News in Brief 25 January 2022
UN rights chief deplores Burkina Faso coup Deadly storms affect thousands in Madagascar UN Mission…
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Pledge to ‘never forget’ the Holocaust: Guterres tells synagogue ceremony
People everywhere must stand firm against hate, amid rising antisemitism and other forms of religious…
Syria: 700 child detainees held in prison under siege
Four days after ISIL terrorists launched apparently coordinated attacks on a large prison in northeast…
News in Brief 24 January 2022
‘No free ride’ for COVID-19: WHO’s Tedros Misinformation threat to inoculation campaigns Syria: Condemnation for…
UN chief calls for Olympic Truce to build ‘culture of peace’ through sport
Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the world to “build a culture of peace” through the…
‘Global learning crisis’ continues says Guterres; millions still hit
Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of over…
‘No free ride’ for COVID, it’s here ‘for the foreseeable future’: Tedros
The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even…
UNICEF education chef insists on reopening schools amid growing learning gap
There was already a learning gap before the pandemic, with disadvantaged and marginalized children lagging…
Interview: As millions fall behind, how can we bridge the growing education gap?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on education, laying bare a crisis that…
Tongans ‘still overwhelmed with magnitude of disaster’
One week after the volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the islands of Tonga,…
Secretary-General’s remarks to the General Assembly on his Priorities for 2022
Secretary-General’s remarks to the General Assembly on his Priorities for 2022. Read Original Article: Secretary-General’s…
News in Brief 21 January 2022
Tigray: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ says UNHCR Tonga: OCHA says access to…
Urgent action needed to protect Vietnamese workers trafficked to Serbia
Urgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: The last Holocaust survivors
In this week’s show, a wonderful coral reef discovery in the South Pacific, and the…
‘Deep reef’ find, signals hope in face of warming seas, says coral biologist
Stunning images of a just-discovered deep-sea coral reef near Tahiti travelled across the world on…
News in Brief 20 January 2022
COVID-19 cases and deaths dip in Africa Remarkable land restoration solution in Sahel – FAO…
Rare coral reef discovered near Tahiti is ‘like a work of art’, says diver
One of the largest coral reefs in the world has been discovered by a UN-supported…
Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs
For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19…
News in Brief 19 January 2022
2021 joins top 7 warmest years on record: WMO Afghanistan: 500,000 jobs lost since Taliban…
Bachelet asks for $400.5 million to support full ‘agenda of rights’
UN Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, launched on Wednesday a $400.5 million funding appeal for 2022, urging…
Americas: ‘Smart’ use of rapid tests critical amid COVID surge
COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate in the Americas amid increased demand for testing, the head…
News in Brief 18 January 2022
Peaceful protesters killed or injured almost every day in Sudan Conflict escalates in Yemen with…
COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries,…
Sudan urged to stop unnecessary use of force against protestors
Authorities in Sudan must immediately halt unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters, the…
UN rights office warns over violent escalation in Yemen and beyond
Escalating conflict in Yemen has seen an alarming number of air and drone strikes already…
Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life
Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against…
UN labour agency chief predicts slow recovery to pre-pandemic jobs levels
The head of the UN labour agency warns that a recovery in the international labour…
UN labour agency chief predicts slow recovery to pre-pandemic jobs levels
The head of the UN labour agency warns that a recovery in the international labour…
News in Brief 17 January 2022
Tonga volcanic eruption update from UN humanitarians Taliban in Afghanistan overseeing ‘collective punishment’ of women,…
News in Brief 17 January 2022
Tonga volcanic eruption update from UN humanitarians Taliban in Afghanistan overseeing ‘collective punishment’ of women,…
UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral…
Horrors of Hiroshima, a reminder nuclear weapons remain global threat
Despite the annihilation of two major Japanese cities in 1945, atomic bombs have not been…
News in Brief 14 January 2022
$150 million released to help underfunded humanitarian emergencies Tigray: aid operations ‘are about to grind…
UK Borders Bill increases risks of discrimination, human rights violations
A new bill being debated by lawmakers in the United Kingdom increases the risk of…
UN rights office warns against rising hate speech in Western Balkans
Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in neighbouring Serbia, must condemn and refrain from any…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Tech solutions to relieve typhoon-hit Philippines
In this week’s show, the latest on the emergency relief effort in the Philippines after…
News in Brief 13 January 2022
UN’s Bachelet welcomes crimes of humanity verdict against Syrian officer Africa’s fourth pandemic wave flattens…
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Thursday two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for…
Experts urge Iran to halt imminent execution of juvenile offender
Iran must halt the looming execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi, four experts appointed by…
Conviction of top Syrian intelligence official ‘a landmark leap forward’
UN human rights officials have welcomed the “historic” conviction on Thursday by a German court…
Africa’s fourth COVID wave flattens out after six-week surge
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave, which has been mainly driven by the…
News in Brief 12 January 2022
COVID-19: Global infections rose by 55 per cent in a week: WHO Sudan attacks on…
Omicron fuels record weekly COVID-19 cases, but deaths ‘stable’
Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last…
Sudan: 15 attacks on health facilities and workers in two months
With the crisis escalating in Sudan, there have been 15 reports of attacks on healthcare workers and…
Exhibition provides ‘strong, powerful’ argument for nuclear disarmament
A powerful and haunting exhibition featuring the Hibakusha – the Japanese survivors of the nuclear…
News in Brief 11 January 2022
Afghanistan: UN launches largest single country aid appeal ever US saw 20 climate emergencies costing…
‘Prompt, independent, impartial investigations’ needed in Kazakhstan: UN rights office
As the death toll from the recent unrest in Kazakhstan mounts to 164, the UN…
COVID-19: Current vaccines may need to be updated, experts warn
Current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure their continued effectiveness against Omicron…
Europe: Omicron wave threatens to overwhelm health workers in weeks
With forecasts indicating more than 50 per cent of Europeans are likely to become infected…
Tunisia: UN rights office calls for release of former justice minister
Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release – or properly charge – former…