The goal is to raise funds to start the $80 million emergency operation to transfer oil from the FSO Safer to a temporary vessel. The FSO Safer is moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast and contains more than a million barrels of oil. The tanker is beyond repair, and the…
Christian Ritscher, who also heads the Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD), upheld that those responsible must be identified, tried, and convicted “at the national and international level.” “Only by prosecuting and referring to such barbaric acts as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide,…
The finding comes in the first report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, established last May by the UN Human Rights Council. The Commission said occupation and discrimination are the key root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability, and…
Special Rapporteurs Fernand de Varennes and Balakrishnan Rajagopal said the move could result in “irreparable damage” to the minority community. UN human rights experts urged 🇮🇱 to stop the eviction & demolition of a village in #Israel that will forcibly displace 500 Bedouins, which could cause “irreparable damage” to their…
Food insecurity in Syria has reached an historic high, amidst a downward socio-economic spiral, while humanitarian needs soar to peak levels. UNDP and other humanitarian partners are now ramping up their response, focusing on that most basic of needs – affordable, daily bread. Bolstering wheat-to-bread chain With an estimated 60…
In May 2017, the then 14-year-old was arrested on charges of robbery and murder. Despite having an alibi, and based on a confession extracted under torture and other ill-treatment, he was convicted, and recently sentenced to death for a second time after his original conviction was overturned by the Saudi…
“There are tangible, ongoing arrangements that can be regularized and expanded immediately – if there is political will,” said Tor Wennesland, adding that he is actively engaged with Israelis, Palestinians, regional States and the broader international community, to forge a return to the negotiating path that will end the occupation and…
Those in need will be provided with urgently needed shelter, health, cash, protection services and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) support. The situation is also getting worse for migrants in Yemen, especially women – IOM mission chief Over the last seven years, the conflict in Yemen between a Saudi-led pro-Government coalition,…
Martin Griffiths, Humanitarian Affairs chief and Emergency Relief Coordinator, thanked donors for their contributions – totalling nearly $6.7 billion – which includes $2.4 billion earmarked for 2023 and beyond. I am thankful for the recent pledges made to support #Syria. It is now critical that these pledges be converted into…
Her appeal comes in the wake of the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot on Wednesday while covering an Israeli raid in Jenin, West Bank. The veteran Palestinian-American journalist was buried in East Jerusalem on Friday and huge crowds turned out for her funeral….
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