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Tigray: As Famine Looms, First WFP Humanitarian Flight Arrives
Friday, 23 July 2021, 3:25 pm | UN News
Lifesaving assistance arrived for the beleaguered Tigray region of Ethiopia on Thursday as the first UN World Food Programme (WFP) plane carrying humanitarian workers touched down in the capital Mekelle. It was the first UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) ... More >>
WHO’s Tedros Backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power To Inspire’
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 4:12 pm | UN News
The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”. Speaking in the Japanese capital Tokyo, he said the world must unite with ... More >>
Lifesaving Help Needed For Venezuela Cancer Patients Hit By US Sanctions
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 7:10 am | UN News
Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of United States sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company, Petroleum ... More >>
Liverpool’s Historic Waterfront Removed From World Heritage List
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 6:50 am | UN News
Unsplash / Conor Samuel Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO's World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee. Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the UN cultural body UNESCO’s list ... More >>
Iraq: Bomb Attack On Eve Of Eid Al-Adha, ‘Terrorism Knows No Bounds’
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 6:00 am | UN News
20 July 2021 Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack targeting civilians” at a busy market in the north-east of the Iraqi capital, just before the Eid al-Adha holiday. In a statement issued on Monday night, ... More >>
Myanmar: ‘Brute Force Terror Campaign’ Targeting Rights Defenders, UN Experts Say
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 5:32 am | UN News
Human rights defenders in Myanmar are being targeted under a “brute force terror campaign” by the military junta, United Nations independent experts said on Monday, calling again for a stronger international response to the coup. In a statement , ... More >>
Rights Experts Condemn ‘Dramatic Rise’ In Attacks On So-called Slaves In Mali
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 5:31 am | UN News
Attacks against so-called slaves in Mali are on the rise and authorities must do more to prevent them, two independent UN human rights experts said on Monday. Although Mali outlawed slavery in 1905, a system of “descent-based slavery” persists, ... More >>
Fewer Women Than Men Will Regain Work During COVID-19 Recovery: ILO
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 5:27 am | UN News
ILO Photo / Marcel Crozet : A garment worker inspects clothing in a factory in Nicaragua. Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency. ... More >>
Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage, Have Risen In Sudan: UN-backed Study
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 4:44 pm | UN News
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. Voices from Sudan 2020, published this week, is the first-ever nationwide ... More >>
Pegasus: Human Rights-compliant Laws Needed To Regulate Spyware
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 4:43 pm | UN News
The UN human rights chief on Monday said the apparent widespread use of Pegasus spy software to illegally undermine the rights of those under surveillance, including journalists and politicians, was “extremely alarming” and confirmed “some of ... More >>
Myanmar: Human Rights Defenders Under Siege, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 5:30 am | UN News
GENEVA (19 July 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed their utmost concern for the situation of human rights defenders in Myanmar, and called for a stronger international response to the military coup, including coordinated sanctions and ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Calls For Prompt Release Of Protestors Held In Cuba
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 4:51 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called for the prompt release of protestors and journalists detained during anti-government demonstrations in Cuba, some of whom are being held incommunicado. The massive protests began on Sunday and ... More >>
EU Urged To Consider Impact Of New Climate Mechanism On Developing Countries
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 5:58 am | UN News
14 July 2021 Although a new European Union (EU) climate initiative unveiled on Wednesday could change global trade patterns to favour countries where production is relatively carbon efficient, its value in mitigating climate change will likely be limited, ... More >>
‘Tear Down Inequalities’ To End COVID Pandemic: UNAIDS
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 5:56 am | UN News
A new report issued on Wednesday by the UN agencyleading the fight against HIV/AIDS shows that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus face the double jeopardy of HIV and COVID-19 – as widening inequalities continue to prevent them from accessing ... More >>
Coup, COVID Fuelling ‘Perfect Storm’ In Myanmar, UN Expert Warns
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 5:54 am | UN News
Surging COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads, a collapsed health system, and “deep mistrust” of the military junta, are a “perfect storm” of factors that could lead to further major loss of life in Myanmar, the UN independent expert ... More >>
Libya: Positive Steps Needed To Break ‘Political Stalemate’
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 5:53 am | UN News
The interdependent tracks of implementing Libya’s ceasefire agreement, political progress and economic reform, are in danger of going into reverse, UN Special Envoy Ján Kubiš warned the Security Council on Thursday. “Positivestepsarenow ... More >>
UN Deputy Chief Warns Of ‘Hurricane Of Humanitarian Crises’
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 5:51 am | UN News
There is a“bloody surge” impacting humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying the highest price, the UN deputy chief told the Security Council on Friday. Briefing on behalf of the UN chief, Deputy Secretary-General ... More >>
Deadly Flooding, Heatwaves In Europe, Highlight Urgency Of Climate Action
Saturday, 17 July 2021, 5:48 am | UN News
Unsplash/Claudio Schwarz Floods have affected cities across Europe, including Zurich in Switzerland. Heavy rainfall that has triggered deadly and catastrophic flooding in several western European countries, is just the latest indicator that all nations ... More >>
Afghanistan: Funding Shortfall Amid Deepening Humanitarian Crisis
Friday, 16 July 2021, 4:26 pm | UN News
A senior UN official on Thursday urged donors to step up support for Afghanistan, where ongoing drought and increased military operations amid foreign troop withdrawal, are displacing scores of civilians, creating a growing humanitarian crisis. Ramiz ... More >>
‘Deeply Negative Impact’ Of COVID Pandemic, Reverses SDG Progress
Friday, 16 July 2021, 4:24 pm | UN News
Closing a key international development forum on Thursday, the deputy UN chief observed that a year of “immense challenges” has reversed progress on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). After eight “solid days” of deliberations at the High-Level ... More >>
