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Hong Kong: UN Human Rights Office Urges Immediate Release Of Arrested Activists
Friday, 8 January 2021, 7:04 am | UN News
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Thursday voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over 50 individuals under the new National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, and called for their immediate release. Fifty-three ... More >>
Top UN Officials Saddened By Violent Scenes At US Capitol Building
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 5:45 pm | UN News
Top UN officials, including the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly have expressed sadness over the violence that erupted on Wednesday when supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol building, temporarily bringing ... More >>
Central African Republic: Respect Final Results Of The Election, UN And Partners Urge
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 7:24 am | UN News
Senior officials from the United Nations and regional organizations have called on all political actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) to respect the final results of the recent presidential elections, and to settle any disputes peacefully ... More >>
World Bank Expects Global Economy To Expand By 4% In 2021
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
The World Bank Group on Tuesday issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year, saying that a four per cent overall expansion was likely, although the recovery will likely be a “subdued” one. Policy makers must move decisively, ... More >>
Guinea-Bissau: UN Chief Commits To Continued Support As Peacebuilding Office Closes
Friday, 1 January 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
ONU News/Alexandre Soares Headquarters of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea Bissau, Uniogbis United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to the people of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, ... More >>
Iran Execution Of Child Offender Breaks International Law: UN Rights Office
Friday, 1 January 2021, 7:12 am | UN News
The execution of an Iranian man for a crime allegedly committed when he was 16 years old has been condemned by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and raised concerns over violations of his right to a fair trial. In a statement released on Thursday, ... More >>
Netherlands Violates Nationality Rights: UN Rights Committee
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 3:58 pm | UN News
The Netherlands has violated a child’s rights by registering children under the category “nationality unknown” as opposed to Stateless – leaving them ineligible to access international protections, the UN Human Rights Committee declared on ... More >>
Vaccination No Guarantee Of Virus Eradication: WHO Officials
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 12:18 pm | UN News
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading ... More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Migrant Lives At ‘immediate Risk’, Warn UN Agencies
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 7:37 am | UN News
United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners have called on authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to act urgently to help hundreds of migrants, stranded and without shelter, amid freezing winter temperatures. The migrants and asylum seekers ... More >>
25,000 Refugees In Unsettled Tigray Region Receive Urgent UN Food Supplies
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 7:36 am | UN News
Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October. "Families, women, men, children — even new-borns — have been cut off from ... More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Thousands Of Migrants Lose Shelter, After Camp Destroyed In Fire
Friday, 25 December 2020, 8:36 am | UN News
The closure and subsequent fire, on Wednesday, at a migrant camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina has left thousands of migrants without shelter and protection, amid plummeting winter temperatures, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported. ... More >>
Central African Republic: Pre-election Violence ‘must Stop’ – UN Envoy
Friday, 25 December 2020, 8:35 am | UN News
Days before Sunday’s election, armed clashes in the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted the “serious concern” of the UN aid coordinator in the country. An escalation of tensions, uptick of violence in several parts of the country, insecurity ... More >>
World Could Lose Coral Reefs By End Of Century, UN Environment Report Warns
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 10:03 am | UN News
Every one of the world’s coral reefs could bleach by the end of the century, unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned. “In the face of inaction, coral reefs will soon disappear,” ... More >>
Tigray: Hundreds Of Civilians Reported Killed In Artillery Strikes, Warns UN Rights Chief
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 10:02 am | UN News
Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, must be investigated and full access granted to independent investigators, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday. The appeal by the ... More >>
New COVID-19 Variants Under The Microscope As Travel Bans Mount Over UK Mutation
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 3:59 pm | UN News
UN Women/Pathumporn Thongking A healthcare worker at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Thailand. The UN health agency chief said on Monday that scientists have been working to understand new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in ... More >>
Fighting Displaces Over 500,000 In Northern Mozambique, Reports UN Refuge Agency
Saturday, 19 December 2020, 11:27 am | UN News
Attacks by armed groups in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa provinces have displaced more than 530,000 people, many of whom have been forced to move multiple times, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. According to ... More >>
Two Billion COVID Vaccine Doses Secured, WHO Says End Of Pandemic Is In Sight
Saturday, 19 December 2020, 11:25 am | UN News
The end of the pandemic is in sight but we must not let our guard down, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as he welcomed the news that the global vaccine partnership COVAX has lined up almost two billion doses of existing ... More >>
Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ Threatens Millions Across Horn Of Africa
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 8:43 am | UN News
New Desert Locust swarms are forming in the Horn of Africa, threatening agricultural livelihoods and the food security of millions of people, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday. According to the agency, locust infestations ... More >>
Put Me Out Of A Job: UN Refugee Chief’s Challenge To World Leaders
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:40 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has challenged world leaders to put him “out of a job” by addressing the root causes that drive millions to flee their homes due to war and insecurity. In a message commemorating the 70th anniversary of the ... More >>
Niger: UN Gravely Concerned For Safety Of Refugees, Following Boko Haram Attack
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:39 am | UN News
The United Nations voiced grave concern on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of refugees and internally displaced in the wake of a deadly attack on Toumour, a town in southeastern Niger’s Diffa region, near the border with Nigeria. At least 28 ... More >>
