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UN chief condemns attack on school in Nigeria
18 February 2021
The United Nations Secretary-General has strongly condemned Wednesday’s attack on a boarding school in north-central Nigeria in which one student was killed and several students, as well as relatives and staff, abducted.
According to reports, gunmen stormed the Government Science College Kagara, in the Niger state of Nigeria, at around 2 am local time. Many students are also said to be unaccounted for,…
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Food insecurity in Syria reaches record levels: WFP
17 February 2021
The number of Syrians who lack access to sufficient food has reached a record 12.4 million, or nearly 60 per cent of the population, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Wednesday, citing “alarming” new national data.
Economic crisis, job losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, and soaring food prices have added to the plight of people who have been displaced and worn down by a decade of…
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Strengthen ‘One Health approach’ to prevent future pandemics – WHO chief
17 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates “intimate” linkages between the health of humans, animals and ecosystems, as zoonotic diseases spread between animals and people, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Wednesday.
While the concept of One Health – where multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes – may have once seemed simple…
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COVID-19 vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’: UN Secretary-General
17 February 2021
International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines appealed on Wednesday for the UN Security Council to ensure people caught in conflict have access to these lifesaving treatments.
Addressing the virtual meeting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the goal of providing vaccines to all as “the biggest moral test before the global…
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‘Triple threat’ adds to long-standing crises menacing food security in Somalia – FAO
17 February 2021
Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threating 2.6 million people, the UN agriculture agency said in a new analysis released on Wednesday.
In a joint report, the UN The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that in the absence of large-scale and sustained humanitarian assistance “the situation could…
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COVID infections drop 16% worldwide in one week: WHO
17 February 2021
In its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that although the number of global infections have fallen by 16 per cent in a week – 500,000 fewer cases – regions, including Europe, are still in the grip of the virus whose variants are spreading.
The number of coronavirus deaths also declined in all regions by 10 per cent over the same period, with 81,000…
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UN, African Union urge Somali leaders to resume talks to overcome political impasse
17 February 2021
The United Nations Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission called on Somali leaders, on Tuesday, to resume dialogue to resolve outstanding differences concerning elections in the country.
In a joint statement, Secretary-General António Guterres and the Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat commended the people and leaders of Somalia for progress…
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Human Rights Council hybrid press conference
17 February 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fidji), President of the Human Rights Council, 2021 (15th cycle)
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Human Rights Council, 46th regular session (22 February-23 March 2021)
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Human Rights Council to Hold its Forty-Sixth Regular Session from 22 February to 23 March 2021
17 February 2021
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The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-sixth regular session from 22 February to 23 March 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council's main annual session will start off with a high-level segment from 22 to 24 February, when dignitaries representing more than 130 countries will address the Council on their governments’ efforts to promote and protect human rights.
The session will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, 22 February under the presidency of Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji. On this occasion, the…
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Myanmar crisis: ‘Terrified’ UN rights expert sounds alarm ahead of expected protests
17 February 2021
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has warned of the potential for a sharp uptick in violence on Wednesday, as protests continue against the 1 February military takeover of the government.
Following reports that a “secretive trial” of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint began on Tuesday, Special Rapporteur Tom…
