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UN torture prevention body announces upcoming country visits
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 11:22 am | United Nations
GENEVA (July 1, 2019) — In the coming months, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture will visit Australia, Croatia, Lebanon, Madagascar, Nauru and Paraguay. The visits were decided during the Subcommittee’s confidential session held in ... More >>
UN Secretary-General remarks at Climate Summit Prep Meeting
Monday, 1 July 2019, 9:54 am | United Nations
Your Highness, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to join you today. I want to thank the leadership and people of the United Arab Emirates for hosting this important meeting, with the wonderful hospitality, and at the same time, ... More >>
End-of-mission statement of the UN Special Committee
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 11:10 am | United Nations
GENEVA / AMMAN (24 June 2019) – A United Nations committee* notes with deep concern the continued degradation of the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as a result of Israeli ... More >>
Venezuela: Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners
Sunday, 23 June 2019, 12:08 pm | United Nations
In Venezuela, Bachelet calls on Government to release prisoners, appeals for ‘bold steps towards compromise’ 22 June 2019 Human Rights Speaking at the end of the first-ever official mission to Venezuela by a UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet ... More >>
Khashoggi killing a “premeditated execution” says UN
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 10:11 am | United Nations
GENEVA (19 June 2019) – Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a premeditated extrajudicial execution, for which the State of Saudi Arabia is responsible, according to a report published today by the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary ... More >>
Leave Behind Prejudice and Fear to Change Narrative
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 3:18 pm | United Nations
BANGKOK (19 June 2019) – The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia is calling for a human rights-based approach to refugee movements in Asia that emphasizes shared values over differences which fuel fear and prejudice of migrants. Ahead of World ... More >>
UN Secretary-General's press encounter on Hate Speech
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 11:48 am | United Nations
Secretary-General António Guterres’s remarks at press encounter at launch of United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech More >>
Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 12:42 pm | United Nations
Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely-managed drinking water, while 4.2 billion go without safe sanitation services and three billion lack basic handwashing facilities, according to a new report from the United Nations Children’s ... More >>
UN chief condemns terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia
Monday, 17 June 2019, 11:17 am | United Nations
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, condemned on Sunday the attack that took place on Saturday in Wajir County, Kenya, in which at least eight police officers were killed when their car struck an improvised explosive device (IED), and the car ... More >>
Congolese boy as first confirmed case of Ebola in Uganda
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 10:16 am | United Nations
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health, confirmed on Tuesday the first case of the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda, stemming from the nearly year-long current outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More >>
Secretary-General’s on his visit to the Pacific
Sunday, 19 May 2019, 10:41 am | United Nations
Over the past week, I have witnessed first-hand the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Island States. They contribute very little to the global climate emergency and yet, they are the ones that are being most affected. For some of them, climate ... More >>
Risk grows of ‘catastrophic humanitarian fallout’ in Syria
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 5:29 pm | United Nations
Risk grows of ‘catastrophic humanitarian fallout’ in Syria’s Idlib, where 3 million are trapped: top UN officials urge unity in Security Council More >>
Deadly Yemen airstrikes claim children’s lives
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:53 pm | United Nations
Deadly Yemen airstrikes that claim children’s lives in capital Sana’a, strongly condemned by UN More >>
Stop Tuvalu and ‘the world from sinking’: UN chief
Saturday, 18 May 2019, 12:49 pm | United Nations
Stop Tuvalu and ‘the world from sinking’ UN chief tells island nation facing existential threat from rising seas More >>
UNSG's joint press encounter with Prime Minister of Fiji
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 1:59 pm | United Nations
Thank you, your Excellency Honourable Prime Minister, for your words and especially thank you very much for the extremely warm hospitality I have been enjoying in your wonderful country. More >>
UN Secretary-General's address to Fijian Parliament
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 1:25 pm | United Nations
I was in parliament for 26 years of my life. Six and a half of them as Prime Minister. More >>
Secretary-General's remarks to the press at Pacific Forum
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 6:32 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General's remarks to the press with Pacific Islands Forum Troika (President of Nauru, Baron Waqa, Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, and Prime Minister of Tuvalu ,Enele Sosene Sopoaga) and Pacific Island Forum Secretary-General, ... More >>
Secretary-General: Visit with Muslim community
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 12:20 pm | United Nations
As salam alaikum. I thank this community very much for their welcome – particularly during this holy month of Ramadan. More >>
Secretary-General’s remarks to Māori and Pasifika youth
Monday, 13 May 2019, 12:22 pm | United Nations
Dear friends, it is an enormous pleasure to be here with some of the members of Generation Zero representing the very important leadership that youth around the world is providing to make sure that we are able to reach our central objective: ... More >>
Secretary-General’s remarks at encounter with Jacinda Ardern
Monday, 13 May 2019, 9:46 am | United Nations
Thank you very much Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. First of all, happy Mother’s Day. This is a visit of both solidarity and gratitude. Solidarity first of all with the victims of Christchurch, with their families, with the community, with the city ... More >>
