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New report highlights value of UN’s human rights work in the field
12 October 2020
The UN’s work in promoting dialogue between Arabic and Kurdish groups in Iraq is just one example of how human rights personnel are playing a critical role at the Organization’s peace operations around the world.
The case is included in a report launched on Monday that documents the contribution of human rights components in the field towards supporting political processes, building…
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Herd immunity, an ‘unethical’ COVID-19 strategy, Tedros warns policymakers
12 October 2020
Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency chief warned on Monday.
“Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a threshold of vaccination is reached”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,…
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Greater equality a ‘prerequisite’ for overcoming global crises: Bachelet
12 October 2020
In reviewing, assessing and acknowledging the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, enslavement and colonialism, the groundbreaking Durban World Conference of 2001, represented a “milestone” in the common fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the UN human rights chief said on Monday.
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet said that in examining…
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Greater cooperation urged worldwide as criminals seek to profit from COVID-19
12 October 2020
With criminal networks looking to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical for governments to work together in line with a landmark UN treaty to combat human trafficking, gun smuggling and other cross-border crimes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
His comments came in a video message to the latest meeting of countries which have signed the UN…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH SESSION ONLINE
12 October 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and thirtieth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted the agenda and programme of work for the session.
Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Committee Chairperson, noted that it was the second time that the Human Rights Committee was meeting online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He welcomed, David H. Moore who had…
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UN chief urges ministers to provide ‘decisive leadership’ on climate action
12 October 2020
With nations striving to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impacts, efforts must focus on decarbonizing the global economy and building a more inclusive and resilient future, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday.
Addressing the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, via a video message, Secretary-General António…
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‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, new disaster research shows
12 October 2020
The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an urgent call for countries to prepare better for all catastrophic events – from earthquakes and tsunamis to …
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EXHIBITION “100 YEARS OF MULTILATERALISM IN GENEVA” BRINGS INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS CLOSER TO CITIZENS
12 October 2020
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Geneva, Switzerland (12 October 2020) – A new exhibition celebrating the evolution of multilateral cooperation in Geneva over the past century was inaugurated today at Place des Nations, where it will be displayed from 12 to 30 October 2020.
The bilingual exhibition of 18 two-sided panels, entitled “100 Years of Multilateralism in Geneva”, looks at key milestones and achievements of international cooperation in Geneva, illustrating them with rarely seen historical photos and contemporary visuals. The exhibition shows the diversity of…
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UNDRR virtual press conference
12 October 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Debarati Guha-Sapir, Professor, Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
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Launch of Human Cost of Disasters Report 2000-2019
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UN in Myanmar comes together to protect people from COVID-19
11 October 2020
More than 20 UN agencies in Myanmar have come together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and staff are putting their lives on the line to support the Organization’s efforts to protect lives and boost livelihoods.
“I was concerned that I might get infected. Everyone was afraid,” says 32-year-old World Health Organization (WHO) data collector Myat Mon Yee.
Since March, Ms. Mon Yee, a computer…
