The Group of Friends of Women in Afghanistan express deep concern regarding the increasing erosion of respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban, including through continued restrictions that… read more
One incident caused the death of invertebrate life in a stream for 1.5 kilometres. Anglian Water has been slapped with a fine totalling £871,000 after a catalogue of system and maintenance failures caused separate incidents of pollution across 3 count… read more
Minister for Development Vicky Ford uses a two-day visit to Ethiopia to urge for peace and pledge more support to victims of the drought affecting 24 million already vulnerable people support will provide hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished… read more
Thank you, Chair, and just to start let me say what a pleasure it is to be back in the Third Committee where I started my UN career. Mr Chair, seventy-seven years ago the first UN Member States signed the UN Charter, “determined to save succeeding gen… read more
Thank you Chair, I have the honour to deliver this cross-regional statement on behalf of Ireland and 79 other countries, as well as the European Union. The world owes a debt to civil society actors and human rights defenders. Without their cooperation… read more