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Syria: No justification for chemical weapon use ‘under any circumstances’ – UN disarmament chief
06 November 2020
The top UN disarmament official on Thursday briefed the Security Council on progress made by Syria towards eliminating its chemicals weapons programme, complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.
“It cannot be repeated often enough: There is no justification for the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances”, Izumi Nakamitsu, High…
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Ahead of global health assembly, WHO stresses need for solidarity, preparation
05 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic can be defeated through science, solutions and solidarity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, underlining one of its core messages throughout the crisis.
The reminder comes ahead of next week’s World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of the UN agency’s decision-making body, which normally takes place in May but had to be cut short…
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Protect Palestine olive harvest from settler violence, Israel urged
05 November 2020
UN agencies, together with other international NGOs, are calling on Israel to better protect Palestinian farmers from violence by Israeli settlers, as they bring in their traditional olive harvest - crucial to livelihoods - and ensure families can access their land “freely and safely”.
In a statement released on Thursday, the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) noted…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Some politicians still ignore ‘core European values’ 25 years after peace deal
05 November 2020
Despite significant progress made in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the signing of a peace deal 25 years ago this month, some politicians continue to ignore “core European values” and even glorify war criminals, the international community’s High Representative for the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
Valentin Inzko briefed ambassadors on…
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UN rights experts call for release of Saudi activist championing women’s right to drive
05 November 2020
The deteriorating health of Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul is “deeply alarming”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Wednesday, calling for her release along with “all other women human rights defenders in detention”.
In a statement underscoring the need for Ms. Al-Hathloul’s urgent release, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES ITS REMOTE SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION
05 November 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventh session, which it held remotely.
The Committee adopted its report for the session, presented by Committee Rapporteur Lia Nadaraia, and the provisional agenda for the seventy-eighth session.
In her concluding remarks, Hilary Gbedemah, Committee Chairperson, said that since the offset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee had had to adapt its working methods as well as its agendas to the new exigencies of working…
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Violence and bullying affect one in three students, education experts warn
05 November 2020
Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three students subject to attacks at least once a month and one in 10, a victim of cyberbullying, the UN said on Thursday.
The warning from UNESCO, the UN organization for education, science and culture, based on 2019 data, coincides with the first International Day against Violence and Bullying at…
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Dozens displaced in largest demolition in years in the West Bank, reports UN relief office
05 November 2020
Seventy-three people, including 41 children have been displaced after Israeli authorities demolished their homes and other structures, and destroyed belongings in the Palestinian community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the West Bank, the UN humanitarian wing has reported.
According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 76 structures were…
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Effective disaster risk governance saves lives, UN highlights on World Tsunami Awareness Day
05 November 2020
Top UN officials have underscored the importance of continuous risk assessment and preparedness to safeguard coastal communities worldwide from the disastrous impact of tsunamis, marking World Tsunami Awareness Day on Thursday.
In a message, Secretary-General António Guterres cited the need for strong disaster risk governance against the rare but incredibly…
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Protecting citizens from COVID while granting refugee access, can be done: UNHCR
04 November 2020
It is possible for countries to both protect public health and “ensure access” for vulnerable people forced to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
Opening a virtual session of UNHCR’s annual Dialogue on Protection challenges, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, warned that “measures restricting access to asylum must not…
