The Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs recently added to the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law two new Introductory Notes: one on the 1953 Convention on the Political Rights of Women, written by Ruth Aura-Odhiambo, Legal Practitioner and Former Dean of Egerton University; and one on the 1968 Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, written by Sandesh Sivakumaran, Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge.
With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in the line of duty last year, one veteran UN aid worker based in Gaza reaffirmed the resolve of humanitarians everywhere.
Displaced since 2015, for Ibrahim Alahmad, Humanitarian Programme Officer with OCHA Gaziantep, working for the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund is more than a job.
Once again, the spotlight was on African heritage, with the inclusion of four new sites from the continent and the removal of three others from the List of World Heritage in Danger.