The G7, which consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, together with the European Union, is meeting in the city where the first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945, a place which Secretary-General António Guterres described, as a “testament to the human spirit”. “Whenever I visit, I am inspired by…
Reports of gender-based violence (GBV) against girls and women there have increased by 37 per cent during the first three months of the year, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the GBV coordination group for North Kivu. More than 38,000 cases of GBV were reported for all of 2022 in North…
“Because, in what is a deeply troubled country – grappling with humanitarian catastrophe, climate related disasters, and egregious human rights abuses – too many people have forgotten that Afghanistan is a children’s rights crisis,” he said, warning that the situation is getting worse. Young lives at risk This year, some 2.3 million Afghan boys and…
The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has predicted that this year, the next five years for the world could be the three hottest years in human history. According to foreign media, WMO has warned the world that greenhouse gases are continuously increasing the temperature of the planet, due to which the period from 2023…
In total, 2.5 million children in Türkiye, and another 3.7 million in neighbouring Syria, need continued humanitarian assistance, the UN agency said, appealing for greater support for affected families. The earthquakes which struck on 6 February, followed by thousands of aftershocks, have pushed families to the brink and left children homeless and without access to…
On one hand, the Modi government is committing human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir and on the other hand, it is holding the G20 meeting in Srinagar to mislead the world. Fernand de Vernes, the UN Special Representative on Minority Issues, has warned that human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir have increased dramatically since 2019….
Increasingly grim accident statistics provided the impetus for action, including two bus crashes in Senegal that claimed 62 lives in January. In nearby Côte d’Ivoire, the daily number of fatal road accidents has risen to 46, from just 12 in 2012. In the world’s region most affected by road crashes, sub-Saharan Africa’s fatality rate is…
Washington: The Secretary General of the United Nations has taken note of the protests and riots that started as a result of the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and has called on all parties to refrain from acts of violence. In his statement, the Secretary General urged the authorities to adopt appropriate procedures…
Taliban arrested human rights activists including 4 women; Photo: File New York: A United Nations report claims that since the Taliban imposed a ban on women working in NGOs, they have begun detaining female employees for violations. According to the World News Agency, the United Nations report said that the Taliban detained some Afghan women…
“In this community, many children don’t go to school or pre-school, because they don’t have food. Many others can’t afford the school fees. I can’t afford to send my own children to pre-school because my husband lost his job. Some children suffer from a lack of parental love. We have seen neglected children left to…
