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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 >>
Deaths Soar On Perilous Maritime Migration Routes To Europe
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 4:19 pm | UN News
Deaths of migrants travelling by dangerous sea routes to Europe have soared in the first six months of the year. At least 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by boat from January to June, the UN migration agency, IOM said on Wednesday. That’s ... More >>
UN Chief Says Race To Reach SDGs ‘Can And Must’ Be Turned Around
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 4:06 pm | UN News
The COVID pandemic has taken four million lives, devastated the global economy, pushed a further 124 million people into extreme poverty and continues to inflict profound suffering – dramatically impacting progress towards the Sustainable Development ... More >>
Afghanistan: 270,000 Newly Displaced This Year, Warns UNHCR
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 6:16 am | UN News
The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes since January, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday , bringing the total ... More >>
