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Syrians still living on razor edge as UN launches $8b appeal
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 9:43 am | UN News
Syrians still living on ‘razor edge’ as UN launches $8.8 billion dollar appeal More >>
Political power of women suffering ‘serious regression’
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 10:38 am | UN News
There has been a “serious regression” in the political power of women across the world in recent years, UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the annual summit of women activists at UN Headquarters in New ... More >>
DR Congo: ‘New waves of violence’ likely, UN warns
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 10:37 am | UN News
"New waves of violence” could erupt "at any time" in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN rights office warned on Tuesday , unless the Government acts to ease “tensions and resentment” between the two communities ... More >>
Security Council discusses chemical weapons use in Syria
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 10:16 am | UN News
The UN Security Council met behind closed doors on Wednesday, to discuss the latest findings of the global chemical weapons watchdog in Syria, which concluded that there were “reasonable grounds” that a chemical attack took place during the crucial ... More >>
Without tackling inequality, major issues go unsolved
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 9:57 am | UN News
Without tackling ‘gross inequalities’ major issues will go unsolved, warns UN rights chief Bachelet More >>
Break taboo around menstruation, act to end discrimination
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 10:04 am | UN News
A group of seven United Nations rights experts issued a clarion call on Tuesday to break the taboo around menstrual health for women and girls that persists in many parts of the world and take concrete action to end “disempowering” discrimination. More >>
UN AIDS agency greatly encouraged by ‘functional cure'
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 9:34 am | UN News
UN’s AIDS agency ‘greatly encouraged’ by ‘functionally cured’ patient breakthrough More >>
UN regrets closure of Burundi office following pressure
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 9:33 am | UN News
UN human rights chief regrets closure of Burundi office following Government pressure More >>
Rights council discuss air pollution, the ‘silent killer’
Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 9:52 am | UN News
Air pollution, the ‘silent killer’ that claims seven million lives a year: rights council hears More >>
93 million children with disabilities need to be heard
Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 9:51 am | UN News
93 million children with disabilities ‘among the most likely to be left behind’: UN rights chief More >>
Once lost, hearing doesn’t come back: WHO warning
Monday, 4 March 2019, 9:32 am | UN News
'Once lost , hearing doesn’t come back’: World Health Organization warns on World Hearing Day More >>
New UN Syrian envoy pledges to work towards peace
Friday, 1 March 2019, 3:05 pm | UN News
New UN Syrian envoy pledges to work ‘impartially and diligently’ towards peace More >>
Gaza probe finds ‘reasonable grounds’ of rights violations
Friday, 1 March 2019, 10:16 am | UN News
Gaza probe finds ‘reasonable grounds’ Israeli forces committed international human rights violations More >>
Marking Sir Brian Urquhart’s 100th birthday
Friday, 1 March 2019, 9:55 am | UN News
Marking Sir Brian Urquhart’s 100th birthday, UN honours life-long servant of ‘we the peoples’ More >>
‘I don’t like to give up': veteran UN envoy speaks
Friday, 1 March 2019, 9:52 am | UN News
‘I don’t like to give up': veteran UN envoy reveals how two decades of quiet diplomacy gave birth to North Macedonia More >>
Comprehensively include migrants in Sustainable Development
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 10:25 am | UN News
‘Comprehensively include migrants’ or Sustainable Development won’t happen: General Assembly President More >>
Keep Africa’s guns from firing in the first place, UN urges
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 9:47 am | UN News
Arms control, the illegal exploitation of natural resources, and the United Nations’ role in “silencing the guns in Africa” were the focus of a Security Council’s debate on Wednesday, aimed at conflict prevention across the continent. More >>
Yemen: ‘A great first step’ UN declares after grain silo
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 9:45 am | UN News
Yemen: ‘A great first step’ UN declares as aid team accesses grain silo which can feed millions More >>
Protracted crisis in Venezuela leads to ‘alarming tensions'
Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 4:13 pm | UN News
The “protracted crisis” in Venezuela has led to an “alarming escalation of tensions”, Rosemary DiCarlo , the UN’s political and peacebuilding chief, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday. More >>
With Yemen ‘one step away from famine’, donor pledge $1.6B
Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 9:26 am | UN News
Donors have pledged $2.6 billion to provide urgently needed support to millions of Yemeni civilians facing an “overwhelming humanitarian calamity” after nearly four years of brutal war, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday. More >>
