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Protect lives, mitigate future shocks and recover better: UN-wide COVID-19 response
16 September 2020
Over the course of 2020 thus far, the coronavirus has taken hundreds of thousands of lives, infected millions of people, and wreaked socio-economic, humanitarian and human rights havoc, the United Nations said in a new report released on Wednesday.
According to the September update of the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19, no country has been spared; no population…
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South Sudan: Progress on peace agreement ‘limps along’, UN envoy tells Security Council
16 September 2020
Although the transitional government in South Sudan continues to function, with state governors now appointed, among other developments, progress on the 2018 peace agreement “limps along”, the top UN official in the country told a virtual meeting of the Security Council on Wednesday.
David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), updated ambassadors…
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UN chief: COVID-19 vaccine must be affordable and available to all
16 September 2020
The continuing COVID-19 pandemic continues to top a long list of global concerns, the UN chief told journalists on Wednesday, noting that “the grimmest of milestones” is upon us.
“The outbreak remains out of control”, Secretary-General António Guterres declared in his press conference ahead of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) High Level Week, noting that soon one million lives will be “…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON WATER AND SANITATION
16 September 2020
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Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation and concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development.
Speaking on the right to water and sanitation were the European Union, Denmark, Burkina Faso, State of Palestine, Fiji, Ecuador, Pakistan, France, Germany, Sierra Leone, Burkina…
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Venezuela abuses amounted to crimes against humanity: UN-appointed panel
16 September 2020
Grave rights violations against anti-government protesters in Venezuela, “amounted to crimes against humanity”, UN-appointed rights investigators said in their first report on abuses inside the Latin American nation.
In their findings published on Wednesday, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela cited evidence of unlawful executions, enforced…
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Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing
16 September 2020
Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms of slavery and other exploitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN independent human rights expert has said.
The warning comes from UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, who presented his first report to a virtual…
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HRC / Venezuela FFM
16 September 2020
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Marta Valiñas, Chairperson of the FFM
Francisco Cox Vial, Member of the FFM
Paul Seils, Member of the FFM
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Launch of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (FFM), mandated by resolution 42/25 for a period of one year, to assess alleged human rights violations committed since 2014.
Live Webcast…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY AND STARTS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
16 September 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive discussion with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences, and started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development.
Speaking on contemporary forms of slavery were European Union, Norway, Liechtenstein, Sovereign Order of Malta, UN Women, Pakistan, France, Armenia, India, Japan, Indonesia, Libya, Senegal, Iraq, Ukraine,…
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More research needed into COVID-19 effects on children, says WHO head
16 September 2020
More research is needed into factors that increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease among children and adolescents, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that while children may have largely been spared many of the most severe effects, they have suffered in other ways.
Joining the heads of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational,…
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Ozone treaties ‘inspiring examples’ of political will, UN chief says on International Day
16 September 2020
The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on Wednesday, recognizing the success of landmark global agreements in helping restore the protective layer around Earth.
In a message, UN Secretary-General António Guterres applauded the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, its Montreal Protocol…
