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UN Rights Chief Urges Accountability For Escalating ‘Catastrophe’ In Myanmar
Saturday, 12 June 2021, 4:34 pm | UN News
Escalating violence across Myanmar including attacks on civilians must be halted to prevent even greater loss of life and a deepening humanitarian emergency, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Friday. Ms. Bachelet’s appeal follows reports of ... More >>
UN Elects Five New Members To Serve On The Security Council
Saturday, 12 June 2021, 5:53 am | UN News
Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were elected by the 75thsession of the General Assembly on Friday to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the 2022-2023 term. According to the final tally, ... More >>
Security Council Urged To Bring Multilateralism ‘Alive’, To Tackle Serious Global Challenges
Friday, 11 June 2021, 5:22 pm | UN News
Rules-based multilateralism is not a simple or appealing phrase, a top European Union (EU) official told the Security Council on Thursday, “but our job is to bring it alive”. JosepBorrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and ... More >>
Nine In 10 African Nations Set To Miss Urgent COVID Vaccination Goal
Friday, 11 June 2021, 5:16 pm | UN News
Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday. At 32 million doses, Africa accounts for less than one per ... More >>
New WHO Guidance Aims To Stamp Out Rights Violations In Mental Health Services
Friday, 11 June 2021, 5:14 pm | UN News
New guidance from the World Health Organization ( WHO ), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental health care that respects human rights and focuses on recovery. Globally, mental health care mainly continues to be provided in psychiatric ... More >>
Child Labour Figure Rises To 160 Million, As COVID Puts Many More At Risk
Friday, 11 June 2021, 4:25 pm | UN News
For the first time in two decades,the number of children being put to work has risen – to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase of 8.4 million over four years – while millions of other are at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... More >>
UN Agencies Scale-up Response To Address Looming Famine ‘Catastrophe’ In Tigray
Friday, 11 June 2021, 4:22 pm | UN News
The head of the World Food Programme ( WFP ) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where ongoing fighting between government and regional forces has put some 350,000 people at risk ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Condemns ‘horrendous Attack’ On Demining Partner HALO Trust
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 4:31 pm | UN News
The United Nations on Wednesday called for an investigation into the deadly attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines. Ten people were killed, and 16 others injured, when gunmen ... More >>
Outgoing ICC Prosecutor Urges Security Council To Keep Focus On Justice In Darfur
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6:43 am | UN News
The international community must stay focused on achieving justice and peace for the people of Darfur, the outgoing Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council on Wednesday. In her final briefing to ambassadors, ... More >>
‘Mass Deaths’ Alert In Myanmar As 100,000 Flee Junta’s Heavy Weapons
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6:41 am | UN News
In Myanmar, international action is needed urgently to prevent “mass deaths” there, after civilians fled attacks by so-called “junta bombs”, a top independent UN rights expert has warned. “Mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure ... More >>
UN Court Upholds Ratko Mladić Convictions And Life Sentence
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 4:29 pm | UN News
A UN court on Tuesday upheld the life sentence imposed on former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladić for his role in the Balkan wars in the 1990s. The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals on Tuesday rejected his appeal against ... More >>
Step Up HIV Fight, To End AIDS ‘epidemic Of Inequalities’ By 2030
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 4:27 pm | UN News
Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, four decades ago, the UN General Assembly President said on Tuesday that the “tragic reality” is that the most vulnerable remain in jeopardy. “They ... More >>
Chilliest Spring In Years Is Cold Comfort As CO2 Emissions Rise: WMO
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 6:30 am | UN News
Confirmation that Europe has just had its chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort for the planet, amid rising greenhouse gas levels which will bring negative impacts for generations to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday. “Europe had its coldest ... More >>
UNICEF And Celebrities Appeal To G7 Countries: Donate COVID Vaccinations ‘Now’
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, Ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other agencies, have signed an open letter to the upcoming G7 Summit of world leaders, underscoring the urgency of suppling vaccine ... More >>
Fragile Democratic Gains At Risk In Central Africa As Violence By Armed Groups Escalates
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 4:27 pm | UN News
Attacks by armed groups including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province pose grave threats to Central Africa’s fragile stability, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council on Monday, while spotlighting crucial ... More >>
WHO Warns Of ‘Two-track Pandemic’ As Cases Decline But Vaccine Inequity Persists
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 4:25 pm | UN News
Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in his ongoing campaign to get more vaccines to developing countries. Tedros Adhanom ... More >>
Global Push Needed To Ensure ‘Clean, Affordable And Sustainable Electricity’ For All
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:14 am | UN News
During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than ever before. However, the number still not connected has grown in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, according to a new UN report on universal ... More >>
Protection Call For Burkina Faso Civilians After Terror Attack Leaves 132 Dead
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:12 am | UN News
Communities in rural Burkina Faso urgently need greater protection from violent extremists, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Monday, in response to a deadly assault at the weekend that claimed the lives of at least 132 innocent people. ... More >>
UN Launches Decade On Ecosystem Restoration To Counter ‘Triple Environmental Emergency’
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 6:14 am | UN News
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration . It calls for stepping up efforts to prevent, halt and reverse ... More >>
UN Health Agency Urges Nations To Donate 250 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 6:07 am | UN News
Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) said ... More >>
