UN Urges Warring Nations to Observe Olympic Truce
Ahead of next month’s Olympics and Paralympics in the Republic of Korea (ROK), United Nations General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák on Friday appealed to all UN Member States to observe…
UN Relief Agency Launches Fundraising Campaign in Gaza
Hundreds of school children in Gaza gathered Monday with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Mr. Pierre Krähenbühl, to launch the global fundraising campaign #DignityIsPriceless.…
Myanmar Denies Access to UN Human Rights Rapporteur
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, is visiting the country’s neighbours Bangladesh and Thailand from January 18, vowing to fulfill her mandate despite…
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Turkey Not to Extend Emergency
United Nations human rights experts* urged the Turkish Government not to extend the exceptional legal measures it has taken under its declared state of emergency, due to expire on 19…
UN Human Rights Experts to Review Children’s Rights
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting in Geneva from 15 January to 2 February to review children’s rights in the following countries: Sri Lanka, Guatemala,…
UN Reports Upsurge in Civilian Casualties in War-Torn Syria
UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday condemned the upsurge in civilian casualties in Eastern Ghouta in Syria amid the recent escalation in airstrikes and ground-based attacks…