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ICC Prosecutor calls for Libya ceasefire progress, decries ‘powerful forces’ hampering global justice
10 November 2020
The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is urging Libya’s warring parties to implement their recent historic ceasefire agreement, calling it a “welcome concrete development” for a population that has been yearning for peace.
Fatou Bensouda made the appeal in her briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday, just weeks after the…
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UN agency for Palestine refugees runs out of money as COVID-19 spreads
10 November 2020
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) has run out of cash on hand to keep vital services going amid the worsening health emergency, UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.
“Despite the immense efforts to raise sufficient funds in 2020 to maintain UNRWA’s critical services to 5.7 million Palestinian refugees across…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
10 November 2020
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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UN rights chief Bachelet condemns Tanzania election violence
10 November 2020
The people of Tanzania should be allowed to express grievances “without fear of reprisals” after nationwide elections, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that she had been disturbed by reports of continued intimidation and harassment against leaders and members of the opposition.
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Oppose hatred in all its forms, UN chief urges
10 November 2020
The United Nations Secretary-General has called on the global community to stand against hatred in all its forms, and to reject the “lies and loathing” which led to the rise of Nazism and which fractures societies today.
Secretary-General António Guterres warned that alongside COVID-19, the “virus” of anti-Semitism and other identity-based forms of hate, has also been spreading.
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COVID-19 worsening food insecurity, driving displacement, warn UN agencies
10 November 2020
Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work to support their families, a new UN report has warned.
In Populations at risk: Implications of COVID-19 for hunger, migration and displacement, the UN World Food Programme (WFP)…
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New Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
10 November 2020
Presentation of Credentials
C. A. Chandraprema, the new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka 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. Chandraprema had been working as a political correspondent with The Island, Upali Newspapers Ltd. since 1995, a position he also held from January to August 1990. From April 1994 to April 2002, he was a…
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Can ‘Open Science’ speed up the search for a COVID-19 vaccine? 5 things you need to know
10 November 2020
The UN is calling for authoritative scientific information and research to be made freely available, to accelerate research into an effective vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, help counter misinformation, and “unlock the full potential of science”.
Arguing that no-one is safe until everyone is safe, the World Health Organization (WHO) has, for several months, been…
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Cote d’Ivoire: ‘Tone down the hateful rhetoric’, find peaceful solutions – UN rights chief
09 November 2020
Continuing violence in the wake of elections in Cote d’Ivoire’s presidential elections held on 31 October, prompted the UN human rights chief on Monday to call for a peaceful solution, saying it was in “nobody’s interests to fuel the threat of increasing political instability”.
“Tone down the hateful rhetoric and work to find common solutions, with full respect…
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Deputy UN chief conducts solidarity visit to West Africa and the Sahel
09 November 2020
The UN Deputy Secretary-General is on a two-week solidarity visit to West Africa and the Sahel to underscore the Organization’s support to countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amina Mohammed began her mission in Nigeria on Monday, where she met with President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital, Abuja.
Ms. Mohammed later joined the Vice-President, Finance Minister and UN colleagues…
