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UNIDIR virtual press conference
25 November 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, Arms Division
Loren Persi, Impact research team leader, ICBL-CMC
Ruth Bottomley, Research specialist, expert on contamination, clearance and risk education, ICBL-CMC
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Cluster Munition Monitor 2020 Report Launch
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DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for justice – UN envoy
24 November 2020
Two senior UN officials welcomed on Tuesday the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of an armed combatant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and her counterpart on Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, lauded the Cour Militaire Opérationnelle of North Kivu for the conviction and…
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Iraq: Continued international support vital amid ‘multiple storms’
24 November 2020
As authorities in Iraq continue to operate “in the eye of multiple storms”, international support remains essential for resolving ongoing political, security, economic and social crises, as well as the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
UN Special Representative in Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert briefed ambassadors, at what she called “this…
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Afghanistan conference draws donor pledges and calls for lasting ceasefire
24 November 2020
International donors pledged financial and political support for Afghanistan’s peace process at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva on Tuesday, anticipating a sustainable ceasefire that will help the country rebuild and heal after decades of conflict.
“Today, I believe, is a good day for Afghanistan, and for the people of Afghanistan”, Deborah Lyons, head of the UN …
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Hybrid press conference - 2020 Afghanistan Conference
24 November 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, Minister of Finance, Government of Afghanistan
Pekka Haavisto, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Finland
Ville Skinnari, Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, Government of Finland
Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA)
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‘Foundational and necessary change’ needed to heal post-COVID world
24 November 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic precipitating one of the world’s worst health, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises in over a century, the UN chief told a high-level discussion on Tuesday to seize the opportunity “to make real, foundational, and necessary change”.
“We need global solidarity and coordination”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the event headlined, ‘Rebirthing the…
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'Deplorable' killing of Afro-Brazilian man shows need to address racism, discrimination
24 November 2020
The killing of an Afro-Brazilian man, and the widespread outrage it has sparked, underscores the urgent need for the Government to tackle racism and racial discrimination in South America’s largest country, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
João Alberto Silveira Freitas was beaten to death by two private security guards outside a Carrefour…
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination closes virtual one hundred and second session
24 November 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its virtual one hundred and second session.
Yanduan Li, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee had finalized and adopted General Recommendation n° 36 on preventing and combatting racial profiling.
Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, Committee Rapporteur, summing up the activities of the Committee during the session, said that the Committee had considered follow-up reports regarding China, Cuba, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro and the Republic of Korea. In the…
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Protect civilians uphold human rights, UN tells warring parties in Ethiopia
24 November 2020
The UN's top human rights official has called on the parties to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region to give “clear and unambiguous orders” to their forces not to target civilians, and protect them from assault.
In a statement on Tuesday, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, voiced concern that rhetoric on both sides ahead of what it is feared will be a…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
24 November 2020
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.
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Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), said that the…
