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Landmark gender equality forum concludes with concrete commitments, plan to advance parity by 2026
02 July 2021
With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the table negotiating peace”, the historic Generation Equality Forum in Paris concluded on Friday with new commitments designed to address that, and other injustices.
Close to $40 billion was pledged in new investments, as well as…
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AFTERNOON - COVID, State Surveillance, Smartphones, Mega Tech-corporations and Artificial Intelligence are only a Few of the Themes which will Remain Recurrent throughout the Life of the Mandate on Privacy
02 July 2021
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Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy and Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
The Human Rights Council this afternoon started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy. The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
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COVID-19 Delta variant detected in 98 countries, continues to evolve and mutate, warns WHO
02 July 2021
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged leaders to push back against daunting new COVID surges through increased vaccination efforts and public health measures, warning that with Delta quickly becoming the dominant strain in many countries ‘we are in a very dangerous period of the pandemic’.
"In those countries with low COVID-19 vaccination…
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‘Free, unfettered access’ needed to assist millions in war-torn Tigray
02 July 2021
The World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed operations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, after fighting halted the emergency response last week, although the agency warned on Friday that “serious challenges” continue to threaten the entire humanitarian response.
WFP on Thursday reached 10,000 people displaced by conflict with emergency food assistance and gave nutritionally fortified food to 3…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
02 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, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Forty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, recalled that the Council had…
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MORNING - Access to Reliable Information Sources is the Obvious Antidote to Disinformation, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression tells Human Rights Council
02 July 2021
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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Notes Increasing Arbitrary Detention as a Result of Drug Control Laws and Calls on States to Decriminalise the Use and Possession of Drugs for Personal Use
The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. It also started an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary…
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Turning crisis into opportunity: World leaders meet at UN to help drive pandemic recovery
02 July 2021
Leading figures from government, business and civil society are preparing to take part in this year’s High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), where they will discuss ways to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and turn the deadly crisis into an opportunity for a major shift towards a more sustainable global economy.
The hybrid (online…
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UN ‘Pause’ campaign has helped slow spread of life-threatening misinformation
01 July 2021
The UN’s Pause campaign, which encourages social media and other news consumers to stop and check the validity of information they share, received a major endorsement on Thursday after a study from a leading research institute in the United States concluded that it has helped encourage the behavioural change needed to stop the spread of misinformation online.
The report from the…
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Billions risk being without access to water and sanitation services by 2030
01 July 2021
Without an urgent injection of cash, billions globally are at risk of still being without lifesaving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030, according to a new UN report published on Thursday.
Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals that three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with…
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AFTERNOON - COVID-19 Pandemic Brought on a Substantive Setback for Persons with Leprosy who must be Recognised as a Vulnerable Group with Regard to Vaccination, Special Rapporteur Tells Human Rights Council
01 July 2021
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Council Concludes Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy. It also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of freedom of peaceful assembly and of…
