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New Permanent Representative of Haiti presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
16 February 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Justin Viard, the new Permanent Representative of Haiti 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. Viard had been serving as General Consul of Haiti in Boston, United States, from 2019 to 2020. From 2018 to 2019, he was President and Director General of the Integrated Investment and Development Company SODEI S.A. He…
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Myanmar: ‘World is watching’, UN Special Envoy urges military to refrain from violence
16 February 2021
Amidst ongoing protests against a military takeover on 1 February, the UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has called on the country’s military leadership to refrain from violence and fully respect human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law.
In a conversation with the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Soe Win, Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener…
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Major airlines join forces with UNICEF to support ‘monumental’ COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan
16 February 2021
The world’s leading airlines are backing a landmark UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) initiative to prioritize delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, essential medicines and other critical supplies across the globe.
More than 10 airlines are signing agreements with the UN agency to support its ‘Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative’, which will also act as a global logistics…
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Downward COVID-19 trend shows ‘simple public health measures work’ – UN health chief
15 February 2021
The number of reported cases of COVID-19 globally has declined for the fifth consecutive week, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday, underscoring that “simple public health measures work, even in the presence of variants”.
“Last week saw the lowest number of reported weekly cases since October”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health…
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women opens seventy-eighth online session
15 February 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon opened its remote seventy-eighth session, hearing a statement by Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights and representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee also adopted its agenda and organization of work.
Ms. Brands Kehris said that as a former treaty body member, she was fully aware of the Committee’s great responsibility and of the many challenges facing the treaty body system, especially in the context of the COVID-19…
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CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON MYANMAR, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEPLORES REMOVAL OF ELECTED GOVERNMENT
15 February 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution in which it deplored the removal of the Government elected by the people of Myanmar in the general election held on 8 November 2020, and the suspension of mandates of members of all parliaments, and called for the restoration of the elected Government.
In a resolution A/HRC/S-297l.1 on the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar, adopted without a vote, the Council deplored the removal of the Government elected by the people of Myanmar in the general election held on 8…
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opens remote sixty-ninth session
15 February 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its remote sixty-ninth session, hearing opening remarks by Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in his opening remarks, said he was glad the Committee was able to continue its work despite the pandemic.
Ms. Hicks said COVID-19 had revealed and exacerbated…
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Afghanistan: 65 media workers, rights defenders killed since 2018
15 February 2021
Sixty-five journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders were killed in Afghanistan between 1 January 2018 and 31 January 2021, with 11 losing their lives since the start of peace negotiations last September, the UN Mission in the country said on Monday.
“This trend, combined with the absence of claims of responsibility, has generated a climate of fear among the population…
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Two die as new Ebola outbreak declared in southern Guinea
15 February 2021
Guinean health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in a rural community in the south of the country, with at least seven people infected, two of whom died, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Sunday.
This is the first time the disease has been reported in the country since the deadly 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa which claimed over 11,000 lives.
Very concerned by…
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Migrating online: The digital tools preparing refugees and migrants with an economic lifeline
15 February 2021
Whilst the global economy has taken a battering during the COVID-19 pandemic, online commerce has thrived. A UN-supported initiative is helping refugees and migrants around the world to access the tools and customers they need to build their businesses and improve their livelihoods.
Sharifa Ahammad, along with more than 900,000 stateless Rohingya refugees, lives…
