to Gaza crisis may…
No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza
No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war…
World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill in Ghana, rights abuses in Crimea
The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around…
All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief
All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian…
News in Brief 27 February 2024
Gaza: Frustration mounts over blocked UN aid missions Peacekeepers’ alarm over exchanges of fire on Israel-Lebanon…
World News in Brief: Noncommunicable diseases in emergencies, aid plan for Haiti, peace efforts in CAR
People caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes…
News in Brief 26 February 2024
With eyes on Gaza, UN chief launches rights protection pledge UN migration agency teams up with…
Explainer: What is the UN Human Rights Council?
War crimes, racism, arbitrary detention and rape as a weapon of war: these just a…
With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine and beyond, UN chief launches rights protection pledge
An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to…
News in Brief 23 February 2024
Ukraine: Frontline children and mental traumaUN human rights report details Sudan war abuses Rights experts call…
General Assembly President calls for solidarity with Ukraine as ‘needless war’ enters a third year
UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis urged countries to stand with the people of Ukraine…
How to develop ‘ethical AI’ and avoid potential dangers
After a year of hype surrounding the latest version of ChatGPT and other new AI…
News in Brief 22 February 2024
Shock and desperation throughout Gaza, Security Council hearsHorrific war in Ukraine will be felt ‘for…
PODCAST: Bringing order to the AI ‘Wild West’
This episode of The Lid Is On focuses on cutting edge online technology, and the…
News in Brief 21 February 2024
WHO chief says severe malnutrition is soaring in Gaza, SudanUS companies dumping “forever chemicals” with…
UK urged to end ‘national threat’ of violence against women and girls
The United Kingdom must take action to end all forms of violence against women and…
World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks in Donetsk, ‘forever chemicals’ dumped in US, benefits of multilingual education
As the war in Ukraine nears the two-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, UN…
Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says
Myanmar’s military government is becoming an even greater threat to civilians following the imposition of…
News in Brief 20 February 2024
WFP pauses food delivery to north GazaUkraine war and ongoing uncertainty among displaced people$2.6 billion…