News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 114
UNESCO names 18 new Global Geoparks
- UN News
The UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has endorsed the addition of 18 new sites from around the world to its network of outstanding Geoparks, showcasing some of the most beautiful sites of natural beauty around the globe.
Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence
- UN News
The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children, joined UN agencies on Wednesday in highlighting the urgent need to protect the rights of young people on the move, amid spiralling crises worldwide.
‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount
- UN News
Swift action is needed to prevent flare ups of Israeli-Palestinian violence and avert a looming food crisis, the top UN official in the Middle East told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network
- UN News
A hundred and ninety-three countries have unanimously approved the creation of a global greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced on Wednesday.
UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa
- UN News
With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7 billion for the region, held at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
Khartoum is Falling the Global Community Must Move Fast to Protect Children in their Darkest Moments
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI & NEW YORK, May 22 (IPS) - As unprecedentedly fierce armed battles play out on the streets of Khartoum, more than 600 people are dead, thousands injured, and over 1 million displaced.
El Salvador: Renewed state of emergency undermines right to fair trial
- UN News
The decision by El Salvador to extend a state of emergency aimed at cracking down on gangs undermines the right to fair trial, three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Monday.
Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold
- UN News
Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade routes crisscrossing the Sahel, and the UN and partners are trying out new, collaborative ways to thwart those attempting the illegal practice, a growing problem in this fragile African region.
Violence Knows No Borders
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Egypt / JUBA, South Sudan, May 12 (IPS) - Events in Sudan have been a constant topic of conversation in Cairo's coffee houses since the violence erupted there four weeks ago. The images of almost 30 Egyptian soldiers briefly detained in Sudan by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias and the death of an Egyptian diplomat in Khartoum caused a stir in Egypt.
New arrest warrants seek justice for victims in Libya, ICC prosecutor says
- UN News
New technology and strategies are helping to deliver justice to victims of grave violations of human rights in Libya, including fresh arrest warrants, but “we can do better”, the chief prosecutor of the UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council on Thursday.
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