UN Middle East envoy upholds need for Gaza ceasefire
Tor Wennesland is in New York for discussions on how to “chart a way out of this crisis and how we can do it with the parties on the ground.”…
General Assembly resolution upholds the Olympic Truce
This follows the adoption on Tuesday of a resolution that calls for a cessation of hostilities starting seven days before the opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ending…
Haiti: UN envoy upholds critical role of elections amid rising gang violence
“Elections are the only path and the only imperative to restore democratic institutions in Haiti. Only democracy and the rule of law can form the basis from which Haiti can…
Ukraine: UN rights chief upholds need for justice one year after POW killings
The “tragic killing” at the penal colony at Olenivka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, under temporary Russian military control, occurred overnight on 28 July 2022. Many of the POWs…
UN upholds fight for a fairer world on anti-racism day
The annual ceremony to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is held to remember the 21 March 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in apartheid South Africa. This year’s…