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New WHO guidance aims to stamp out rights violations in mental health services
10 June 2021
New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO), published on Thursday, calls for providing mental health care that respects human rights and focuses on recovery.
Globally, mental health care mainly continues to be provided in psychiatric hospitals, and rights abuses and coercive practices remain all too common, according to the UN agency.
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Nine in 10 African nations set to miss urgent COVID vaccination goal
10 June 2021
Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.
At 32 million doses, Africa accounts for less than one per cent of the more than 2.1 billion doses administered globally. Just two per cent of the continent’s nearly 1.3 billion people have received one…
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First Person: Owner of first ‘vegan football club’ scoring sustainable goals
10 June 2021
A football club in the west of England has been recognized by the United Nations for its leading role in setting goals to tackle climate change, from planning a low-carbon stadium, to selling only 100 per cent vegan food. Ahead of the kick-off of the delayed Euro 2020 football competition, owner and chairman, Dale Vince, told UN News that the club aims to be a beacon of sustainability in the…
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Child labour figure rises to 160 million, as COVID puts many more at risk
10 June 2021
For the first time in two decades, the number of children being put to work has risen – to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase of 8.4 million over four years – while millions of other are at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UN report launched on Thursday.
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Afghanistan: UN condemns ‘horrendous attack’ on demining partner HALO Trust
09 June 2021
The United Nations on Wednesday called for an investigation into the deadly attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines. In a statement issued on Friday, the UN Security Council described the attack as "atrocious and cowardly", underlining the need to hold the terrorist perpetrators to account.
Ten people were…
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Outgoing ICC Prosecutor urges Security Council to keep focus on justice in Darfur
09 June 2021
The international community must stay focused on achieving justice and peace for the people of Darfur, the outgoing Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council on Wednesday.
In her final briefing to ambassadors, Fatou Bensouda underlined that the Court is the only institution that promised hope to victims of the brutal conflict in the…
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UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit
09 June 2021
A group of UN independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for people in the Global South, urging them not to allow the profit motive to undermine global health and equity.
“Everyone has a right to have access to a vaccine for COVID-19 that is safe, effective, timely and based on the…
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ILO virtual press conference (under embargo)
09 June 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the ILO-UNICEF joint report, Child Labour: 2020 Global estimates, trends and the road forward, ahead of the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director
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Under embargo until Thursday, 10 June at 2.01 p.m. CEST (00:01 GMT)
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‘Mass deaths’ alert in Myanmar as 100,000 flee junta’s heavy weapons
09 June 2021
In Myanmar, international action is needed urgently to prevent “mass deaths” there, after civilians fled attacks by so-called “junta bombs”, a top independent UN rights expert has warned.
“Mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure could occur in Kayah State after many of the 100,000 forced to flee into forests from junta bombs are now cut off from food, water and medicine by the…
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UNCTAD virtual press conference
09 June 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of the Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures on Small Island Developing States
Steve Mac Feely, Economist and Head of Development Statistics and Information, UNCTAD
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Embargo until 10 June at 5 a.m. GMT, 7 a.m. CEST
