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Egyptian death sentences should be reversed
Monday, 10 September 2018, 11:19 am | United Nations
GENEVA (9 September 2018) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said today that she is extremely concerned that an Egyptian court’s confirmation of 75 death sentences on Saturday did not result from a fair trial, and the sentences, ... More >>
UN call on Iran to halt imminent executions
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 1:50 pm | United Nations
GENEVA (7 September 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent executions of Iranian Kurd prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, amid serious concerns that they did not receive a fair trial and were tortured during ... More >>
Countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 1:45 pm | United Nations
Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion ... More >>
Enforced disappearances
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 1:43 pm | United Nations
GENEVA (7 September 2018) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 116th session in Geneva from 10 to 14 September 2018 to examine 840 cases from 46 countries. More >>
Ingrid Hayden appointed to UN role in Afghanistan
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 1:43 pm | United Nations
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS INGRID HAYDEN OF AUSTRALIA AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN More >>
UN on crime of deportation of the Rohingya
Saturday, 8 September 2018, 1:40 pm | United Nations
Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the decision of the International Criminal Court Pre-Trial Chamber on the jurisdiction over the crime of deportation of the Rohingya population from Myanmar More >>
UN on on the situation in Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic
Friday, 7 September 2018, 4:23 pm | United Nations
Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic More >>
UN Secretary-General's remarks New Climate Economy report
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 12:54 pm | United Nations
UN Secretary-General's remarks at the launch of the New Climate Economy report THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT LAUNCH OF NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY REPORT New York, 5 September 2018 [as delivered] I am very pleased to join you for the launch of the New Climate ... More >>
Stop regression on sexual and reproductive rights of women
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 10:40 am | United Nations
GENEVA (5 September 2018) — Rollback and regression on respect for international human rights norms threatens the sexual and reproductive health rights of women, including women with disabilities, UN human rights experts warned today. More >>
Michelle Bachelet on the conviction of two journalists
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 12:21 pm | United Nations
“I urge Myanmar to immediately and unconditionally release Kyaw Soe Oo and Thet Oo Maung*, the two Reuters journalists who were today sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on charges of violating the ill-defined Official Secrets Act. More >>
Myanmar - conviction and sentencing of journalists
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 12:18 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General takes note with concern of the conviction and sentencing today in Myanmar of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to seven years of imprisonment. He urges the authorities to review their decision. More >>
UN Secretary-General on UNRWA
Saturday, 1 September 2018, 4:14 pm | United Nations
We regret the United States’ decision to provide no further funding to UNRWA, which provides essential services to Palestine refugees and contributes to stability in the region. The US has traditionally been the largest single contributor to UNRWA. ... More >>
Climate Change partnership to strengthen climate action
Saturday, 1 September 2018, 4:12 pm | United Nations
Bangkok (ESCAP News) -- UN Climate Change and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have signed a new agreement to strengthen regional climate action, with a focus on meeting the targets of the 2030 Agenda for ... More >>
Refugees overcrowded to ‘boiling point’ on Greek island
Saturday, 1 September 2018, 4:11 pm | United Nations
The Government of Greece has been urged by the United Nations to do more to help thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants who have been “crammed” into island reception centres, amid reports that children have tried to take their own lives ... More >>
Impressive African health gains at risk
Friday, 31 August 2018, 10:27 am | United Nations
Life expectancy across Africa has improved significantly, says a new United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Thursday, but national health systems must be improved to ensure that services get to the people who need them ... More >>
UN envoy says he ‘is ready to go to Idlib’
Friday, 31 August 2018, 9:46 am | United Nations
UN envoy says he ‘is ready to go to Idlib’ to help ensure civilian safety amid rising fears of government offensive More >>
Syria: Idlib offensive may set off humanitarian catastrophe
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 11:45 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe should a full-scale military operation take place in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province. According to a statement ... More >>
Nuclear test ban treaty critical to global security
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 11:42 am | United Nations
CTBTO A nuclear test is carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. More >>
UN Climate Change Modernizes and Relaunches
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 11:09 am | United Nations
Bonn, Germany - 29 August 2018 – UN Climate Change announced today the relaunch of its Online Platform for Voluntary Cancellation of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), where organizations, governments, businesses and citizens alike can purchase ... More >>
Attack leaves one ‘blue helmet’ dead in CAR
Sunday, 26 August 2018, 11:56 am | United Nations
Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the attack on 23 August by presumed anti-Balaka elements on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic ( MINUSCA) in which one peacekeeper from ... More >>
