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Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’
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Global efforts to end female genital mutilation undermined by ‘vacation cutting’

Although many States have intensified their efforts towards eradication, the practice continues across the world in part due to “the clandestine nature of cross-border and transnational FGM,” it said.“Female genital…

14 June 2024 · 3 min read

Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate
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Stories from the UN Archive: Nigerian Nobel Laureate condemns online hate

UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Wole Soyinka addresses a lecture series marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when…

14 June 2024 · 4 min read

Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe
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Gaza: Hamas, Israel committed war crimes, claims independent rights probe

This was among the conclusions listed in the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, released on Wednesday.“Amid months…

13 June 2024 · 5 min read

From AI to war zones, UN hosts largest global meeting on disability issues
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From AI to war zones, UN hosts largest global meeting on disability issues

Welcome to this first ever guest-edited UN News live page. We’re reporting from the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing…

12 June 2024 · 1 min read

What’s going on at COSP17?
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What’s going on at COSP17?

They are gathering at the largest global disability rights-focused meeting, known as the 17th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or COSP17,…

10 June 2024 · 5 min read

First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover
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First Person: Guest editing UN News’s first live blog takeover

That’s happening on the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, taking place…

9 June 2024 · 7 min read