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Human Rights Council Strengthens Rights Office Probe Into Sri Lanka’s Long Civil War
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 4:40 pm | UN News
The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve information and evidence of crimes related to Sri Lanka's 37-year long civil war that ended in 2009. The 47-member council on Tuesday adopted a resolution on ... More >>
‘Seize The Moment’ To Recover And Rebuild Better, UN Deputy Chief Urges Asia-Pacific Nations
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:34 am | UN News
Confronting major setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic, countries in Asia and the Pacific “must now seize the moment” to rebuild and recover better together, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General said on Tuesday. Addressing the eighth ... More >>
1.4 Million With Tuberculosis, Lost Out On Treatment During First Year Of COVID-19
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:13 am | UN News
An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared with the previous year, because of COVID-19, the UN health agency said on Monday. Latest data from the World Health Organization ( WHO ) from more ... More >>
Collective Commitment Needed To End The ‘Poison’ Of Racism: UN Cultural Chief Says
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:11 am | UN News
With the COVID-19 pandemic providing fertile ground for the resurgence of racism and discrimination, the head of the UN’s educational and cultural agency, UNESCO , called on Monday for countries to stand united in what she described as “these ... More >>
Oceans Under Threat Like Never Before, Warns World Meteorological Organization
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:09 am | UN News
Climate change has hit the world’s oceans hard, UN weather experts said on Monday, in a call for lifesaving monitoring and early warning services that were interrupted by COVID-19 to be ramped up again, to protect shipping and coastal communities at ... More >>
Recognize ‘True Value’ Of Water, UN Urges, Marking World Day
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:06 am | UN News
22 March 2021 The UN is marking World Water Day on Monday with a global conversation on how people value the lifegiving resource in different parts of the world, according to local needs. “For me, water means protection”, Secretary-General António ... More >>
UN Chief ‘Profoundly Concerned’ Over Rise In Violence Against Asians
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 5:13 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a statement expressing his profound concern over the rise in violence against Asians, and people of Asian descent, during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compounding the general scourge of racism ... More >>
UN Agencies Urge Turkey Not To Abandon International Accord Protecting Women
Monday, 22 March 2021, 5:51 am | UN News
United Nations agencies on Saturday called on Turkey to reconsider its withdrawal from a key regional treaty on preventing violence against women, including domestic violence, and bringing the perpetrators to justice. Dubbed the Istanbul Convention, ... More >>
Forest Restoration Provides A Path To Pandemic Recovery, Greener Future
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 6:23 am | UN News
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic should lead to stronger action to safeguard the world’s forests, a senior UN official said on Friday, highlighting how these natural resources have helped to protect health and well-being during the global ... More >>
No ‘Fix’ To Police Violence, Without Tackling Scourge In Society, Says Rights Chief
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 6:03 am | UN News
The Human Rights Council embarked on a discussion over police violence against people of African descent on Friday, with a warning from UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet that “brutality and discrimination against people of African descent continue to ... More >>
Scores Of Schools ‘Reportedly Occupied’ By Security Forces In Myanmar, As Guterres Condemns Continuing Brutality
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 5:54 am | UN News
Security forces in Myanmar have reportedly occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses across the country, marking a further escalation of the crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. In a statement issued later in ... More >>
No Winners But Fewer Losers In Global Economy From COVID Than Expected
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted all economies around the world last year, with trillions of dollars of lost earnings, UN trade and development experts UNCTAD said on Thursday, before highlighting how several countries also showed unexpected ... More >>
Natural Disasters Occurring Three Times More Often Than 50 Years Ago: New FAO Report
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:19 am | UN News
New and unprecedented forms of natural disasters are most heavily felt in the agricultural industry, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. At no other point in history have agri-food systems faced more hazards such as megafires, ... More >>
Do Not Use Weather As A Basis To Relax COVID-19 Control Measures, UN Agency Urges
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:18 am | UN News
The UN weather agency on Thursday cautioned that the current onset of warmer temperatures in the northern hemisphere should not be used as a trigger to relax measures to halt the spread of coronavirus. In a new report , the UN World Meteorological Organization ... More >>
Secretary-General Appoints Jean Arnault As His Personal Envoy On Afghanistan
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:16 am | UN News
UNIC Bogotá | Jean Arnault, then Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, speaks to the press in Bogota. (file photo) The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday announced the appointment of seasoned mediator Jean Arnault as his new ... More >>
UN Leaders Speak Out Against Islamophobia And Anti-Muslim Hatred
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:13 am | UN News
Underlining that “diversity is a richness, not a threat”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for greater investment in promoting social cohesion and tackling bigotry in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day to Combat ... More >>
Health Experts Give Green Light To Janssen COVID Jab, Allay Clotting Concerns
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:10 am | UN News
The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by UN health agency expert advisory board, SAGE , which allayed concerns over clotting events being associated by some countries, without definitive evidence, with coronavirus ... More >>
South Asia: Sharp Rise In Child And Maternal Deaths Due To COVID-19
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:09 am | UN News
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. In a new report , UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ... More >>
UN Envoy Warns Of ‘Dramatic’ Deterioration In Yemen Conflict
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 5:26 pm | UN News
The UN’s top official in Yemen has warned of a “dramatic” deterioration in the country’s ongoing conflict, telling the Security Council on Tuesday that fighting has expanded on several fronts amid the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Special ... More >>
Fast-track Women’s Participation In Public Life ‘For Everyone's Benefit’
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 5:25 pm | UN News
The UN rights chief said on Tuesday that empowering women and girls to participate fully in public life is both the right and “smart thing to do”, speaking on a day that saw history being made with the first ever address to the UN by a woman ... More >>
