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Healthcare’s a human right, not ‘a privilege for the rich’
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:17 am | UN News
The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat is calling on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy. More >>
Lebanon: UN rights office calls for de-escalation
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:16 am | UN News
What had been largely peaceful demonstrations against Lebanon’s Government in the capital Beirut grew increasingly violent over the weekend, sparking the concern of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. More >>
UN health agency to gauge global threat of new Coronavirus
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:14 am | UN News
Following an announcement by China’s national health body that a new virus first identified there, can be transmitted from person to person, the World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold a meeting on Wednesday to decide if it should be declared a global ... More >>
UN ruling could boost climate change asylum claims----------
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:13 am | UN News
The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats. More >>
Smokers who quit one month before surgery reap benefits
Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 8:31 am | UN News
Tobacco smokers who quit at least four weeks before undergoing surgery not only have a lower risk of complications, but also show better results six months later than those who continue, the United Nations health agency said on Monday. More >>
‘This terrible situation cannot be allowed to continue’
Monday, 20 January 2020, 9:59 am | UN News
Speaking at a major, high-level summit on Libya, held in the German capital Berlin on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres evoked the disastrous humanitarian situation faced by thousands of civilians, as conflict in the North African country ... More >>
Yemen resilient & ‘unscathed’ in face of latest Gulf crisis
Friday, 17 January 2020, 3:21 pm | UN News
Despite the threat posed by recent tensions in the Gulf, Yemen was able to weather the crisis thanks in part to restraint exercised by its political leaders, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday. More >>
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams
Friday, 17 January 2020, 3:20 pm | UN News
Nearly nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight or subjected to torture, rape and sexual ... More >>
2019 second hottest year on record, UN confirms
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 11:17 am | UN News
Last year was the second warmest year on record, the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) confirmed on Wednesday. More >>
UN peacekeepers protecting hundreds displaced
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 11:16 am | UN News
Fresh clashes in the Central African Republic’s southeast have driven some 400 people to seek shelter at a UN base there, the United Nations Spokesperson said on Wednesday. More >>
Alert: Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 11:14 am | UN News
Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday. More >>
UN moves to tackle ‘hidden abuse’ against European Children
Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 10:38 am | UN News
Each year, at least 55 million children in Europe suffer some form of physical, sexual, emotional or psychological violence, the UN health agency (WHO) said on Tuesday. More >>
Colombia: ‘Significant strides’ towards integrated peace
Tuesday, 14 January 2020, 11:12 am | UN News
Colombia has continued to make “significant strides in its peace process”, the top UN envoy in the country told the Security Council on Monday. More >>
UN agency urges China to continue search for source of virus
Tuesday, 14 January 2020, 10:56 am | UN News
It is “essential” for China to continue investigating the source of a previously unknown strain of coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Monday, following confirmation that an infected patient is being treated in Thailand. More >>
Syria: Civilians face ‘daily nightmare’ in Idlib
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:55 am | UN News
Following a sharp escalation of hostilities in southern Idlib, “at least 300,000 civilians have fled their homes” since mid-December, the UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria crisis said on Tuesday, voicing concern for their well-being. More >>
Sudan: Intercommunal clashes displace tens of thousands
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:54 am | UN News
Around 40,000 have been displaced in Sudan’s West Darfur State in recent days, following intercommunal clashes, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday, citing Sudanese Government data. More >>
More international support needed to curb measles outbreak
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:53 am | UN News
Countries are being asked to step up assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which is facing the world’s worst measles epidemic, with more than 6,000 deaths since the start of last year. More >>
UN chief monitoring Venezuela developments ‘with concern’
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:52 am | UN News
The latest twist in Venezuela’s ongoing political crisis “make urgently needed dialogue even more difficult to achieve”, the UN Secretary-General has said. More >>
Libya: UN refugee agency deeply concerned by shelling
Sunday, 5 January 2020, 6:21 am | UN News
Shelling near a major facility run by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, has sparked deep concern for the safety of refugees and asylum seekers there. More >>
Nearly 300,000 Syrians displaced from Idlib since December
Sunday, 5 January 2020, 6:20 am | UN News
Amidst concern for the safety and protection of more than three million civilians in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave, the UN’s most senior humanitarian and political affairs officials briefed the Security Council on Syria behind closed doors on Friday. More >>
