Category: World

Let me begin our substantive remarks today by acknowledging the important milestones which have been reached during this reporting period.  The latest report confirms that all core crimes proceedings have now been completed.  In addition, all remaining fugitives in core crimes cases have now been accounted for.  We agree with President Gatti Santana that this […]

Matthew Miller, Department Spokesperson HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Death of Malawi Vice President Chilima Death of Malawi Vice President Chilima Press Statement June 11, 2024 We are deeply saddened to hear the news of the plane crash in Malawi, which claimed the lives of nine individuals, including Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima.  We extend our […]

Four additional UN staff members have been detained and held incommunicado by the de facto authorities since 2021 and 2023, without access to their families or their respective organizations and agencies.  “This is an alarming development that raises serious concerns about the Houthis’ commitment to a negotiated solution to the conflict. The United Nations condemns […]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday named and shamed Israel’s armed and security forces, Palestinian terrorists Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Sudan’s warring parties for killing and maiming children in 2023, adding them to an annual global list of offenders for violations against children. In a report to the UN Security Council – seen […]

Geneva / Shabwah, 11 June – At least 49 migrants have died and 140 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen. The vessel carrying 260 migrants capsized yesterday (10 June) near Alghareef Point in Shabwah governorate. Among those that lost their lives in the devastating tragedy are 31 women and […]

The United Kingdom would like nothing more than for this Council not to hold any more meetings on chemical weapons. As this would mean that chemical weapons were no longer being produced, stored or used anywhere in the world, and the perpetrators of chemical weapons’ attacks had been held to account. Sadly, that is not […]

  Nearly 900 days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Ukraine Recovery Conference is being held in Berlin to help ensure that Ukraine can continue to defend itself. At the Recovery Conference, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has announced several new initiatives that will help ensure that Ukraine remains the master […]

In June 2016, the German national football team was gearing up to face Slovakia in the European championship. With pulses set to race among thousands of fans in the crunch match in host country France, a group of scientists in Germany was watching with interest.  Their aim? To explore the link between short-term, acute mental […]

Over the last five European Parliament elections, young people’s participation and preferences have changed significantly in response to various socio-economic, political and cultural factors. Of course, the European Union is politically and socially diverse, meaning this evolution has not been uniform across Member States – it reflects a huge range of local concerns and socio-economic […]

Key international actors, including the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, have used terms such as “gender apartheid” to describe the high levels of discrimination. “Gender apartheid is not merely a theoretical possibility or legal construct, but a real threat and lived reality for millions of women and girls around the […]