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UN chief highlights key role of Asian regional bloc in ending Myanmar crisis
19 April 2021
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Monday for leaders in Asia to bolster efforts towards finding a peaceful solution to the bloody crisis in Myanmar, sparked by the military coup in February.
Speaking during a Security Council meeting on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations, he highlighted the relationship with the Association of…
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Rights experts condemn UK racism report attempting to ‘normalize white supremacy’
19 April 2021
UN independent human rights experts on Monday denounced a government-backed report into racism in the United Kingdom, saying that it further distorted and falsified historical facts, and could even fuel racism and racial discrimination.
“In 2021, it is stunning to read a report on race and ethnicity that repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact, twisting data and…
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: report of Belgium to be reviewed
19 April 2021
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The Committee heard an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopted the session’s programme of work and revised agenda.
In his opening statement, Mr. Cissé-Gouro paid tribute to the late Ms. Mohamed Yemhelhe Mint, a dear member of the Committee, who…
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MYANMAR CRISIS: Stand with the people and protect them, urges UN rights expert
19 April 2021
The international community has a responsibility to protect the people of Myanmar, under attack from their own military, the UN independent human rights expert on the country argues, in the second part of our in-depth interview, calling also for refuge to be given to those who have fled for their lives to neighbouring countries.
Over 700 people are reported to have been killed in…
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Green transformation will rival industrial revolution: US climate envoy
18 April 2021
The transition to a global economic model which will slow down climate change and create jobs will be the “biggest economic transformation since the industrial revolution” according to John Kerry, the US climate envoy.
Mr. Kerry expressed the view in a discussion with Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the International Monetary Fund as part of the 2021 Spring meetings of the IMF and…
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Surviving a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in a Lesotho convent
17 April 2021
A 77-year old nun from the southern African country of Lesotho has been telling the UN how she survived a deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in her convent and why it’s important to embrace the vaccine.
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Sister Juliet Lithemba recovered after being diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus.
For Sister Juliet Lithemba, the past year has been “nothing short of grace and mercy from above”, as she…
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Soaring food prices, conflicts driving hunger, rise across West and Central Africa: WFP
16 April 2021
More than 31 million people across West and Central Africa may not have enough to eat in the coming months as hunger rises due to an “explosive mix” of skyrocketing food prices, conflict and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
The figure is more than 30 per cent higher than last year and represents the highest level over…
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Libya: Security Council backs ceasefire mechanism, calls for withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries
16 April 2021
The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution which calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and gives the green light for a UN team to monitor last October’s historic ceasefire agreement.
In a second vote announced on Friday afternoon in New York, ambassadors also passed a resolution unanimously, renewing measures…
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Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing
16 April 2021
With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and epidemiologically self-defeating, the head of the UN health agency told a special ministerial meeting of the Economic…
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Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development
16 April 2021
The United Nations Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back impacts of climate change and build a green and sustainable future for all.
Addressing the C40 Mayors Climate Alliance, Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the that cities and urban centres are “on the frontlines” of…
