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WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’ as cases decline but vaccine inequity persists
07 June 2021
Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in his ongoing campaign to get more vaccines to developing countries.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said unequal distribution of vaccines has allowed the virus to…
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Fragile democratic gains at risk in Central Africa as violence by armed groups escalates
07 June 2021
Attacks by armed groups including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province pose grave threats to Central Africa’s fragile stability, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council on Monday, while spotlighting crucial democratic gains that must be protected.
François Louncény Fall, who also heads the UN Regional Office for Central Africa…
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Global push needed to ensure ‘clean, affordable and sustainable electricity’ for all
07 June 2021
During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than ever before. However, the number still not connected has grown in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, according to a new UN report on universal access to energy, launched on Monday.
The seventh Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), SDG7, aims to ensure access to…
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Protection call for Burkina Faso civilians after terror attack leaves 132 dead
07 June 2021
Communities in rural Burkina Faso urgently need greater protection from violent extremists, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Monday, in response to a deadly assault at the weekend that claimed the lives of at least 132 innocent people.
The tweet by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights followed condemnation by UN Secretary-General António Guterres of…
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Rights experts decry ‘black hole’ for media freedoms in Belarus
07 June 2021
UN independent human rights experts have called for the immediate release of a jailed social media activist in Belarus amid what they described as a “black hole” for media freedoms in the country, according to a statement issued on Monday.
The five Special Rapporteurs expressed outrage at the arrest, alleged torture and forced confession of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich (Raman…
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First Person: Raising a glass to ‘Mama Cheers’
06 June 2021
A Ugandan woman entrepreneur who was left with just a wheelbarrow and a red dress, when a business partner ran off with all her money has been recognized with an award by the UN trade agency (UNCTAD) after she grew her company into a nationwide enterprise with five million customers.
Julian Omalla, who is widely known as “Mama Cheers” after the popular juice brand “Cheers” that her company Delight Uganda…
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‘Digital rights’ key to inclusive post-pandemic recovery: UN experts
04 June 2021
Upholding human rights online must be part of global efforts to recover better following the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of UN independent experts said on Friday.
They stressed that “digital rights” must be a top priority as countries rebuild civic space both during and after the crisis.
#RightsCon: As the world rebuilds civic space during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, UN…
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Canada: UN independent experts call for ‘full-fledged investigations’ into mass grave at indigenous school
04 June 2021
Independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged Canadian authorities and the Holy See of the Catholic Church to conduct prompt “full-fledged investigations” into a mass grave found in British Columbia containing the remains of over 200 children at a residential school for indigenous students, who had been forcibly taken from their homes.
They called…
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia and Concludes Eighty-seventh Session
04 June 2021
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Mikiko Otani, Committee Chairperson, said that there were now 196 States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 171 States had ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict; 177 States had ratified or…
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UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
04 June 2021
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
It calls for stepping up efforts to prevent, halt and reverse degradation of areas such as grasslands, forests, oceans and mountains, essential to all life on Earth.
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