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Top UN Haiti envoy hails commitment to hold new elections
08 July 2021
The UN Special Representative for Haiti on Thursday, acknowledged the legitimacy of Prime Minister Claude Joseph to lead the Caribbean nation, following the “cowardly” assassination of President Jovenel Moïse on Wednesday, and welcomed his government’s commitment to hold national elections later this year.
Helen La Lime, who also heads the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said the prime minister,…
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Time running out for countries on climate crisis front line
08 July 2021
The world’s running out of time to limit global temperature rise to below two degrees Celsius, a matter of life or death for climate vulnerable countries on the front line of the crisis, the UN Secretary General reiterated on Thursday.
Speaking to the first Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit of 48 nations systemically exposed to climate related disasters, António Guterres said they needed reassurance…
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Child mental health crisis ‘magnified’ by COVID, warns UN chief
08 July 2021
Half of the world’s children experience violence on and offline in some form every year, with “devastating and life-long consequences” for their mental health, the UN chief warned a symposium on the issue on Thursday.
In a video address to an event organized within the on-going High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), on mental health and wellbeing, he said that mental health services have long…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Oman, Austria, and Rwanda
08 July 2021
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Oman, Austria, and Rwanda.
Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Oman were Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Population Fund, and Venezuela.
The following civil society organizations also took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Oman: Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association, Centre for…
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Amid COVID job losses, ‘high food prices are hunger’s new best friend’, WFP warns
08 July 2021
Job losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic combined with high food prices are making it hard for millions of families to get enough to eat, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
WFP estimates that a record 270 million people worldwide are acutely food insecure or at high risk this year, around a 70 per cent jump from 2020.
For WFP, high food prices have two…
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New UN report reveals impact of COVID on human trafficking
08 July 2021
A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking and highlights the increased targeting and exploitation of children during the course of the pandemic.
The study further assesses how frontline organizations responded to the challenges posed and continued to deliver essential…
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MIDDAY - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Australia, Saint Lucia, and Nepal
08 July 2021
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The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Australia, Saint Lucia, and Nepal.
Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Australia were Malawi, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, China, Syria, and Tunisia.
The following civil society organizations also took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Australia: Save the Children…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of the Federated States of Micronesia, Lebanon, Mauritania, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
08 July 2021
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The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of the Federated States of Micronesia, Lebanon, Mauritania, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of the Federated States of Micronesia were Russian Federation, Tunisia, United Nations Population Fund, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, China, Cuba, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Nepal, and New Zealand.
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COVID death toll passes 4 million: Global Vaccine Plan essential, declares Guterres
08 July 2021
The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million late on Wednesday, marking yet another “grim milestone” and underlining the urgent need for the world to put a Global Vaccine Plan in place to get the pandemic under control, said the UN chief in a statement.
“Many of us know this loss directly and feel its pain”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. “We…
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DR Congo sees fresh government impetus to fight unrelenting violence in the east
07 July 2021
A new government action plan in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to reverse the urgent and tragic deterioration in the east of the country, where thousands of human rights abuses are being committed against civilians by armed militants, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Bintou Keita, the Secretary-General’s…
