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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES REGULAR FORTY-FIFTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 35 RESOLUTIONS, ONE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT AND ONE DECISION
07 October 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-fifth regular session after adopting 35 resolutions, one Presidential Statement and one decision.
The Council ended the mandate of the Independent Expert on Sudan.
The mandate of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen was extended under agenda item two on the annual report of the High Commissioner. Under agenda item four on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention…
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Belarus: ‘There is no sustainable development without human rights’ - a UN Resident Coordinator blog
07 October 2020
Belarus has been rocked by mass demonstrations, and violent state crackdowns, since the disputed August presidential election that saw Alexander Lukashenko returned to power. In this blog, Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecki, the UN Resident Coordinator in Belarus, explains what the unrest means for the Organization.
For the UN, as for all international partners…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS TWO RESOLUTIONS RENEWING MANDATES ON THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND ON THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CONCLUDES ITS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
07 October 2020
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Elects by Acclamation Seven Members of the Advisory Committee and Appoints Eight Special Procedure Mandate Holders
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted two resolutions renewing mandates on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and on the Central African Republic under the agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building, elected by acclamation seven members of the Advisory Committee, appointed eight Special Procedure mandate…
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WHO/UNICEF
07 October 2020
Press Conference Announcement
(UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL Thursday, 8 October at 00.01 GMT)
Mark Hereward, Associate Director for Data and Analytics, UNICEF
Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director for the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO
Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Chair of the International Stillbirth Alliance and Honorary fellow Stillbirth Centre for Research Excellence of the University of Queensland in Australia
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Global trade amid COVID-19: Signs of rebound, but recovery uncertain
07 October 2020
Global trade is showing signs of bouncing back from a deep, COVID-19-induced slump, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said, with the caveat that any recovery could be badly disrupted by the future course of the pandemic and how societies react.
The overall volume of trade in goods across the world is forecasted to fall by 9.2 per cent in 2020, followed by a rise of 7.2 per cent in…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS
07 October 2020
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Texts Deal with the Human Rights of Women and Girls, the Rights of Children, the Contribution of the Human Rights Council to the Prevention of Human Rights Violations, Technical Assistance, and the Philippines
The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions dealing with promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations ; promoting, protecting and respecting women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights in humanitarian situations ; realizing the rights of the child through a healthy environment ; the…
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UN chief urges greater investment in universal health coverage, starting now
07 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of strong public health systems and emergency preparedness for communities and economies globally, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for greater investments in universal health coverage.
Launching his latest policy brief, “COVID-19 and Universal Health Coverage”, Secretary-General António Guterres called on…
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DR Congo’s fragile detente ‘could yet unravel’, Security Council warned
06 October 2020
Planning for a drawdown of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is well underway, but much work still remains to be done to put the country firmly on the path to long-term stability and sustainable development, the Security Council heard today.
Leila Zerrougui, Head of the UN's Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO…
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Report outlines long road to post-COVID recovery for Latin America and Caribbean
06 October 2020
Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean will be slower than the return to productivity following the subprime mortgage crisis more than a decade ago, the head of the UN’s office for the region, ECLAC, said on Tuesday.
Alicia Bárcena was speaking during a virtual press conference where she unveiled ECLAC’s latest report which outlines…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 13 RESOLUTIONS
06 October 2020
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Extends Mandates on Yemen, Private Military and Security Companies, Hazardous Substances and Wastes, Burundi, Venezuela, People of African Descent and Somalia
Ends Mandate of Independent Expert on Sudan
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 13 resolutions in which it, among other actions, renewed the mandates of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen for one year ; of the working group to elaborate an international regulatory framework for the activities of private military and security companies, for a period of three years ; of the Special…
