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Geneva/ Rwanda, 14 June – One thousand days since the ban by de facto authorities on Afghan girls from attending secondary school, over a million girls are left without access to education. Since the 18 September 2021 ban, more than 40 Afghan girls have moved to Rwanda to continue their schooling since the start of […]

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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 mutilation is part of a continuum of gender-based violence and has no place in a human rights-respecting universe,” said the UN High Commissioner for […]

The resolution, put forward by the United Kingdom, received 14 votes in favour, none against, with Russia abstaining. It expresses deep concern over the outbreak of fighting in the city, and the risk of further escalation.  Averting a catastrophe  The RSF and the Sudanese Army have been battling for more than a year, and fighting […]

Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption Richard Nephew will travel to Montenegro, Lithuania, and Albania June 16-21.  His visit will underscore ongoing U.S. commitment to combat corruption in the Western Balkans, strengthen the rule of law, and address ongoing shared challenges. On June 16-17, Coordinator Nephew will visit Podgorica, Montenegro to meet with government officials and civil […]

Russian oil exporters are charging more for their oil in major market India than at any time since the war in Ukraine started as a growing number of shippers and intermediaries take part in the trade, weakening the impact of Western sanctions on Moscow. The exporters have had to offer deep discounts to encourage shipping […]

Wed, 12 June 2024  By Flora Thompson, PA Home Affairs Correspondent Dozens of migrants detained by UK police before the start of controversial deportation flights to Rwanda have been released on bail, lawyers said on Wednesday. The government said last month it had detained an unspecified number of migrants after lawmakers ended months of parliamentary wrangling […]

Low educational attainment is one of the factors most predictive of voting for France’s far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National, previously known as the Front National). Beyond this statistical observation, studies find that voters’ educational trajectories are often troubled, relatively short and difficult. There is thus a distant or even defiant relationship with school that appears […]

Thank you, Madam Chair. The UK continues to be appalled by developments on the ground in Ukraine and we reiterate our determination to ensure full accountability for those responsible. But today I would like to note some optimism emerging from the embers of Russia’s illegal war. This week Germany and Ukraine have co-hosted the 2024 Ukraine Recovery […]

“In Gaza, we are deeply committed to humanitarian aid to the population in Gaza, where UNRWA is the backbone of that support,” Mr. Guterres told journalists in Geneva. “We have faced a number of difficulties and obstacles that are well known, but nothing diminishes our commitment,” he added, amid a long-running misinformation campaign to discredit […]