The number of people who need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, due to conflict, climatic change, and COVID-19 impacts, the UN and partners said in a report published on Wednesday.
There must be accountability from the Israeli Government following the death of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan, two independent UN human rights experts said on Wednesday, referring to the mass arbitrary detention of Palestinians as “cruel” and “inhumane.”
On Wednesday, a large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts expressed concern over the possibly imminent execution of three members of the Howeitat tribe in Saudi Arabia, urging authorities to stop the process.
Human rights provide the “best antidote” to prevent conflict and instability, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, told the Security Council on Wednesday.
The development of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean this year is more and more likely, with dangerously high temperatures and extreme weather events expected, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.
Fighting in Sudan must stop now before the conflict and the spreading humanitarian catastrophe further ravage the country, and the region, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.
