Egypt has given notice it will withdraw at the end of June from a decades-old U.N. grains treaty, reported Reuters. The decision has caused consternation among other signatories to the convention. It follows a period [ More … ]
The United Nations Human Rights Committee will hold a two-day session (today and tomorrow) to examine the Egyptian government’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Egypt ratified in 1982 [ More … ]
Human rights organizations say the United Nations must adopt a resolution on the dire human rights situation in Egypt. Reactions have continued to the leaked message from prisoners at Badr-3 Prison, which highlighted the violations [ More … ]
Egypt is experiencing a worsening human rights crisis, prompting NGOs to call on the UN to take urgent procedures to address the crisis. The UN HRC must adopt a resolution on the human rights crisis [ More … ]
Egypt’s human rights crisis has persisted and even worsened over the last three years, according to a recent human rights report submitted to the United Nations The human rights crisis in Egypt has persisted and [ More … ]
Twenty-nine out of 54 members voted to expel Iran from the UN commission on women over regime’s crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody. Eight member states voted [ More … ]
The United Nations says it is investigating reportedly misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks. This follows accusations that attendees of events at the German pavilion for the COP27 [ More … ]
Sewage pipe in Egypt bursts after COP27 attendees complain about lack of basic necessities. First there was no water. Then there was too much of the wrong kind. Participants of this year’s U.N. climate conference [ More … ]
As Egypt prepares to stage COP27, the geopolitical context that shapes all international diplomacy has gone from tense to precarious, said Bloomberg in a recent report. Egypt, the summit host, is contending with inflation that [ More … ]
Five UN human rights experts have warned that Egypt is creating a climate of fear for Egyptian civil society organizations ahead of COP27 Five United Nations human rights experts yesterday warned that the Egyptian government [ More … ]
A joint letter by European MPs urges establishment of a UN rights monitoring mechanism on Egypt A joint letter by various European members of parliaments have urged foreign ministers, and ambassadors to the UN Human [ More … ]
The United Nations Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, on Thursday met with the Saudi Deputy Defense Minister, Khalid Bin Salman Al-Saud, in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh, where they discussed ways to end the [ More … ]
Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg assumes his duties amid a stalled peace process and intense fighting around the city of Marib The new UN special envoy for Yemen said on Friday the country was [ More … ]
United Nations officials twice said Riyadh would have Agnes Callamard ‘taken care of’ following probe into journalist’s assassination, a Middle East Monitor report says A senior Saudi official allegedly issued death threats against outgoing United Nations [ More … ]
Well-informed Egyptian sources have revealed that unified directives have been circulated by the authorities in Cairo to institutions, councils and professional unions in order to respond to a statement issued by the United Nations, criticising [ More … ]
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