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UN News Today 11 December 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 5:02

Gaza: Aid teams push to step up support as rain and cold take hold UN aid teams have been responding to torrential rains and cold in Gaza by focusing on helping the most vulnerable people in the wartorn enclave. Newborns and people living in areas prone to flooding are most at risk but efforts are underway to boost the number of winter clothing kits for children. Speaking from Al Mawasi in Gaza, Jonathan Cricx from the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, described how overnight downpours had soaked the clothes and mattresses of many living in makeshift tents: “Those children, they're really suffering not only from the rain, but as well from the cold temperature. It's 6°C or 7°C in the Gaza Strip...What we are doing with UNICEF is we're trying to bring a lot of winter clothes…We also brought shoes. We brought 8,000 tents. We brought 600,000 blankets. But all this is far from being enough because we have more than 1.5 million people here who are in dire need for humanitarian aid.” Residents have been given empty flour sacks to fill with sand to keep rising waters at bay, while it's estimated that more than 760 displacement sites hosting about 850,000 people face the highest risk of flooding. Around 200 families living on the Gaza shoreline in high-risk areas were also being helped on Thursday to relocate to “what remains of Hamad city in eastern Khan Younis”, according to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. Gaza's humanitarian crisis continues, however, as humanitarians report that a key water pipeline is now damaged and out of service. Until last week, Bani Suhaila Mekorot channel supplied around 16,000 cubic metres of drinking water per day to Khan Younis. Fear and uncertainty in DR Congo amid heavy fighting Renewed heavy fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed scores of civilians and uprooted communities who've fled in fear. UN aid coordinators OCHA has warned of “intense” clashes multiple territories, including Uvira, Walungu, Mwenga and Kalehe. So far, more than 200,000 people have been displaced across South Kivu; most are sheltering in unsafe and overcrowded sites where the risk of disease is high. With more details, here's Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, speaking in New York on Wednesday: “The humanitarian impact of the crisis is now spilling across borders. Between December 5th and 8th, nearly 25,000 people crossed into Burundi, including Congolese nationals, Burundian returnees and third-country migrants – with additional arrivals also reported in Rwanda.”  The violence has disrupted aid assistance severely and forced the UN World Food Programme to suspend its activities across South Kivu. This has left 25,000 people without lifesaving food assistance, while host families share the last of their own reserves with displaced families, the agency said. The UN's presence in DR Congo is limited; MONUSCO – the peacekeeping mission - is no longer deployed in South Kivu, while a Human Rights Council inquiry into serious abuses in the country has been left unstaffed because of dire funding shortfalls. Venezuela's national guard linked to serious abuses, rights investigators say To Venezuela, where investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that the country's Bolivarian National Guard carried out a decade of systematic and serious violations, including crimes against humanity. In a new report, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela detailed evidence of what it called “systematic and coordinated repression”. According to the independent investigators, the national guard's actions appear to have been steered by a centralised command structure under President Nicolas Maduro.…

UNrecht #28 – Das UN-Menschenrechtssystem unter Druck

UNhörbar

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2025 54:54

Vor dem Hintergrund der schrecklichen Erfahrungen aus zwei Weltkriegen stellt der Schutz der Menschenrechte eine der Hauptaufgaben der Vereinten Nationen dar. Seit ihrer Gründung hat die Weltorganisation maßgeblich zur Definition und Verrechtlichung der Menschenrechte beigetragen sowie verschiedene Mechanismen zu ihrem Schutz entwickelt. Mit ihren Feldpräsenzen setzt sie sich zudem auch ganz praktisch für die Einhaltung der Menschenrechte ein. Angesichts zahlreicher internationaler Konflikte wie in Gaza, dem russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine sowie der ausufernden Gewalt im Sudan, aber auch mit Blick auf die grundsätzliche Anfechtung grundlegender Werte und Normen, auf denen die Vereinten Nationen beruhen, sowie den zunehmenden Gegensätzen zwischen Großmächten wie den USA, China und Russland gerät dieses System zunehmend unter Druck. Dies nehmen wir zum Anlass, um mit Dr. Silke Voß-Kyeck vom Deutschen Institut für Menschenrechte in Berlin über den Zustand des UN-Menschenrechtssystems zu sprechen. InhalteDas UN-Menschenrechtssystem im ÜberblickDie aktuelle Lage des weltweiten MenschenrechtsschutzDie Herausforderung und Widerstandsfähigkeit des UN-MenschenrechtssystemsDas UN-Menschenrechtssystems vor dem Hintergrund der Liquiditätskrise der UNDer Umgang mit Doppelstandards im MenschenrechtsschutzDeutschlands Rolle im UN-Menschenrechtssystem Weiterführende LinksJohannes Icking, UN-Finanzkrise: Sparen an den Menschenrechten?, https://www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/blog/2025-un-finanzkrise-sparen-an-den-menschenrechten/DGVN, Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte, https://dgvn.de/allg-erklaerung-der-menschenrechteDGVN, Basisinformationen zu den Menschenrechten, https://dgvn.de/veroeffentlichungen/publikation/einzel/menschenrechte-und-vereinte-nationenSilke Voß-Kyeck, Dieser oder keiner – der UN-Menschenrechtsrat, DGVN-Portal Menschenrechte durchsetzen, https://menschenrechte-durchsetzen.dgvn.de/meldung/dieser-oder-keiner-der-un-menschenrechtsratSilke Voß-Kyeck, https://zeitschrift-vereinte-nationen.de/suche/zvn/artikel/mehr-als-ein-virus-bedroht-die-menschenrechteZeitschrift VEREINTE NATIONEN, Heft 6/2018, 70 Jahre Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte, https://zeitschrift-vereinte-nationen.de/suche/zvn/heft/vereinte-nationen-heft-62018United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), ‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,' Türk tells Human Rights Council, https://www.ungeneva.org/en/news-media/news/2025/06/107401/behind-each-crisis-people-are-suffering-turk-tells-human-rightsRegionales Informationszentraum der UN in Westeuropa (UNRIC), Menschenrechte, https://unric.org/de/un-aufgaben-ziele/menschenrechte/Redaktion & Moderation: Steve Biedermann, Vorstandsmitglied des DGVN-Landesverbands Mitteldeutschland & Dr. Patrick Rosenow, Leitender Redakteur der Zeitschrift VEREINTE NATIONENPost-Produktion: ⁠⁠⁠⁠mucks audio: Die Audio und Podcast Agentur⁠⁠

Episode 293: Reko Diq and the Human and Environmental Cost of Mining in Balochistan with Lateef Johar Baloch

The International Risk Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 31:06 Transcription Available

What happens when the world's hunger for copper collides with a province where 63% live in poverty, most households lack reliable electricity and water, and dissent is met with disappearance? I'm Dominic Bowen, and this is The International Risk Podcast—where we cut through the noise to examine the risks that leaders have to grapple with every day.Today: Reko Diq—one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits on the planet—touted as Pakistan's ticket to foreign capital and the energy transition. The Western pitch: jobs, growth, “responsible mining.” Local human rights actors have complained about decades of militarisation, enforced disappearances, and communities sidelined from decisions about their land and water.Our guest is Lateef Johar Baloch—human rights researcher, member of the Human Rights Council of Balochistan,In our conversation with Lateef today, we want to look beyond the headlines of Reko Diq as a multi-billion-dollar mining project and dig into what it represents on the ground, who benefits, and what are the risks. The International Risk Podcast brings you conversations with global experts, frontline practitioners, and senior decision-makers who are shaping how we understand and respond to international risk. From geopolitical volatility and organised crime, to cybersecurity threats and hybrid warfare, each episode explores the forces transforming our world and what smart leaders must do to navigate them. Whether you're a board member, policymaker, or risk professional, The International Risk Podcast delivers actionable insights, sharp analysis, and real-world stories that matter.Dominic Bowen is the host of The International Risk Podcast and Europe's leading expert on international risk and crisis management. As Head of Strategic Advisory and Partner at one of Europe's leading risk management consulting firms, Dominic advises CEOs, boards, and senior executives across the continent on how to prepare for uncertainty and act with intent. He has spent decades working in war zones, advising multinational companies, and supporting Europe's business leaders. Dominic is the go-to business advisor for leaders navigating risk, crisis, and strategy; trusted for his clarity, calmness under pressure, and ability to turn volatility into competitive advantage. Dominic equips today's business leaders with the insight and confidence to lead through disruption and deliver sustained strategic advantage.Tell us what you liked!

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JIJI news for English Learners-時事通信英語学習ニュース‐

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 0:38

大沢孝司さん北朝鮮による拉致の可能性を排除できない「特定失踪者」の大沢孝司さん、新潟県、失踪当時、ら１２人について、国連人権理事会の作業部会が同国に安否確認などを求めるリストに追加したことが、特定失踪者問題調査会などへの取材で１６日までに分かった。 A U.N. Human Rights Council group added 12 missing Japanese people not officially recognized as victims of North Korea's abductions to a list compiled to urge Pyongyang to confirm their safety, sources have said.

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12 Japanese Missing People Added to U.N. List

JIJI English News-時事通信英語ニュース-

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 0:13

A U.N. Human Rights Council group added 12 missing Japanese people not officially recognized as victims of North Korea's abductions to a list compiled to urge Pyongyang to confirm their safety, sources have said.

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Hillel Neuer - Bureaucrats of Terror: Francesca Albanese, The UN & The Rules-Based Delusion

The Winston Marshall Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 60:28

In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sat down with Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, to expose the corruption and hypocrisy within the United Nations and how it has become one of the world's biggest enablers of antisemitism and terror.From the Soviet Union's 1975 campaign declaring “Zionism is racism” to today's Hamas apologists like Francesca Albanese, Neuer reveals how the UN was captured by authoritarian regimes and weaponised against Israel. He details how organisations like UNRWA have been infiltrated by Hamas operatives, turning schools and aid programmes into fronts for jihad — all funded by Western taxpayers.Neuer explains why the so-called “rules-based international order” never truly existed, how the Human Rights Council became a haven for dictatorships, and why Britain and Europe continue to bankroll organisations that indoctrinate children to hate.A shocking and essential conversation on the UN's betrayal of its founding principles, the persistence of antisemitism in international institutions, and the urgent need for moral courage and reform in the West.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To see more exclusive content and interviews consider subscribing to my substack here: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Substack: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/X: https://twitter.com/mrwinmarshallInsta: https://www.instagram.com/winstonmarshallLinktree: https://linktr.ee/winstonmarshall----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 0:00 Introduction2:59 Francesca Albanese and the UN's Inconsistencies 5:16 Albanese's Support for Hamas and Anti-Semitism8:03 The UN Human Rights Council and Its Members 11:00 The UN's Political Nature and the ICJ 13:24 The UN's Decline and the Soviet Influence17:17 The 1975 UN Resolution on Zionism29:52 UNRWA's Role and Its Radicalisation 34:24 UNRWA's Operations and Corruption52:15 The Need for De-Radicalisation and Reform 55:04 The Role of the UN and Future Reforms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. 77 - Hillel Neuer

China Desk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 47:38

In this powerful episode of The China Desk with host Steve Yates, UN Watch director Hillel Neuer exposes how China and other authoritarian regimes manipulate the United Nations from within. Neuer breaks down Beijing's long-term strategy to dominate global institutions like the World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, and other Geneva-based agencies — using influence, intimidation, and propaganda to silence dissent.From the persecution of Uyghurs and Hong Kong dissidents to China's infiltration of UN NGOs, this conversation reveals how the ideals of Eleanor Roosevelt's original UN vision have been corrupted — and what can still be done to reclaim them.