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Punishment Of ‘Innocent Civilians’ Through Government Sanctions Must End: UN Experts
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 7:02 am | UN News
Unilateral coercive measures by some governments are denying many people around the world the right to personal development, as well as holding back sustainable national development, four independent UN human rights experts said on Wednesday. ... More >>
Global Climate Objectives Fall Short Without Nuclear Power In The Mix: UNECE
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 7:00 am | UN News
The urgent need to reduce emissions and slow global heating, should involve the roll-out of more nuclear power stations, regional UN energy experts argued in a new briefing on Wednesday. Only weeks before world leaders gather in Glasgow to hammer ... More >>
WHO Announces Three New Drugs For Latest COVID-19 ‘Solidarity’ Clinical Trials
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 6:18 am | UN News
Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity clinical trials to find effective treatments against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. The therapies — artesunate, imatinib and infliximab ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Condemns Afghanistan Abuses As Taliban Advance Continues
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 5:34 am | UN News
Disturbing reports of Taliban violence against communities now under their control in Afghanistan have been condemned by UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who on Tuesday backed a return to peace negotiations in Doha. The High Commissioner for Human Rights ... More >>
Access Restored To Tigray Camps Sheltering Eritrean Refugees
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 5:32 am | UN News
In Ethiopia’s wartorn Tigray region, UN aid workers said on Tuesday that they have reached two refugee camps for Eritrean nationals for the first time since being cut off by fighting last month. UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) spokesperson, Boris Cheshirkov, ... More >>
Shocking’ Escalation Of Grave Violations Against Children In Afghanistan: UNICEF
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 5:26 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan, following the deaths of 27 children in the country in the past 72 hours, and 136 who were injured. "The atrocities ... More >>
UN Libya Mission ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Abduction Of Top Government Staffer
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 3:51 pm | UN News
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Tuesday that it is “deeply concerned” over the abduction of a senior Government staff member, who disappeared last week after being taken away by unidentified armed men. Rida Faraj Fraitis, is Chief of ... More >>
UK Plan Thwarts Access To Truth Over Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 9:13 am | UN News
Unsplash/K. Mitch Hodge - The Peace Bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland Two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressed serious concern over a United Kingdom plan to end prosecutions for grave violations committed during ... More >>
Tigray: Intensified Fighting Across Borders ‘disastrous’ For Children
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 3:47 pm | UN News
UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the growing “humanitarian catastrophe” in northern Ethiopia, sparked by the conflict in the Tigray region, now in its ninth month. A recent escalation in fighting in Afar and other neighbouring regions, has ... More >>
End Inequalities, Recognize Abuses, UN Chief Says On International Day Of Indigenous People
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 5:58 am | UN News
OPS Colombia/Karen González Abr | Indigenous authorities in Tarapacá, Colombia, were consulted with before COVID vaccinations began. Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous ... More >>
IPCC Report: 'Code Red' For Human Driven Global Heating, Warns UN Chief
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 5:49 am | UN News
Unsplash/Marcus Kauffman A wildfire burns in a national park in Oregon, USA. Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated ... More >>
UN Pledges Full Support To Nagasaki Voices Fuelling ‘powerful Global Movement’ Against Nuclear Arms
Monday, 9 August 2021, 3:29 pm | UN News
António Guterres has reaffirmed the full support of the United Nations to amplifying the powerful testimony of the survivors of the atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, 76 years ago, which has helped build a “powerful global ... More >>
Ceasefire In Tigray More Urgent Than Ever: UN Relief Chief
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 7:22 am | UN News
A ceasefire in Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more than ever if a massive aid operation across frontlines is to succeed, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Friday. Speaking in Geneva, Martin Griffiths highlighted the urgency ... More >>
Myanmar: COVID-19 Third Wave Has Hit Like A ‘Tsunami’, Warns WFP
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 7:20 am | UN News
The World Food Programme ( WFP ) warned on Friday that it is facing a 70 per cent funding shortfall in Myanmar, where millions face growing food insecurity. Amid the “triple impact of poverty, the current political unrest and economic crisis”, ... More >>
Displaced Afghans Face ‘Continued Deterioration’ In Country
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 7:18 am | UN News
The situation for people who have been displaced due to an upsurge in fighting in Afghanistan following the resurgence of the Taliban is expected to continue to deteriorate, unless more is done to assist them, according to the UN’s International Organization ... More >>
Afghanistan At ‘Dangerous Turning Point’, UN Envoy Warns Security Council
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 7:15 am | UN News
With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official in the country appealed on Friday for the Security Council to act to avert a catastrophe. Special Representative Deborah Lyons, head of the UN ... More >>
Somalia: Call For Urgent Action Following ‘Alarming’ 80 Per Cent Rise In Sexual Violence
Friday, 6 August 2021, 6:17 am | UN News
An “alarming” 80 per cent increase in sexual violence in Somalia, as documented in two recent reports by the Secretary-General, has been described as “appalling” by two UN Special Representatives. “We urge all parties to the conflict in Somalia ... More >>
Ethiopia: ‘Heartbreaking’ Devastation In Tigray, Says UN Humanitarian Chief
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 7:04 am | UN News
UNOCHA/Saviano Abreu The UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths (left) meets a couple whose house was destroyed in Hawzen, Tigray. The new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator ended a six-day mission to Ethiopia with a fresh push to get badly ... More >>
Donor Conference A ‘unique Opportunity’ To Renew Commitment To Lebanon: UN Deputy Chief
Thursday, 5 August 2021, 7:01 am | UN News
UNDP Lebanon | The Port of Beirut pictured in April 2021 A donor conference to boost support for Lebanon one year after the devastating explosion in its capital, Beirut, represents a “unique opportunity” to renew commitment to the country and prevent ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Mission Demands End To Fighting As Taliban Advance
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 3:36 pm | UN News
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan ( UNAMA ) on Tuesday called for an immediate end to fighting in urban areas, as the Taliban continues a ground assault in the south of the country. UNAMA said civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence ... More >>
