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UNCTAD virtual press conference
17 June 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Embargo until 21 June at 5 a.m. GMT, 7 a.m. CEST
Isabelle Durant, UNCTAD Acting Secretary General
James Zhan, Director, UNCTAD Division on Investment and Entreprises, UNCTAD
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Launch of the World Investment Report 2021: Investing in Sustainable Recovery
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HRC hybrid press conference
17 June 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji), President of the Human Rights Council, 2021 (15th cycle)
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Human Rights Council, 47th regular session (21 June – 15 July 2021)
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Human Rights Council to Hold its Forty-Seventh Regular Session from 21 June to 13 July 2021
17 June 2021
Meeting Summaries
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-seventh regular session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council will be meeting in room XVIII with most statements delivered virtually.
The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 21 June under the presidency of Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji. On this occasion, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, will present her annual report on the activities of her Office followed by a report on the central role…
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Milestone moment for UN principles on business and human rights, but abuses persist
16 June 2021
Although more companies are committing to respect human rights, gaps and challenges remain, UN experts said on Wednesday in assessing a decade of standards for business that take the wellbeing of people and the planet into consideration.
The 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights represents a milestone, they added, and an opportunity for…
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INTERVIEW: Address conflict, climate change, disease, to reduce humanitarian need, urges outgoing ‘relief chief’
16 June 2021
When he accepted the offer to become UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, four years ago, Mark Lowcock had hoped the need for aid globally was on the decline.
But due to protracted and emerging conflicts, the rising impacts of climate change, and the toll of diseases such as Ebola - and now of…
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UN chief: Desertification and drought destabilizing well-being of 3.2 billion people
16 June 2021
Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
“Humanity is waging a relentless, self-destructive war on nature. Biodiversity is declining, greenhouse gas concentrations are…
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‘Families came first’ for remittances in year of pandemic, says Guterres
16 June 2021
Migrants working away from their families made significant sacrifices to send money home last year as they did before COVID, UN chief António Guterres said on Wednesday, warning that now is not the time for countries to withdraw their support to these key workers.
The Secretary-General’s message to mark the International Day of Family Remittances, comes as World Bank data showed that…
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Yemen ‘a tale of missed and then lost opportunities’, outgoing envoy tells Security Council
15 June 2021
Yemen’s warring sides have been unable to overcome their differences, dashing hopes for peace, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Tuesday in his final briefing to the Security Council in the role.
Martin Griffiths, who was appointed in 2018, has been mediating efforts to end five years of fighting between Government forces, backed by Saudi Arabia, and the…
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Five polio vaccination workers shot dead in Afghanistan; UN condemns ‘brutal’ killings
15 June 2021
Five health workers carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province were killed on Tuesday, and four others injured, during a series of attacks condemned by a senior UN official on the ground as brutal and “senseless”.
The UN humanitarian coordination office OCHA, said the deaths and injuries occurred during five separate attacks on health…
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‘Digital dumpsites’ study highlights growing threat to children: UN health agency
15 June 2021
The health of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide is at risk from the illegal processing of old electrical or electronic devices, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, in a landmark new report on the toxic threat.
In a statement coinciding with the launch, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the health threat was…
