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UN Chief: Countries Bound For COP27 Must Make Climate Action ‘The Top Global Priority’
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 6:35 am | UN News
As government representatives begin the finalize the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt next month, for pre-COP planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital, Kinshasa, Secretary-General António Guterres t old journalists ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Condemns ‘callous’ Suicide Attack On Education Centre
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 5:39 am | UN News
The UN has condemned a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul which has left more than 20 dead, according to latest news reports, many of them young women who were sitting mock exams at an education centre. Dozens more were wounded at the Kaaj ... More >>
Little Progress Combating Systemic Racism Against People Of African Descent: UN Report
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 5:36 am | UN News
More than two years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States sparked the global Black Lives Matter movement, there’s been only “piecemeal progress” in addressing systemic racism, the UN human rights office ... More >>
Black Sea Exports Ramp Up, Bringing Confidence To Global Commerce And Food To Most Vulnerable
Friday, 30 September 2022, 7:12 pm | UN News
Two months since the Black Sea Grain Initiative kicked into action to help release desperately needed grain and fertilizer from ports in Ukraine and Russia, confidence is returning among global distributors as exports ramp up, UN humanitarians said ... More >>
‘Dire’ And Deteriorating Pattern Of Rights Abuse Continues In Ukraine
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 7:09 am | UN News
Ongoing armed attacks by Russia against Ukraine have led to devastating human rights abuses there, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission for the war-torn country (HRMMU). Highlighting a wide range of ... More >>
Join Forces To Prevent ‘Food Availability Crisis’ Urges FAO Chief
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 7:07 am | UN News
As the war in Ukraine stokes a crisis for countries who are struggling just to access the food their populations want and need, the international community needs to ensure that doesn’t spill over into a “food availability crisis”, the head of the ... More >>
Time To Address Mental Health Issues In The Workplace, UN Agencies Urge
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 7:06 am | UN News
With an estimated 12 billion workdays lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion, more action is needed to tackle mental health issues at work, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International ... More >>
Referenda In Russian-controlled Ukraine ‘cannot Be Regarded As Legal’: UN Political Affairs Chief
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:26 pm | UN News
Recent so-called referenda conducted in four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine cannot be considered legal under international law, the UN’s political affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the Security Council on Tuesday. Ukrainian President ... More >>
Central African Republic: Said Trial Opens At International Criminal Court
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 7:16 am | UN News
The trial of a paramilitary commander accused of carrying out or ordering crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) began on Monday in The Hague. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani - a top-ranking leader of the mostly-Muslim ... More >>
ILO Welcomes First Global Agreement On Professional Footballers’ Rights
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 7:14 am | UN News
The UN’s labour agency welcomed on Monday, the first ever global agreement on working conditions and rights of professional football players in both the men’s and women’s game. “Free, independent, strong and representative employers’ ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For An End To ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ And Risk Of ‘Humanitarian Armageddon’
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 7:11 am | UN News
In an era of “nuclear blackmail”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged countries to step back from the threat of potential global catastrophe and recommit to peace. The UN chief was speaking at an event to commemorate the International ... More >>
South Sudan Violence Proliferating, Warn Independent Rights Experts
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 7:04 am | UN News
Deeply disturbing violence is escalating “all over” South Sudan, top independent UN human rights experts have warned . Women and girls continue to be gang-raped and survivors have been described as “zombies, physically and emotionally dead” , ... More >>
Ukraine Refugees: Eager To Work But Need Greater Support
Monday, 26 September 2022, 7:45 am | UN News
Refugees from Ukraine are eager to work in their host countries but need additional support to do so, and to ensure their inclusion in the communities where they are staying, according to a new survey published on Friday by UN refugee agency, UNHCR. ... More >>
Half Of Sudan’s Most Vulnerable Children Could Die Without Aid
Monday, 26 September 2022, 7:44 am | UN News
The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday. “As we speak today, 650,000 kids are ... More >>
War Crimes Have Been Committed In Ukraine Conflict, Top UN Human Rights Inquiry Reveals
Monday, 26 September 2022, 7:41 am | UN News
Almost seven months to the day since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UN-appointed independent human rights investigators said that war crimes have indeed been committed in the conflict. The finding came in the first report by the Independent International ... More >>
Mali Reports Progress In Political Transition Process, Fighting Terrorism
Monday, 26 September 2022, 7:21 am | UN News
Authorities in Mali are moving along the path to political transition and institutional reform while combating terrorism and other insecurity, Acting Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga said in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Saturday. The process to ... More >>
Redouble Efforts To End ‘Senseless’ War In Ukraine, UN Chief Tells Foreign Ministers
Friday, 23 September 2022, 5:34 pm | UN News
With the war in Ukraine showing no signs of letting up, countries must increase efforts to prevent further escalation and end the fighting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told Foreign Ministers meeting in the Security Council on Thursday. ... More >>
Ethiopia: Civilians Again Mired In Intractable And Deadly War, Human Rights Council Hears
Friday, 23 September 2022, 5:33 pm | UN News
Ethiopia’s people are once again “mired…in the intractable and deadly consequences” of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who are all likely responsible for war crimes, top rights investigators said on Thursday. ... More >>
World Falling ‘Far Short’ Of Pledge To Protect Minority Rights: Guterres
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 6:41 am | UN News
The worldis falling“far short” of commitments made three decades ago to protect minority communities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, appealing for concrete action to counter this neglect. The UN chief was speaking ... More >>
Noncommunicable Diseases Now ‘Top Killers Globally’ – UN Health Agency Report
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 6:39 am | UN News
From heart disease to cancer and diabetes, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) now outnumber infectious diseases as the “top killers globally,” the UN health agency said in a new report, released on Wednesday, with one person under 70 dying every two ... More >>
