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🇲🇭 Human rights defenders in the Marshall Islands are pursuing justice together.

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Andrea Bolaños Vargas highlighted the important work of human rights defenders in the Marshall Islands and their collective efforts to advance justice and human rights.

Read more: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/09/human-rights-defenders-marshall-islands-engaged-collective-pursuit-justice

“International cooperation is more necessary than ever.”

Ahead of next week’s General Assembly, António Guterres has stressed the UN remains the singular place where world leaders can come together to seek common ground and find solutions to the toughest global challenges.

“The United Nations is not just a platform. It is a promise.”

https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/press-events/2026-09-16/secretary-generals-remarks-press-conference-the-start-of-the-81st-session-of-the-general-assembly

Human rights are the essentials we all share, the common ground that unites us across differences of race, gender, belief, or background. In a world of uncertainty, human rights remain our everyday constants.

When everything feels unstable, your right to safety, to speak freely and to participate in decisions that affect us, become the bedrock of our lives.


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