Last year, foreign investment of 23 billion dollars was made in the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid

Last year, foreign investment of 23 billion dollars was made in the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid

Courtesy: Gulf Today The United Arab Emirates received 23 billion dollars of foreign investment last year. According to information received from Dubai, Emirati Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, shared the data of the United Nations Global Investment Report 2023. According to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, policies…

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UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan

UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan

The violations include conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls forced to flee for their lives. Agency chiefs from humanitarian coordination office OCHA, the human rights office (OHCHR), the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), UN Women and the World…

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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

The agency’s emergency food and nutrition assistance operation in the Sahel began in June, focussing on refugees, newly displaced people, malnourished children under five, pregnant women and breastfeeding women and girls. © WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo A mother gives her 10-month-old daughter porridge in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, where WFP is providing assistance to…

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Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council

Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council

“We have expressed concerns” over the investigation into her death, said Viviana Krsticevic, a member of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, speaking at a press conference in Geneva: “in particular over the fact that today her family’s right to truth and justice remains unfulfilled”.  She added that the investigations had “fallen short of international human…

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New UN policy paper launched to counter and address online hate

New UN policy paper launched to counter and address online hate

The policy paper, Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners, was developed jointly by the UN Office with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, at the UK’s University of Essex.  ‘Unprecedented speed’  “We have seen across the world, and time, how social media has become a…

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