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Syria: Lack of consensus following face-to-face talks
Saturday, 21 December 2019, 6:46 pm | UN News
The second session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee, aiming to create a new post-war political road map for the country, failed to get off the ground due to lack of consensus over the agenda, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the ... More >>
Stand for peace & harmony says Guterres, following Pope meet
Saturday, 21 December 2019, 6:45 pm | UN News
In the midst of “turbulent and trying times”, all the world’s people must stand together in peace and harmony, the UN Secretary-General said on Friday. António Guterres was speaking following an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, who ... More >>
Rights expert welcomes Pope’s decision
Friday, 20 December 2019, 9:24 am | UN News
The Vatican must take action to ensure justice for people who were sexually abused by priests during childhood, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday. More >>
WHO reports 60 per cent drop in cholera in 2019
Friday, 20 December 2019, 9:24 am | UN News
International action to drive down cholera led to a 60 per cent decrease in cases in 2018, compared with the previous year, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) reported on Thursday. More >>
Life for civilians in Syria ‘worse than when the year began’
Friday, 20 December 2019, 9:23 am | UN News
The humanitarian situation facing civilians in many parts of Syria is “worse than when the year began”, the UN deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Only action will stop fraying of Gaza peace prospects
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 9:30 am | UN News
Obstacles to any lasting deal between Israel and Palestine continue to mount, the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told Security Council members on Wednesday, and only “concrete action” towards a two-State solution ... More >>
Two indigenous languages are dying every month
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 9:34 am | UN News
Despite UN efforts throughout this International Year of Indigenous Languages to highlight the daily disappearance of mother tongues across the world, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) warned on Tuesday that “challenges persist nonetheless”. More >>
World must ‘reboot’ approach to refugees
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 9:34 am | UN News
The world needs to transform the way it responds to refugee situations and do more for the struggling countries that shelter almost all of them, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday , at a high-level forum seeking solutions to a ... More >>
At this ‘critical moment’, UN chief urges anti-corruption
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 8:19 am | UN News
As we enter the Decade of Action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the world must “unite against corruption” to stop precious resources from being drained by illicit financial flows, an international conference on the issue heard ... More >>
Bold, innovative measures for refugees & their hosts sought
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 8:13 am | UN News
As refugee numbers approach 26 million, heads of state, top UN diplomats, powerful figures from the private sector and civil society are heading to Geneva to agree on “bold, new” ways to help, at the first ever Global Refugee Forum , which got ... More >>
As COP25 goes into the night, Guterres calls for ambition
Saturday, 14 December 2019, 1:10 pm | UN News
With national delegations thrashing out an outcome agreement at the UN COP25 climate change conference in Madrid, the UN chief has called on countries to be more ambitious, side strongly with science, and commit to stronger action. More >>
Year on from Yemen talks, UN Envoy hails shift towards peace
Saturday, 14 December 2019, 1:09 pm | UN News
When warring parties in Yemen met in a renovated castle outside the Swedish capital last December for UN-brokered talks, they showed that perhaps there could be a way out of brutal conflict and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the UN Special ... More >>
UN report cites ‘multiple root causes’ of Chile protests
Saturday, 14 December 2019, 1:08 pm | UN News
During the recent mass protests which led Chile to declare a state of emergency, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report published on Friday that international human rights norms had been violated by both ... More >>
‘Air bridge’ vaccination operation begins in DR Congo
Saturday, 14 December 2019, 1:06 pm | UN News
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has seen an increase in the number of reported cases of the deadly haemorrhagic virus Ebola linked to ongoing violence by armed groups targeting remote communities, the World Health Organization (WHO) ... More >>
COP25: Italy and Mexico pave the way on climate education
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 10:24 am | UN News
A commitment by Italy and Mexico to ramp up climate and environmental education has been welcomed by the UN office which supports global efforts to respond to climate change. More >>
Deliver ‘significant results now’, COP25 told
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:42 am | UN News
It is “imperative” that the COP25 climate conference underway in Spain delivers “significant results now”, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the UN General Assembly (PGA), said on Tuesday. More >>
Samoa measles outbreak claims 70 lives, majority children
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:41 am | UN News
Seventy people have now died from Samoa’s measles outbreak, UN humanitarians confirmed on Tuesday, as the organization released emergency funding to help the authorities step up efforts to eradicate the preventable disease. More >>
Aung San Suu Kyi appears at ICJ
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 8:40 am | UN News
Making the appeal is the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee , who reports that online hostility against activists has increased since the announcement last month of international legal proceedings over the atrocities. More >>
Human Rights Day celebrates activism of global youth
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 4:13 pm | UN News
The United Nations is highlighting the role of young people in leading the way to a better future for all people for this year’s observance of Human Rights Day , celebrated on Tuesday. More >>
Inequality threatening human development, report warns
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 9:54 am | UN News
Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a “new generation of inequalities” indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) argues in its latest report released on Monday. More >>
