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New Platform Highlights Women’s Leadership In Tackling Global Challenges
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 6:51 am | UN News
Women Heads of State and Government meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Tuesday have highlighted how women’s full and effective participation and decision-making are crucial to addressing global priorities. The newly established ... More >>
Pakistan Floods: Six Month Wait For Water To Recede, Warn Relief Agencies
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 6:50 am | UN News
Millions of people in Pakistan are still deeply affected by catastrophic flooding which “is not going anywhere”, UN relief agencies said on Tuesday. Close to eight million people have been displaced by the disaster and the UN along with the authorities ... More >>
UN Spotlights Transformational Potential Of Family Farming For World Food Supply
Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 6:45 am | UN News
A Global Forum highlighting the UN’s Decade of Family Farming ( UNDFF ) got underway on Monday, aimed at identifying priority policies to boost support for family farmers and agricultural development worldwide. The UNDFF runs through the end of 2028, and ... More >>
Ukraine: UN Rights Office Set To Probe ‘Mass Graves’ In Newly Liberated East
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 5:54 am | UN News
Reports that mass graves have been discovered in the Ukrainian city of Izyum are to be investigated by UN rights monitors, it’s been announced. The development follows the liberation of eastern areas of Ukraine during the on-going counter-offensive, ... More >>
Global Cooperation To Protect The Ozone Layer Can Ensure A Better Future For Us All
Saturday, 17 September 2022, 5:52 am | UN News
As the Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone Layer turns 35 on Friday, World Ozone Day, the United Nations has said that continuing the level of cooperation that led to the treaty’s adoption and success is just what is needed to protect life on ... More >>
UN Remains Deeply Concerned Over ‘Dangerous Escalation’ Following Fighting Across Armenia-Azerbaijan Border
Friday, 16 September 2022, 6:51 am | UN News
A senior official from the UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs department has called on Armenia and Azerbaijan “to take immediate and concrete steps to deescalate tensions” following several days of fighting this week which reportedly left dozens ... More >>
Human Rights: Inflation Threatens Everyone’s Right To Development
Friday, 16 September 2022, 6:22 am | UN News
Rising global inflation is expected to hit emerging and developing economies particularly hard this year, adding to a “confluence of crises” that threatens us all, the UN’s acting human rights chief has warned. Addressing the Human Rights Council ... More >>
‘Don’t Flood The World Today; Don’t Drown It Tomorrow’, UN Chief Implores Leaders
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 6:23 am | UN News
As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for the General Debate of the new General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on them to bring hope to a fractured world, and increase efforts to fight ... More >>
Russia: UN Expert Alarmed At Continued Targeting Of Human Rights Defenders
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 5:08 am | UN News
GENEVA (14 September 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today reiterated her calls on the Russian Government to stop the clampdown on human rights defenders. She said in a statement: “In the ... More >>
Lewis Hamilton Lines Up With UNHCR In Equality Drive For Refugee Children’s Education
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 5:56 am | UN News
Racing driver Sir Lewis Hamilton, seven-time Formula 1 world champion, is backing a fresh call from the UN on Tuesday for all refugee children and youth to be given access to a full quality education. He’s one driving force behind the release of ... More >>
Catastrophic Hunger Levels Leave 500,000 Children At Risk Of Dying In Somalia
Wednesday, 14 September 2022, 5:54 am | UN News
Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, 173,000 more than during the 2011 famine, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. In a call for immediate funding to help vulnerable communities hit by successive ... More >>
Ukraine’s Suffering Continues, Acting UN Rights Chief Tells Human Rights Council
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6:52 am | UN News
The Human Rights Council opened a four-week session in Geneva on Monday, with multiple emergencies – from Afghanistan to Ukraine – set to take centre stage. Just over 200 days since Russia invaded its neighbour, acting UN High Commissioner for Human ... More >>
Ukraine: More Than 14,000 Casualties To Date But ‘actual Numbers Are Likely Considerably Higher'
Saturday, 10 September 2022, 7:08 pm | UN News
Nearly 5,800 people have been killed in the conflict in Ukraine and the situation of prisoners of war in Russian-held areas is “worrying”, the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country said on Friday. Matilda Bogner was presenting ... More >>
Nigeria: UN Expert Calls For More Advances In Protecting Older Persons
Saturday, 10 September 2022, 5:50 am | UN News
Despite commendable progress on legal and policy safeguards for older persons, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert said on Friday that Nigeria must implement already adopted measures to protect them against ageism and age discrimination, both ... More >>
UN Meeting Upholds Need To Remember And Support Victims Of Terrorism
Friday, 9 September 2022, 6:51 am | UN News
Advancing the rights and needs of people whose lives have been upended by terrorism is the goal of a two-day meeting that opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday. The first UN Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism will address ... More >>
WMO: Climate Change In Africa Can Destabilize ‘Countries And Entire Regions’
Friday, 9 September 2022, 6:30 am | UN News
Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a new report launched on Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The State of ... More >>
Pollution And Climate Change Upsurge The Risk Of ‘Climate Penalty’
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 6:44 am | UN News
A rise in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will not only increase wildfires this century but also worsen air quality – harming human health and ecosystems, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) launched ... More >>
Sri Lanka: New Government Urged To Make Progress On Accountability, Institutional Reforms
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 5:23 am | UN News
Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture and the new Government must make progress on accountability as well as institutional and security sector reforms, the UN human rights office, OHCHR , said in a report published on Tuesday. The country is in the ... More >>
Somalia: UN’s Top Humanitarian Forum Warns Of ‘Tipping Point’ As Famine Risk Rises
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 5:53 am | UN News
Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned. In a statement issued on Monday, the principals of the Inter-Agency ... More >>
Pakistan: More Than 6.4 Million In ‘Dire Need’ After Unprecedented Floods
Monday, 5 September 2022, 5:44 am | UN News
The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with a third of the country under water, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. With more than 33 million people impacted, that represents 15 per cent of the total Pakistani population, ... More >>
