The Women, Peace and Security agenda is “one of our best hopes” for a more peaceful future and a stable planet, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the Security Council during a high-level debate dedicated to the role of regional organizations in the implementation of
“What we are witnessing today is the systematic and widespread use of tactics against civilians, for which there are reasonable grounds to believe in the commission of crimes against humanity and war crimes,” High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights
The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has surpassed the historic goal of 100 million people, the UN Refugee Agency warned on May 23. The war in Ukraine and other conflicts helped raise the record
Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, urging ambassadors to ensure accountability for conflict-related sexual violence. Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative working to end rape
A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report found that illegal online wildlife purchases in Myanmar pose a threat to public health and endangered species. The report shows that restrictions on such transactions have eased following political unrest since the 2021 military acquisition. The
On February 1, 2022, the military coup in Myanmar completed a year. On this day last year, the army took the power of the country into its hands by toppling the elected government of the people and placing the leaders under house
At least 1,500 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the February 1, 2021 coup, a figure the UN says does not take into account “thousands of additional deaths due to armed conflict and violence, which escalated across the
People in Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen are experiencing or are projected to experience starvation and death, requiring the most urgent attention, says the Hunger Hotspots Report from the World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The UN agencies have highlighted
UN food agency, World Food Programme (WFP) has said, there is an increased food insecurity in Myanmar due to a combination of the current political crisis, poverty, displacement and economic destruction of the Covid-19 pandemic. During 2021, the UN agency intensified its campaigns
More than 30 people, including women and children, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar‘s conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group. Karenni Human Rights Group said they found the burnt
