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Ethiopia: UN expert praises reforms
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 9:49 am | United Nations
GENEVA / ADDIS ABABA (9 December 2019) – In a sharp break from a quarter century of repression, Ethiopia has embarked on a reform process that is both encouraging and fragile, and deserves international support, a UN human rights expert has found ... More >>
UN warns violence risks placing Iraq on dangerous trajectory
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 3:19 pm | United Nations
The top UN official in Iraq has strongly condemned the shooting of unarmed protesters in Baghdad on Friday night, which left a high number of deaths and injuries among innocent citizens, calling for the perpetrators to be “identified and brought to ... More >>
Brazil ‘milestone’ decision over Venezuelan refugees
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 11:56 am | United Nations
Brazil’s move to recognize thousands of refugees from crisis-wracked Venezuela through a new accelerated procedure, has been welcomed by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. The decision by Brazil’s National Committee for Refugees (CONARE) on Thursday ... More >>
Measles ‘misinformation campaigns’ through social media
Friday, 6 December 2019, 1:08 pm | United Nations
Measles deaths and infections in 2019 are set to “substantially exceed” last year’s toll when more than 142,000 people died from the preventable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. In a warning over dangerously low ... More >>
Sustainable Development Goals
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 8:30 am | United Nations
GENEVA (4 December 2019) – It is critically important for States to ensure the broadest public participation in decision-making about development action that affects them, says a group of UN human rights experts*. In a statement marking the 33rd anniversary ... More >>
Is the world ready to end the coal era?
Saturday, 30 November 2019, 12:30 pm | United Nations
Access to electricity has transformed the world, helping countries to develop their economies, and lifting millions out of poverty. However, this success has come at a great cost: the energy sector, heavily reliant on fossil fuels, is responsible ... More >>
Violence against women a barrier to peaceful future
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 10:18 am | United Nations
Violence & abuse against women are among the world’s most horrific human rights violations, affecting 1 in every 3 women in the world. More >>
US pardons for accused war criminals
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 11:15 am | United Nations
A presidential pardon for two United States soldiers accused of war crimes, and a sentence reduction for a third, “run against the letter and the spirit of international law which requires accountability for such violations”, the United Nations human ... More >>
Middle East countries discuss nuclear-free zone
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 9:55 am | United Nations
Representatives from across the Middle East are meeting at UN Headquarters this week in efforts to negotiate a legally binding treaty establishing a regional zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. More >>
Anti-terror measures ‘linked to spike in child detentions'
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 9:39 am | United Nations
More than 5.4 million children are detained around the world, rights experts said on Monday, highlighting “aggressive” State counterterrorism measures for the spike in youngsters held for alleged links with armed conflict or national security ... More >>
Negotiations on regional drug plan
Saturday, 16 November 2019, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Bangkok (Thailand), 15 November 2019 – Ministers and senior officials from Mekong MOU countries – Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam – and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have concluded two days of discussions ... More >>
Diversity is a form of wealth, not a factor of division
Saturday, 16 November 2019, 12:54 pm | United Nations
‘Diversity is a form of wealth, not a factor of division,’ UNESCO chief says ahead of International Day for Tolerance More >>
UN court will consider Ukraine allegations against Russia
Saturday, 9 November 2019, 12:02 pm | United Nations
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its judgment on the preliminary objections raised by the Russian Federation in the case concerning two international treaties on terrorism financing and racial discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation). More >>
US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 11:29 am | United Nations
In response to questions from reporters, the Spokesperson has the following to say: More >>
UN Syria envoy hails ‘impressive’ start to historic talks
Saturday, 2 November 2019, 12:57 pm | United Nations
UN-brokered face-to-face talks between the Syrian Government and opposition – the first to take place in nearly nine years of fighting – to draft a new constitution for the country, will continue into next week, the UN’s Special Envoy for Syria, ... More >>
UN to study ‘new settlement areas’ plan for Syrian refugees
Saturday, 2 November 2019, 12:49 pm | United Nations
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday presented UN Secretary-General António Guterres with a plan for resettling hundreds-of-thousands of Syrian refugees, in the wake of the country’s offensive into northeastern Syria last month to remove ... More >>
South Sudan: Appeal to free volunteer worker and child
Saturday, 2 November 2019, 12:39 pm | United Nations
The UN migration agency appealed on Friday for the immediate liberation of a volunteer and child who’ve been missing since a gun battle in South Sudan at the weekend that claimed the lives of three agency workers. More >>
When journalists are targeted, societies pay a price
Saturday, 2 November 2019, 12:32 pm | United Nations
“Without journalists able to do their jobs in safety, we face the prospect of a world of confusion and disinformation”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned in a statement released ahead of the International Day to End Impunity ... More >>
One-in-four pregnancies unplanned
Saturday, 26 October 2019, 12:17 pm | United Nations
Around two-thirds of sexually active women surveyed in a new UN study indicated that although they wished to avoid or postpone having children, they had stopped relying on contraception out of concern for how it was affecting their health. As ... More >>
Protests around the world: ‘growing deficit of trust’
Saturday, 26 October 2019, 12:15 pm | United Nations
Protests in cities across the world in recent days show that “people are hurting and want to be heard” by political leaders who must now address a “growing deficit of trust”, said the UN chief on Friday. Speaking to correspondents at UN Headquarters ... More >>
