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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
16 October 2020
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination…
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LIVE: World Food Day
16 October 2020
Hunger is rising, due to factors including conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which is putting a strain on food systems that are already failing in many countries. In today’s LIVE blog, marking World Food Day, we will look at some of the many issues and possible solutions.
Highlights
• UN chief video message
• What is sustainable agriculture?
• Food and the COVID-19 pandemic
• The business of food
• UN commits…
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Bolivia: UN urges calm, ahead of Sunday’s general elections
16 October 2020
Top UN officials have called on all stakeholders in Bolivia to maintain calm and commit to peaceful conduct of the general elections, taking place on Sunday.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the country’s political and social actors, as well as State institutions, to commit to the holding of peaceful elections, his spokesperson said on Friday.
He encouraged all actors to respect the…
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An ‘airlift of hope’ in Yemen, UN envoy tells Security Council
15 October 2020
An “airlift of hope” agreed by Yemen’s warring parties to return more than 1,000 detainees to their families has been welcomed by UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, who has urged both sides to agree to further peace-building measures.
In his briefing to the Security Council on Thursday, Mr. Griffiths confirmed that the “extraordinary” operation had begun in line with an agreement reached…
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COVID-19 rise in Europe a great concern, says WHO regional chief
15 October 2020
COVID-19 is now the fifth leading cause of death in Europe, where nearly 700,000 cases were reported this week: the highest weekly incidence since the pandemic began in March, the regional head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Thursday.
Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge said the tightening up of restrictions by governments is “absolutely necessary” as the disease continues…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
15 October 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Lazhar Soualem, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Soualem had been serving as Director General for multilateral relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria since 2019. He was Director for international humanitarian, social, cultural, scientific and…
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Rights experts urge UAE to halt repatriation of Yemeni nationals
15 October 2020
The repatriation of 18 Yemeni nationals previously held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, should be halted, as their lives could be in danger, UN-appointed human rights experts said on Thursday.
In an appeal to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the Yemeni men were resettled after their release, the independent experts cautioned that “their forced return (to Yemen would) put…
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Invest in rural women, help them build resilience to future crises, urges UN chief
15 October 2020
Rural women play a critical role in agriculture, food security and managing land and natural resources - yet many suffer from "discrimination, systemic racism, and structural poverty", the UN chief said on Thursday.
Rural women help:🚜 Agricultural & rural development🥕 Achieve #ZeroHunger👩🌾 #EndPoverty🦠Respond to #COVID19Yet, they are undervalued and their rights…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONTENEGRO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
15 October 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Slavica Milačić, the new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Milačić had been serving as the Chief Diplomatic Inspector at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro since September 2019. She was the Head of the Permanent Mission of…
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Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer: UN rights chief
15 October 2020
While perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence must be held accountable, capital punishment and torture are not the answer, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Michelle Bachelet has issued a statement calling on governments to step up action against these crimes, improve access to justice and reparations for victims, and institute prompt…
