“Eighteen years since the end of the decade-long conflict, and after several previous attempts to finalise such legislation, victims of human rights violations are now closer to knowing the truth, accessing justice, and obtaining reparations,” Mr. Türk said. The amendment bill, entitled the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth, and Reconciliation Commission Act, aims to ensure truth and accountability for serious human rights violations committed by all parties during Nepal’s civil war. The commission will also oversee mediation efforts and make recommendations to the Government to provide reparations, relief, and support to the victims and their families. Civil war Nepal’s civil…
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The United States is building on its unprecedented sanctions campaign and imposing new costs on those supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine and its attempts to deny Ukraine’s unique cultural identity. Today, one day ahead of the celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day, the United States is designating nearly 400 entities and individuals. As part of today’s actions, the Department of State is targeting those involved in sanctions evasion and circumvention, including entities in the People’s Republic of China and those that support Russia’s future energy production and exports. We are also imposing sanctions on entities and individuals in both Russia and Belarus involved in the…
The Zamzam camp houses about 500,000 displaced persons and is located near North Dufur’s besieged capital, El Fasher, which has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting since the start of the war between rival militaries Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) last April. An estimated 10.7 million people have been displaced within Sudan, and a further 2.1 million have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. The fighting has also precipitated an acute hunger crisis, with almost 26 million struggling to secure daily meals. Access very difficult In an exclusive interview with UN News, Leni Kinzli, Head of…
Ulaanbaatar – The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Amy Pope concluded a visit to Mongolia, emphasizing how climate change and migration intersect and noting how women and girls are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. She spoke at the World Women’s Forum 2024 and met with Battsetseg Batmunkh, Minister for Foreign Affairs. Held under the auspices of President Ukhnaa and organized by the Government of Mongolia with partnership of the United Nations agencies with offices in Mongolia, the Forum’s theme ‘Towards Green Future’ affirmed initiatives to ensure gender equality and women’s rights globally. “The…
DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered the Southlake location of a national childcare provider to reinstate an employee and pay $43,295 in back wages and damages after the employer fired them for reporting concerns about unsanitary and unsafe conditions in the facility’s kitchen to Texas health officials. An investigation by the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found LSP Operations LLC, operating as Little Sunshine Playhouse Operations, retaliated against the employee for engaging in actions protected by the Food Safety Modernization Act. The Southlake location is a subsidiary of the privately owned, Little Sunshine’s Enterprises Inc. in Springfield, Missouri.Specifically,…
UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, issued a statement from Deir al-Balah in Gaza’s central area, where untreated sewage run-off formed large pools on the road next to shelters for forcibly displaced people. “Sewage water is all over the streets,” said UNICEF spokesperson Salim Oweis, who highlighted the destruction of Gaza’s water and sanitation network, and its sewage treatment plants, since war erupted on 7 October, after Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel. Daily disease threat Diarrhoea and skin rashes continue to impact Gazans forced multiple times from their homes and shelters, according to UNICEF, amid increasingly urgent calls for a ceasefire to…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of $2 million in emergency grant funding to Texas to support employment and training of workers to assist in cleanup and recovery activities in 67 counties stricken by the effects of Hurricane Beryl.On July 8, 2024, Beryl came ashore as a Category 1 hurricane near Matagorda and the following day, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued a major disaster declaration allowing the state to request federal assistance for recovery efforts in the following 67 counties:AndersonChambersHardinLeeNuecesShelbyAngelinaCherokeeHarrisLeonOrangeTrinityAransasColoradoHarrisonLibertyPanolaTylerAustinDewittHidalgoMadisonPolkUpshurBowieFayetteHoustonMarionRefugioVictoriaBrazoriaFort BendJacksonMatagordaRobertsonWalkerBrazosFreestoneJasperMilamRuskWallerBurlesonGalvestonJeffersonMontgomerySabineWashingtonCalhounGoliadKenedyMorrisSan AugustineWebbCameronGreggKlebergNacogdochesSan JacintoWhartonCampGrimesLavacaNewtonSan PatricioWillacyCass Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, the National Dislocated Worker Grant of up…
Speaking in Samoa, where he met residents uprooted from their homes by sea level rise and coastal erosion, Mr. Guterres said that Pacific islanders had refused to be victims of climate change. But their ambitious plans to resist this “existential threat for millions” had been put on hold, amid a lack of promised funding, he insisted. “We are fighting hard for climate justice…[but] we are not seeing the money that is needed and that’s why we ask for the reform and the international financial institutions in order for the funding needs of countries, like Pacific countries, to be met,” the…
Yaoundé – A workshop to validate the report entitled ‘Mapping of actors and programmes supporting the reintegration of returning migrants’ was held from 8 to 9 August 2024 at the Hôtel Djeuga Palace. Organised by the United Nations Migration Agency (International Organisation for Migration – IOM), this event is part of the Migrant Protection Return and Reintegration for Sub-Saharan Africa (MPRR-SSA) project, which aims to promote the protection, return and reintegration of sub-Saharan African migrants. The workshop saw the active participation of various partners, including government institutions, civil society organisations, international organisations and private sector actors involved in supporting and…
CO DOWN, Northern Ireland – A controlled explosion was carried out at the location where a big World War II bomb was discovered in County Down.Following the discovery of the device last Thursday, approximately 400 homes in Newtownards’ Rivenwood suburb were evacuated.Police and British Army bomb experts were on the scene, where a sand-filled building was built around the bomb until it was determined if it should be removed or made safe there. The PSNI stated that a decision was reached to deal with the device on the scene. Several hours later, residents heard an explosion in the vicinity. Superintendent…