News in Brief 31 October 2022
- UN chief deeply saddened after tragedy in Seoul stampede
- Global labour market to deteriorate amid Ukraine war shocks: ILO
- Progress, but more needed by oil and gas giants to reduce methane emissions
Countries in the ‘Global South’ recognize Israel’s “settler colonialism” manifested through its illegal occupation of the West Bank and other Palestinian territory, said the UN's independent expert for human rights there, after delivering her first report to the General Assembly.
Devastating flooding – the worst in a decade – has affected millions of people in west and central Africa, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday.
Nearly four decades on from the adoption of the UN Convention against Torture, there is evidence that it is still taking place in all regions of the world, even though it’s a recognized international crime.