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Thursday February 19, 2026 UN news The UN Security Council is meeting this morning to discuss Sudan as the war approaches its third year and fighting intensifies in multiple regions and civilians face a widening humanitarian catastrophe. Senior UN political and humanitarian officials are expected to brief ministers on a conflict marked by shifting frontlines, […]
Speaking at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, Mr Türk said UN news that technology must be governed through a human rights framework that ensures transparency, accountability and inclusivity. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. Volker Turk: Artificial intelligence is a technological tool and must be developed based on risk assessments. […]
The Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) 2026 aims to provide life-saving aid to 5.9 million people in seven neighboring countries this year: the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan and Uganda. The plan will continue to prioritize assistance to approximately 470,000 new refugees expected to enter these countries, as well as […]
In one statement on Monday the independent experts – who serve in their individual capacities under UN mandates Council for Human Rights and are not UN personnel – warned that the alleged acts documented in the files could amount to some of the most serious crimes under international law. According to the experts, the reported […]
WHO confirmed that two cases of the recombinant strain – which combines genomic elements from clades Ib and IIb of monkeypox virus (MPXV) – have been identified so far: one in the United Kingdom and one in India. Both patients had a recent travel history and neither had experienced any serious illness. No secondary cases […]
That was the central message of the Manama Declaration, issued at the end of 2012The World Entrepreneurs and Investment Forum (WEIF) held this week in Bahrain. The declaration places women at the heart of economic transformation and underlines this Empowering them within business and innovation ecosystems is essential for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. It […]
Fodder cutters are terrifying machines with huge circular blades that rotate at high speed and are powered by small generators. They are managed by rural workers in several developing countries, including India, Pakistan and Kenya, and pose an ongoing risk; many have had their hands or arms amputated after accidents. The consequences are devastating. Tasks […]
“Continued impunity fuels ongoing cycles of violence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling for credible investigations and accountability for perpetrators. Sudan’s national army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have been fighting each other for control of the country for almost three years. The new report details the widespread atrocities […]
Claudio Cordone, briefing ambassadors for the first time as deputy special envoy, pointed to the January 30 ceasefire and integration deal between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as a potentially transformative development. The agreement provides for a phased military and administrative integration of northeastern Syria and includes provisions on the return […]
The United Nations said that his teams attempted to coordinate eight humanitarian missions on Friday and that five were fully facilitated. The remaining three – including a mission to reach a water treatment plant in Khan Younis – were rejected by Israel. Saving lives, beating famine The successful missions collected food and medical supplies from […]
