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Refusal To Waive IP Rights For COVID-19 Vaccines Violates Human Rights: Experts
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 9:02 pm | UN News
UN rights experts called on States in the global North on Thursday to forgo intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments in the name of human rights. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ( CERD ) adopted a decision ... More >>
UNESCO World Heritage Sites Often ‘Last Line Of Defence Against Extinction’
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 8:57 pm | UN News
Some of the world’s most iconic natural and cultural sites are also a haven for thousands of endangered species, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Thursday. Although properties protected under the World Heritage ... More >>
First Person: Caught In The Crossfire In Ukraine
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 8:49 pm | UN News
Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations with the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), vividly describes what it was like spending a week in Ukraine and Moldova, meeting some of those most affected by Russia’s ongoing ... More >>
Haiti Violence: ‘Carnage Needs To Stop’ Says UN Relief Chief
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 6:57 pm | UN News
Haiti is in the grip of “extreme brutality”, with gang-related violence continuing to force thousands from their homes amidst widespread suffering, said the UN’s top humanitarian official there. The desperate situation prompted a tweet on Friday ... More >>
200,000 Children At Risk Of Starvation In Mali
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 4:35 am | UN News
A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end of this year – with at least 200,000 at risk of dying ... More >>
Iran's Draft Hijab Law Tantamount To ‘Gender Apartheid’
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 4:33 am | UN News
A group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern on Friday over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab, in public. “The draft law could ... More >>
Support For Children As Wildfires Rage Across Greece
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 5:35 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called for urgent assistance for children caught up in wildfires in Greece, considered to be the worst Europe has seen since the turn of the century. Fuelled by record temperatures and high winds, ... More >>
Rights Experts ‘Outraged’ Over Attacks On Women Activists in Mexico
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 5:33 am | UN News
A group of UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico to investigate and prosecute those who attack and kill women activists searching for their missing relatives. “We are outraged that those searching for ... More >>
‘Atrocious Crime’ Of Enforced Disappearances
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 5:27 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance by condemning the “atrocious crime” and urging all Member States to hold those who perpetrate it accountable. Enforced disappearance ... More >>
With COVID-19 ‘Here To Stay’, New Tools Essential To Continue Fight: Tedros
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 6:18 am | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to COVID-19 technology, knowledge and clinical data, stressing the fight against the virus must continue. The partnership, called the COVID-19 Technology ... More >>
UN Appeals For Nuclear Test Ban Amid ‘Alarming Rise In Global Mistrust’
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 6:14 am | UN News
The United Nations on Tuesday called for more global action to end nuclear testing, warning against the danger of “collective suicide”. In his message marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests, Secretary-General António Guterres appealed ... More >>
Niger Spiralling Into ‘Protection Crisis’ Following Takeover
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 4:55 am | UN News
The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions on humanitarian operations limiting aid and protection, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. UNHCR ’s representative in Niger, ... More >>
Widespread Learning Loss Continues In Ukraine Due To War & COVID-19
Wednesday, 30 August 2023, 4:47 am | UN News
Ukrainian children are showing signs of widespread learning loss as Russia’s invasion preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left them facing a fourth year of education setbacks, a senior UN children’s agency official said on Tuesday. “Inside Ukraine, ... More >>
Mali: ‘MINUSMA Is Leaving, But The UN Is Staying’, Mission Chief Says
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 9:18 pm | UN News
While its peacekeeping operation in Mali, MINUSMA draws to a close by the end of this year, the UN remains committed to supporting the country’s stability and development, the head of the Mission said on Monday. Briefing the Security Council , El-Ghassim ... More >>
Indonesian Doctors Act On Tell-tale Signs Of Family Violence
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 11:06 am | UN News
Doctors on the Indonesian island of Central Sulawesi are putting into practice training they have received from the UN Population Fund ( UNFPA ) to identify and act upon cases of domestic violence. When the parents of an injured five-year-old boy told ... More >>
New Global Fund ‘Welcome Boost’ To Safeguarding Biodiversity
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 6:46 am | UN News
A new global environmental fund marks a major step towards securing the wellbeing of biodiversity in developing countries and will help to ensure sustainable utilization of their natural resources, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on ... More >>
Sudan: ‘Lost Generation’ Of Children Amid War, Hunger, Disease: UN Humanitarians
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 6:44 am | UN News
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in Sudan could destroy the country, as the future of a “lost generation” of children lies in the balance. Mr. Griffiths said that the conflict spelled trauma ... More >>
Da’esh And Affiliates Still A Threat In Conflict Zones, UN Counter-terrorism Officials Report
Saturday, 26 August 2023, 6:42 am | UN News
Despite successful international counter-terrorism initiatives, the extremist group Da’esh and its affiliates continue to pose a serious threat in conflict zones and neighbouring countries, the UN Security Council heard on Friday. Ambassadors were ... More >>
Six Years On, Still No Justice For Myanmar’s Rohingya
Friday, 25 August 2023, 9:48 am | UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk, on Thursday, reiterated the call for accountability and justice for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya driven from their homes in Myanmar by security forces in 2017, in what has been described as “textbook” ... More >>
Ukrainian People's 'Unimaginable Suffering' After 18 Months of War
Friday, 25 August 2023, 9:45 am | UN News
The top UN political affairs official on Thursday highlighted “unimaginable” human suffering due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as the war hit its somber 18-month mark. Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding ... More >>
