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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 >>
UN Appeals For Faster Passage For Aid Convoys To Ethiopia’s Tigray
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 6:04 am | UN News
UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in days to reach the local capital, Mekelle, encountered multiple checks delaying their arrival. Unobstructed aid deliveries are ... More >>
Countries Urged To Reopen Classrooms, Assess Pandemic-related Learning Loss
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 6:01 am | UN News
Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch up on their learning, in the wake of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two UN agencies and partners said in a report issued on Tuesday. The finding ... More >>
‘Tremendously Off Track’ To Meet 2030 SDGs: UN Chief
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 3:44 pm | UN News
Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020 – some 161 million more than for 2019 – the UN Secretary-General said on Monday; “new, tragic data”, which indicates the world is “tremendously off track” to achieve the ... More >>
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses As Delta Variant Rips Around The World Shows ‘Disappointing Inequality’: WHO
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
The COVID-19 Delta variant is travelling around the world at a “scorching pace” driving a new spike in cases and deaths, but it’s exposing a ‘hugely uneven and inequitable’ global gap in vaccine supply, the head of the World Health Organization ... More >>
Conflict, Climate Change, COVID, Forces More People Into Hunger
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 6:19 am | UN News
Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflict, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19; and one in five children around the world is stunted, UN agencies warned on Monday. New data that represents the first comprehensive global ... More >>
Child Mental Health Crisis ‘Magnified’ By COVID, Warns UN Chief
Saturday, 10 July 2021, 6:05 am | UN News
Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health, the UN chief warned a symposium on the issue on Thursday. In a video address to an ... More >>
New UN Report Reveals Impact Of COVID On Human Trafficking
Saturday, 10 July 2021, 6:02 am | UN News
A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking and highlights the increased targeting and exploitation of children during the course ... More >>
