Scenes from the observance of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023, in the UN General Assembly. A new internal review assessing the UN’s progress on its gender equality ambitions proposes…
…annual children and armed conflict report — due out in June — for its atrocities committed against children in Ukraine. Based on a parallel report by Watchlist for Children and…
…of Human Rights and the “basic principles of moral behavior” common to humanity rather than watch the world’s “mess and destruction unfold.” JOHN PENNEY/PASSBLUE The news about the United States…
…in COVID-19 related hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions, and the high levels of population immunity to SARS-CoV-2.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQJnQVjdYU ICYMI: • President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine visited the Hague-based International…
…Vassily Nebenzia, will hold a press briefing on April 3 to explain his country’s objectives in the Council for the month. (Watch live, UN WebTV.) On Wednesday, a civil-society movement…
…led by Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the UN at the time (and now a Republican Party candidate for US president), and his defeat — a significant blow to…
…Morales Castillo, an editor at El Espectador, March 6, 2023. JOHN PENNEY/PASSBLUE ICYMI: • Tirana Hassan, acting executive director of Human Rights Watch, met with UN-based reporters in New York…
…refused to stand saying they will only do so if it is in memory of all victims since 2014. Watch the rest. pic.twitter.com/U84Poslyrx — Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) February 24, 2023…
…Fail to Defund Human Rights Work” in the UN, essay by Human Rights Watch • “The Key to Eliminating Gender Bias Is to Change Perceptions of Women,” an essay by…
…watch the livestream to see them actually announce it. Because, what if it’s a prank? What if someone just called to mess with us? And then it was such an…
…on aid to meet their most basic needs are women and children.” Tuesday, Jan. 10 • The Sahel Region in West Africa, a Top-10 Conflict Spot to Watch in 2023,…
…LAGOS — The International Crisis Group has listed the jihadist violence in the Sahel region in West Africa as one of the 10 violent flash points to watch in 2023….
…visit by the Security Council to Afghanistan. AFGHAN PEACE WATCH/TWITTER Margot Wallstrom, who chairs the Women’s Forum on Afghanistan, is asking the United Nations Security Council to pay an urgent…
…about 17 months, when the recess appointment ran out. Then there was Nikki Haley, who had been a two-term governor of South Carolina before Trump appointed her UN ambassador in…
…“There’s a marginal improvement in the composition of the UN’s NGO Committee for the 2022-2025 period,” said Louis Charbonneau, the UN director at Human Rights Watch. “That’s thanks to the…
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