Category: World

Mr. Fletcher warned that while Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, the virus is spreading to other provinces due to conflict and displacement. Since the DRC declared the Ebola outbreak on 15 May, the Bundibugyo species has infected more than 1,700 and killed 600 in the DRC. In neighboring Uganda, authorities have confirmed […]

This week the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Jersey City Board of Education (the “District”) entered a voluntary settlement agreement to end race and national origin discrimination in student admissions at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, a college prep magnet school with a competitive admissions process. The settlement agreement resolves the […]

Thank you, Mr Chair.  Minister, welcome to the Permanent Council. Thank you for your presentation and for your commitment to the Council of Europe, which remains central to the UK’s human rights and foreign policy agenda.   We welcome Monaco’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers and its focus on protecting the rights of women and children, promoting inclusive societies, […]

Updates to this page Published 2 September 2014 Last updated 9 July 2026 — Show all updates 9 July 2026 Guidance fully reviewed and updated. 24 September 2025 Updated version 22 March 2024 Business and human rights section updated as Hong Kong has enacted the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance under Article 23 of the Basic […]

The Council meets today because Russia continues to choose escalation over peace. Since we last met, Russia has launched not one but two massive attacks on Ukraine, with devastating consequences for civilians. This past weekend, Russia launched 351 drones and 68 missiles against Ukraine, primarily targeting Kyiv.  At least 26 civilians were killed. More than 120 injured. […]

Echoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s alarm at the resumption of strikes and counterstrikes between the US and Iran, UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council Member States on Thursday condemned Iran for its “continued threats” and alleged attacks against multiple Gulf States and their territorial waters. In a call to protect “vital shipping lanes”, several countries – including Bahrain, […]

Mr Chair,   I am delivering this statement on behalf of 41 participating States that invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism in relation to Russia’s indoctrination and militarization of Ukrainian children on 14 May 2026.  Being gravely concerned regarding reports of violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) following Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, particularly with regard to credible and mounting reports that the Russian […]

Thank you, Mr Chair.    Thank you Professors Wolff and Ascencio; thank you Doctor Steinerte.  Your report is expert, detailed and authoritative.  It records how Russia operates a coordinated mechanism of indoctrination and militarisation of Ukrainian children in the occupied territories, which is enforced through pervasive coercion.  It also makes clear how indoctrination operates across every level of the school system in the occupied territories, and how militarisation extends beyond the classroom through state-sponsored military-patriotic youth organisations […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. The United Kingdom thanks the representatives of the Austrian Court of Audit and the Audit Committee for their presentations today and their comprehensive reports. These provide an important overview of the OSCE’s financial health, and oversight of the organisation’s administration and internal controls. The UK welcomes the unqualified opinion of the […]

Updates to this page Published 4 February 2016 Last updated 9 July 2026 — Show all updates 9 July 2026 Added new medical facilities across multiple locations. 19 August 2025 A hospital in Kalimantan has been added into the list 22 November 2024 Two medical facilities have been added into the list. 22 July 2024 […]