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Posted on January 30, 2025
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UN rights chief seeks $500M for 2025 to bolster global human rights monitoring amid funding challenges.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief on Thursday appealed for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources for 2025 to support the monitoring and investigation of human rights abuses around the world from Syria to Sudan.
The U.N. human rights office has been grappling with chronic funding shortages that some fear might be exacerbated by cuts from top donor the United States under new President Donald Trump.
"In 2025, we expect no let-up in major challenges to human rights," said High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk in a speech at the U.N. in Geneva. "I am very concerned that if we do not reach our funding targets in 2025, we will leave people...to struggle and possibly fail, without adequate support."
(Reporting by Emma Farge; Editing by Madeline Chambers)
The UN rights chief is appealing for $500 million in extra-budgetary resources for 2025.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk expressed concerns that there will be no let-up in major challenges to human rights in 2025.
The U.N. human rights office has been grappling with chronic funding shortages, which may be exacerbated by potential cuts from the United States under the new administration.
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