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UN refugee agency: Keep borders open for fleeing Ethiopians
11 November 2020
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that it is working with Sudanese authorities to help more than 7,000 refugees who have fled Ethiopia over the past two days, following major clashes in the Tigray region of the country.
The Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and local authorities are screening and registering people arriving in Sudan.
“We are urging Governments…
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Journalists covering conflict, essential workers for a ‘durable peace’ says Guterres
11 November 2020
Reporters and other media workers in warzones across the world, are reliable witnesses who contribute to forging peace, and must be better-protected under international humanitarian law, said the UN chief on Wednesday.
António Guterres said in the statement issued by his Spokesperson that he remains deeply concerned, and condemned attacks against journalists and media…
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UN envoy urges Yemen’s warring parties to place ‘a firm bet on peace’, as famine threat continues
11 November 2020
The plight of Yemenis demands “nothing less than a firm bet on peace”, the UN Special Envoy told the Security Council on Wednesday.
The country is “not for the first time” at “a point of decision”, Martin Griffiths said via videoconference, urging an end to “the shooting war, opening up the country and resuming the search for an inclusive political solution…
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Social media-based trafficking on the rise during coronavirus pandemic
11 November 2020
A UN rights committee has called on social media platforms to use big data and artificial intelligence to help eliminate trafficking in women and girls, amid an increase in online traps designed to recruit potential victims during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) said on Wednesday that women and girls continue to be the…
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UNCTAD virtual press conference
11 November 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Shamika Sirimanne, UNCTAD, Director, Division on Technology and Logistics
Jan Hoffmann, UNCTAD, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics
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Publication of the Review of Maritime Transport 2020
Embargo until Thursday, 12 November at 6 p.m. GMT
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Ending statelessness ‘a matter of political will’, says UN refugee agency chief
11 November 2020
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has called on world leaders to take bold and swift action to eradicate statelessness by 2024.
Marking the sixth anniversary of the #IBelong Campaign, aimed at ending statelessness by 2024, High Commissioner Filippo Grandi urged redoubling of efforts to “resolve this affront to humanity in the 21st century.”
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UN chief shocked at ‘wanton brutality’ in northern Mozambique
11 November 2020
The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the authorities in Mozambique to investigate brutal killings this past weekend, in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province, and bring the perpetrators to justice.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson, on Tuesday, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed shock over the reports of massacres by non-State armed groups in several…
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Displaced in Nigeria's restive northeast tell UN deputy chief they're 'impatient' for home
11 November 2020
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General is on a trip to West Africa and the Sahel region, and on Tuesday, she travelled to Borno state in northeastern Nigeria, a region badly affected by conflict and where many continue to live under the threat of Boko Haram insurgency.
In the town of Banki, near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, Deputy…
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COVID-19: Slow road to jobs recovery for Latin America and the Caribbean
10 November 2020
The labour market in Latin America and the Caribbean faces a slow recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the need for “active macro policies” and other measures to promote sustainable development alongside getting people back into the workforce.
That is the main finding of a joint report published on Tuesday by the UN’s Economic Commission for the region, ECLAC, and the…
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New Permanent Observer of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
10 November 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Stephen Fevrier, the new Permanent Observer of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Fevrier had been serving as Head of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to the United Nations Office at Geneva since July 2018. He worked at the Commonwealth Secretariat from May…
