Ukraine: Guterres calls for probe into Bucha killings
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for an independent investigation into the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, a suburb...
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human rights chief shared her “profound frustration and disappointment” that...
Tigray humanitarian ceasefire agreement
The UN chief on Friday welcomed the declaration of an indefinite humanitarian truce on the part of the Ethiopian Government, and the commitment by forces in...
‘Sharp rise’ in Nicaraguans fleeing to Costa Rica, strains asylum system
Around three per cent of Costa Rica’s population is now made up of Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said...
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’
Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report, an independent human rights expert said on Friday that...
Ukraine war: Middle East food prices soaring, as donor fatigue kicks in
Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people...
United States and Allies Impose Additional Sanctions on the Burmese Military Regime
As we approach one year since the horrific violence perpetrated by the Burmese military on Armed Forces Day 2021, in which more than 100...
G7 on the DPRK’s Launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the...
Open science publishing strikes a rich seam with ORE publishing platform
With a goal of making scientific knowledge more freely available to researchers and the public, ORE has spent the first year of its existence...
European Committee of Social Rights’ Conclusions on Health, Social Security and Social Protection
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) today published its Conclusions 2021 in respect of 33 States* on the articles of the Social Charter...