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Guterres ‘remains committed’ to maintaining 1991 ceasefire in Western Sahara
13 November 2020
The UN chief has expressed “grave concern” at the possible consequences which could arise from an operation reportedly launched by the Moroccan Government on the southern border of Western Sahara, in response to a reported highway blockade by supporters of the pro-independence Frente POLISARIO.
In recent days, the UN has been involved in multiple initiatives to avoid an…
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Violations continuing against Belarus protesters, UN human rights office warns
13 November 2020
More than three months on from the disputed presidential election in Belarus, the Belarusian Government continues to “wield the machinery of the State to commit human rights violations”, the Spokesperson for the UN human rights office warned on Friday.
In a statement, OHCHR’s Rupert Colville expressed deep concern over the use of force by law enforcement officials, against…
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Diabetes increasing COVID risks, showing need to strengthen health systems
13 November 2020
As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at “increased risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19”, the UN chief said in his message for World Diabetes Day, on Saturday.
“Many efforts have been made to prevent and treat diabetes”, but the disease continues to rise rapidly in low and middle income countries, those “least well-equipped with the diagnostics,…
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COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare: Tedros
13 November 2020
A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which must now lead to a major re-think in how all societies value health, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was making closing remarks at the closing of WHO’s governing body, the World Health Assembly, which…
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Mozambique Cabo Delgado violence is a ‘desperate’ situation, warns Bachelet
13 November 2020
There is increasing concern about the worsening security situation in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights described on Friday as “desperate”.
UN agencies have warned that civilians - and especially women and children – have endured dreadful human rights violations that include numerous attacks, kidnapping and reported…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
13 November 2020
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme.
Ethiopia – Conflict in Tigray region
Rupert Colville, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that amid emerging reports of mass killings in the…
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South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’ – UN health agency
13 November 2020
Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to have been infected by a vaccine-derived form of polio, which has left them with irreversible paralysis.
To stem the outbreak, the Ministry of Health has formed an emergency task force comprised of the World…
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Reported Ethiopia massacre: UN rights chief warns of spiralling situation, war crimes
13 November 2020
Disturbing reports of an alleged massacre have surfaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, amid fighting between national and regional forces that may become impossible to control, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday.
Reacting to emerging details of mass killings involving scores of victims in the town of Mai-Kadra, Michelle Bachelet said that “if the Tigray national…
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UNDP virtual press conference
13 November 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Kamil Kamaludeen, Resident Representative, UNDP South Sudan
Ambassador Dr. Francis Mading Deng – National Dialogue Steering Committee Leadership Team
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Peacebuilding from the Grassroots: National Dialogue Outcomes in South Sudan
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More tragedy on the Mediterranean as 74 migrants reportedly drown off Libya coast
12 November 2020
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday reported yet another devastating shipwreck in the Central Mediterranean, which has claimed the lives of at least 74 migrants off the coast of Khums, Libya. It is the eighth such incident since the beginning of October.
The boat was reported to be carrying more than 120 people, among them women and children. A…
