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UN and partners express regret over US departure from Paris climate accord
04 November 2020
The UN climate change secretariat, UNFCCC, has underlined its commitment to work with stakeholders in the United States and beyond, to accelerate climate action, in line with an historic treaty on limiting global warming and curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
On Wednesday, the US formally withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a decision originally announced…
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UN Police ‘vital’ across spectrum of peacekeeping, Security Council hears
04 November 2020
The Security Council on Wednesday was briefed on the “vital role” UN Police play across the whole spectrum of the world body’s work, from “conflict prevention to peacekeeping to peacebuilding".
In their annual briefing to ambassadors, UN police commissioners serving in the Central African Republic, Haiti, Mali and South Sudan, spoke in detail about the difference they’ve made,…
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Libyan sides agree plan on implementing ceasefire deal
04 November 2020
Military officers from Libya’s warring parties have agreed practical steps towards implementing a ceasefire agreement, following the signing of an historic accord in Geneva last month, the UN mission in the country, UNSMIL, has reported.
The two-day meeting of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) - which comprises five members each from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Libyan National…
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UN brings Cyprus leaders together, mulling future talks on divided island
04 November 2020
The leaders of the divided island of Cyprus have met in the capital Nicosia, in an encounter convened by the United Nations, the Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission in Cyprus said on Tuesday.
The meeting is the first between the Greek Cypriot leader, Nicos Anastasiades, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, since the latter assumed his post following elections last…
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Deputy UN chief pushes Security Council on global ceasefire, to fight ‘common enemy’
03 November 2020
The UN Deputy Secretary-General on Tuesday urged the Security Council to do more to encourage combatants across the world to put down their guns and focus instead on fighting “our common enemy” – the coronavirus.
“I count on your commitment to this appeal”, Amina Mohammed told the meeting via videoconference, on factors driving civil strife worldwide. “And I count on your…
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Belarus targets women human rights defenders after disputed August elections
03 November 2020
Independent UN experts criticized Belarus on Tuesday for persecuting women human rights defenders, who have been involved in the mass protests underway in the country since August’s controversial presidential election.
"Belarus has effectively criminalized human rights work at a time when the work of human rights defenders is more essential than ever”, said Mary Lawlor, Special…
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‘Take urgent steps’ to calm intercommunal violence in Ethiopia: Guterres
03 November 2020
Inclusive dialogue is crucial to diffuse tensions across Ethiopia, said the UN Secretary-General on Tuesday, following reports of dozens killed and injured during brutal attacks in the west of the country over the weekend.
According to news reports based on eyewitnesses, more than 50 were killed, many after being rounded up and killed, while homes were torched and livestock stolen…
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South Sudan rape convictions reaffirm commitment to zero tolerance
03 November 2020
The top UN official working to end rape during wartime said she was encouraged by recent “positive steps” taken by the South Sudanese army to bring perpetrators to justice, thereby underscoring the Government’s commitment to zero tolerance.
Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, has welcomed courts martial verdicts which resulted…
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Nigerians need justice, UN rights experts say, in call for inquiry into protestor killings
03 November 2020
The Nigerian Government must establish a credible, independent inquiry into the recent killing of at least 12 peaceful protestors by soldiers, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday, as demonstrations against a discredited police unit continue across the country.
While excessive use of force during peaceful protests is always unacceptable,…
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Côte d'Ivoire: UN reports 3,000 flee abroad amid electoral violence
03 November 2020
Several thousand people have fled from election-related violence in Côte d'Ivoire to seek sanctuary in neighbouring Liberia, Ghana and Togo, fearing a repeat of the major conflict that followed the election in 2011, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
“Violent clashes erupted after the presidential election which was held on 31 October leaving at least a dozen dead and…
