At the Human Rights Council in Genevadeputy UN rights chief Awa Dabo stressed how disruption to shipping in the Gulf’s narrow strait and the US naval blockade on ships using Iranian ports had upended the world’s energy supply network. The crisis has seriously impacted aviation and restricted humanitarian aid flows, causing a much broader crisis … Read more
Released on Friday ahead of World Blood Donor Day on 14 June, the WHO The study offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of blood systems worldwide, drawing on data from 168 countries representing 97 per cent of the global population. The report highlights significant advances in blood donation and safety. More than 85 per … Read more
Today, nearly 138 million children remain trapped in child labor globally, including 54 million engaged in hazardous work that threatens their health, safety and development. “This is unacceptable – we must accelerate action,” said Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labor Organization, ILOin a video message. He called for renewed global commitment through expanded … Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed alarm on Thursday over the rioting and destruction in Northern Ireland resulting from the attack which went viral on social media – and the release of police bodycam footage linked to the murder of a student in Southampton by a British-born Sikh. Offering sympathy to victims … Read more
Mr. Guterres was speaking at UN Headquarters in New York at the launch of the Muscat Plan of Action – an initiative that highlights the role of traditional and Indigenous leaders in promoting peace and strengthening social cohesion. Hate speech “divides communities, dehumanizes entire groups, and sets the stage for bloodshed,” he said. “It is … Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk unveiled the initiative in Geneva, describing it as a direct response to what he called a world “in disarray.” speaking to UN News,Mr. Türk said the Alliance was designed to channel the energy of people who want change. A better world “The vast majority of people around … Read more
The latest strike, which the United States said had been carried out as part of its blockade enforcement operations, involved the Palau-flagged tanker MT Settebello near the coast of Oman. Tit-for-tat strikes by the US and Iran following the apparent suspension of negotiations to end the war threaten to accelerate, with President Trump on social … Read more
The supremely talented Spanish team is one of the main favorites to win the event and its teenage superstar, Lamine Yamal, promises to be one of the tournament’s standout performers. On Thursday, ahead of the first game between Mexico and South Africa, The UN children’s agency (Unicef) declared that Yamal has been made its youngest-ever … Read more
imhrc‘s flagship Global Trends Report, launched in Geneva by High Commissioner Barham Salih, showed that global refugee numbers fell by three percent in 2025 to 41.6 million. Some 5.4 million people fled to other countries to escape violence and persecution during the year. Heading home Returns also gathered pace: 14.7 million displaced people went back … Read more
Volker Turkthe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, told journalists on Wednesday that if such issues were not addressed, they risked casting a shadow over the tournament, which opens on Thursday across the United States, Canada and Mexico. “Mega sporting events are meant to be events where the world comes together in unity and in … Read more