Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, Tedros warns
The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected,…
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Paraguay: UN rights chief calls for ‘prompt, independent’ probe into girl deaths and disappearance
Following the disappearance in Paraguay of a teenage girl and killing of two 11-year-olds, the…
Dispatch of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa expected to start in February: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday the joint UN-led COVAX initiative aims to…
News in Brief 4 February 2021
Warlord found guilty of crimes against humanity in northern Uganda – ICC IFRC launches plan…
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Podcast: Who Saves one Life Saves an Entire World
Vered Kater knew from childhood that she would become a nurse. Not due to any…
First-ever International Day of Human Fraternity focuses on tolerance
The UN Secretary-General has called for more commitment towards promoting cultural and religious tolerance, in…
‘Voices of resistance, resilience and courage’ – UN News podcast bears witness to lives beyond the Holocaust
Before Vered Kater became a dedicated health worker, traveling to developing countries to administer aid to…
US should end use of private ‘for profit’ detention centres, urge human rights experts
A group of UN independent human rights experts on Thursday welcomed the United States’ decision…
Elections vital to building democratic Palestinian State: UN chief
Elections this year in the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be “a crucial step” towards Palestinian…
FROM THE FIELD: Nine-year old Ugandan forced to commit ‘horrendous acts’ as child soldier
A young man in northern Uganda has been talking about how he was abducted as…
Iran: Human rights experts condemn execution of prisoner from minority community
United Nations independent human rights experts, on Thursday, condemned the hanging of a prisoner from…
News in Brief 3 February 2021
Urgent steps needed to alleviate suffering in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: Guterres Key workers in 145…
Afghanistan: Detainee torture allegations remain ‘alarming’, UN report reveals
Torture claims among people detained for security or terrorism-related offences in Afghanistan remain high, according…
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Key workers in 145 countries to receive COVID vaccines under UN-backed initiative
Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the…
Russia: UN rights office ‘deeply dismayed’ by Navalny sentencing
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed dismay on Wednesday over the sentencing of Russian…
News in Brief 2 February 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care globally has been ‘profound’, warns WHO Call for ‘crimes against humanity’…
DPR Korea: Impunity prevails in prisons, amid potential ‘crimes against humanity’ – Bachelet
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is gravely concerned by “credible accounts of forced labour”…
Human rights: Widespread attacks in DR Congo may amount to crimes against humanity
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has warned against potential crimes against humanity in the Democratic…
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care has been ‘profound’, warns UN health agency
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer around the world, the…
COVID-19 impact exposes millions to the risk of trafficking, UN agency says
Migrants and people without jobs are among the groups most targeted by human traffickers, the…
News in Brief 1 February 2021
Military control ‘serious blow’ to democratic reforms in Myanmar: UN chief Libya vote offers renewal…
Consecutive drop in new COVID-19 cases ‘encouraging news’: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a…
Nicaragua : Amidst ‘socio-political and human rights crisis’, independent expert condemns environmental defender’s death
An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental…
South Sudan: UN rights commission welcomes ‘first steps’ towards transitional justice institutions
A UN human rights commission on South Sudan has welcomed developments towards the establishment of…
Hopes of fresh momentum in fight against leprosy, but stigmatization persists
Progress is being made in the fight against leprosy, but millions are still affected by…
Guterres welcomes US decision to restore funding to UNFPA
The United Nations Secretary-General, on Thursday, welcomed the United States administration’s announcement to restore funding…
PODCAST: Speaking up and confronting hatred, in memory of the Holocaust
Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated 76 years ago this week, and to mark Holocaust remembrance day in late January, the corridors of UN Headquarters are normally filled…
News in Brief 29 January 2021
Central African Republic crisis forces 200,000 from homes in under two months ‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be…
Podcast: UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – episode 7
Featuring the week’s main top stories from the UN – including an interview with ILO’s Dorothea Schmidt-Klau on how COVID-19 has created the greatest crisis faced…
EU must place social justice ‘at its core’ to lift people out of poverty
The European Union’s failure to lift 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is…
WHO urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in scarce supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Follow the science: UN plans for a stronger pandemic recovery
Funders responsible for more than $100 million of annual global research investments joined the deputy…
‘Imminent’ Iran execution must be halted, urges UN human rights office
The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that…
WHO supports COVID-19 vaccination campaign in India
India has embarked on one of the largest COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in the world, with…
‘Lost generation’ of workers should seek future in green economy – UN labour agency
The equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs were lost in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery next…
News in Brief 28 January 2021
Escalating hostilities in Yemen’s Hudaydah put thousands of civilians at risk Paperwork holds up…
COVID-19: Prioritize school meals in plans to reopen classrooms, UN report says
Although school feeding programmes are a lifeline for millions of boys and girls, nearly 40…
UN chief receives COVID-19 vaccine in New York
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday,…
‘End the scourge of neglected tropical diseases’: UN health chief
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) vowed on Wednesday to “end the scourge…
News in Brief 27 January 2021
UNICEF chief’s appeal for access to children caught up in Ethiopia’s Tigray Tens of thousands…
US witnessed ‘echoes of the Holocaust’ during breach of the Capitol, says concentration camp survivor
Having grown up a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied Europe, Irene Butter said on Wednesday during…
Gamba ‘deeply concerned’ over COVID impact on children caught in conflict
Child rights must be considered in measures designed to contain coronavirus spread, the UN’s advocate for boys and girls caught in armed…
Stand against antisemitism with the ‘utmost determination’ – German Chancellor Merkel
The world must stand with the “utmost determination against antisemitism”, the Chancellor of German told…
Central African Republic: Rights expert welcomes transfer of war crimes suspect to ICC
The handover of a former Central African Republic (CAR) militia leader and war crimes suspect…
Tigray’s children in crisis and beyond reach, after months of conflict: UNICEF
Three months since fighting began in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, there’s grave concern for…
Italy failed to rescue over 200 migrants in 2013 Mediterranean disaster, UN rights body finds
A UN rights committee said on Wednesday that Italy failed in its international obligations to…
News in Brief 26 January 2021
Mozambique: UN responds as thousands are hit by Cyclone Eloise Refugee resettlement suffers ‘extreme anomaly’ from pandemic fallout in 2020 …
UN chief calls for urgent action against neo-Nazis in Holocaust remembrance message
More must be done to thwart neo-Nazis and white supremacists who are using the COVID-19…
UN health agency panel issues key guidance on second COVID vaccines
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on…
UN rights experts urge Israel to respect international obligations
UN independent rights experts on Tuesday, described Israel’s conviction of human rights defender Issa Amro earlier this month, as showing disdain for the country’s international obligations. …