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UN Urged to Do More to Protect Civilians in South Sudan
Friday, 8 December 2017, 11:10 am | United Nations
7 December 2017 – With the conflict in South Sudan entering its fifth year, senior United Nations officials on Thursday expressed concern about the precarious security situation and bleak humanitarian conditions in the world’s youngest country. More >>
UN Condemns Reported Slave Trade of Migrants in Libya
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:49 am | United Nations
7 December 2017 – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the slave trade of African migrants in Libya as “heinous human rights abuses which may also amount to crimes against humanity,” and called on those responsible to ... More >>
UN Launches First Global Monitoring System for Dementia
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:38 am | United Nations
7 December 2017 – The United Nations health agency on Thursday launched the first global monitoring system for dementia, which is expected to affect 152 million people worldwide by 2050 – triple the current 50 million – amid the aging of the global ... More >>
Conflicts Drive Hunger Despite Strong Global Food Supply
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:36 am | United Nations
7 December 2017 – Despite strong global food supply, localized drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency reported Thursday. More >>
Children Not a ‘Bargaining Chip’ in Syrian Tug of War
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:34 am | United Nations
7 December 2017 – The United Nations advisor for Syria said Thursday that obstacles stopping humanitarians from delivering aid and carrying out medical evacuations in besieged parts of the war-ravaged country are not being lifted, and “children are ... More >>
Ukraine: Humanitarian Crisis is "Worse than It’s Ever Been"
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:32 am | United Nations
Ukraine: UN And Partners Seek $187 Million Amid Humanitarian Crisis That is ‘Worse than It’s Ever Been’ More >>
Fiji Urged by UN Expert to Safeguard People with Albinism
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:35 am | United Nations
Fiji Urged by UN Expert to Act Now to Safeguard People with Albinism And Bring Them Out of the Shadows More >>
UN Experts Urge Full Respect for Rights in Bahrain
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:33 am | United Nations
Bahrain: UN Experts Welcome Medical Care for Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim But Urge Full Respect for Rights More >>
Values Enshrined in Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:32 am | United Nations
“Human Rights Day falls on 10 December every year, the day when, back in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – the world’s most widely translated* and possibly most influential document – was proclaimed by the United Nations General ... More >>
Myanmar: Opium Cultivation Down 25%, Conflict Areas Remain
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:30 am | United Nations
Myanmar: Opium Cultivation Down 25 Per Cent, But Conflict Areas Remain 'Safe Haven' for Drug Traders More >>
UN Expert Group on the Use of Mercenaries to Visit Ghana
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:28 am | United Nations
GENEVA (7 December 2017) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will conduct an official country visit to Ghana, from 8 to 15 December 2017. More >>
Global Cooperation Vital to Maximize Benefits of Migration
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:27 am | United Nations
7 December 2017 – Commitment and cooperation from the global community is critical to maximize the benefits of migration and to overcome its challenges, said a senior United Nations official at the conclusion of a stocktaking meeting on the Global ... More >>
UN Urges Worldwide Adoption of Femicide Watch
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:26 am | United Nations
UN Expert on Violence Against Women Urges Worldwide Adoption of Femicide Watch Or Gender-Related Killings Observatories More >>
Release Burkina Faso Politician Djibril Yipéné Bassolé Now
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:24 am | United Nations
GENEVA (7 December 2017) - UN experts from the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention are calling on the authorities in Burkina Faso to release immediately Mr Djibril Yipéné Bassolé, who was arrested in September 2015. More >>
Hunger Crisis Could Push Kasais to Brink in DR Congo
Friday, 8 December 2017, 9:23 am | United Nations
DR Congo: Hunger Crisis, Scarce Funds Could Push Kasais to Brink of Catastrophe, UN Agency Warns More >>
‘Mission accomplished,’: UN tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 4:20 pm | United Nations
After more than 24 years of operations, the United Nations tribunal set up to prosecute crimes committed during conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s, has now completed all judicial work, the court’s President told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. More >>
Sexual Violence Against Syrian Refugee Boys And Men
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 11:08 am | United Nations
6 December 2017 – A study carried out by the United Nations refugee agency has revealed disturbing details a little-known side to the Syrian conflict: sexual violence against boys and men. More >>
Sexual violence against Syrian refugee boys and men
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 11:08 am | United Nations
6 December 2017 – A study carried out by the United Nations refugee agency has revealed disturbing details a little-known side to the Syrian conflict: sexual violence against boys and men. More >>
China Topped Patent, Trademark, & Design Filings in 2016
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 10:05 am | United Nations
6 December 2017 – Worldwide filings for patents, trademarks and industrial designs reached record heights in 2016 amid soaring demand in China, which received more patent applications than the combined total of applications received by the United ... More >>
Issue of Jerusalem must be resolved by direct negotiations
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 10:04 am | United Nations
6 December 2017 – In the wake of the announcement by the United States President recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday stressed that there is no alternative to the two-state ... More >>
