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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
06 July 2021
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Human Rights Council update
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that a number of draft resolutions had been submitted on topics including the Syrian Arab Republic, Myanmar,…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on Gender-equal Socioeconomic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic
06 July 2021
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on the Situation of Human Rights in Venezuela
The Human Rights Council this morning held the second part of its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women with a panel discussion on gender-equal socioeconomic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also concluded its interactive dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Venezuela.
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner…
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Japan: UN chief praises work of emergency responders in wake of deadly landslide
05 July 2021
The UN chief on Monday extended his condolences to the families of those who died in a landslide, which struck the Japanese coastal city of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, over the weekend.
According to news reports, at least four have been declared dead, with around 80 still missing, when record high levels of rain fell across the region, triggering the landslide in the…
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Belarus: ‘Full-scale assault’ ongoing against civil society amid massive human rights violations
05 July 2021
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert appointed to monitor the country said on Monday, calling on authorities to immediately end their policy of repression and fully respect the legitimate aspirations of their people.
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the…
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AFTERNOON - Over the Past Year, More than 35,000 People Have Been Arbitrarily Detained in Belarus, Special Rapporteur on Belarus Tells Human Rights Council
05 July 2021
Meeting Summaries
High Commissioner for Human Rights Welcomes Police and Justice Reforms in Venezuela, Expresses Concern on Restrictions on Civic Space
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Anaïs Marin, Special Rapporteur on the…
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MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Panel Discussion on Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities
05 July 2021
Meeting Summaries
Hears the Presentation of Thematic Reports, Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on violence against women and girls with disabilities. It also heard the presentation of thematic reports and concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy.
Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said estimates indicated that there were 700 million…
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First Person: The Somali refugees planting a new life in the United States
04 July 2021
After spending years living in UN-supported camps in Kenya, some 220 former refugees from Somalia now work as farmers in the US state of Maine, growing crops ranging from beets to broccolini.
Thousands of Somalis who fled persecution and civil war in the Horn of Africa country have benefitted from resettlement programmes in third countries like the US.
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First Person: ‘Syrians still have ambition and hope’
03 July 2021
As a witness to the impacts of Syria’s internal conflict over the last decade, Bassel Al-Madani, a young engineer and former volunteer with the UN, was inspired to set up Entrepioneers 2030, a group that rallies youth to get involved in shaping the future of their country.
"Despite the difficult times we have been living through, Syrian youth still have the ambition and hope to develop and empower…
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FROM THE FIELD: 4.4 million Nigerians facing ‘catastrophic food conditions’
03 July 2021
Some 4.4 million people in Nigeria are facing what the UN humanitarian office, OCHA, is describing as “catastrophic food conditions”.
A combination of insecurity caused by terrorist groups, the effects of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, have meant that people in the northeast of the country are struggling to get enough to eat; OCHA says 775,000 are at “extreme risk…
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400,000 in Tigray cross 'threshold into famine', with nearly 2 million on the brink, Security Council told
03 July 2021
Senior UN officials appealed on Friday for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray – and for an end to deadly attacks on aid workers - as the Security Council held its first open meeting on the conflict in the restive northern Ethiopian region.
Painting a grim picture, Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Under-Secretary-General for…
