News in Brief 28 March 2022
Ukraine relief effort steps up with 1,000 tonnes of emergency aid now sent Libya detention…
Category: UN
UN Secretary-General’s full remarks at press encounter on war in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General’s full remarks at press encounter on war in Ukraine, at United Nations Headquarters…
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA)…
Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts
Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may…
UN analysis shows link between lack of vaccine equity and widening inequalities
Only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries, leading to…
Fighting child marriage in India, thanks to school and a mobile phone
With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the…
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In eastern Ukraine medical needs are ‘just cascading’, warns WHO
Medical needs in Ukraine “are just cascading” – that’s the message from the UN World…
News in Brief 25 March 2022
Tigray truce welcomed but must lead to aid deliveries: Guterres Ukraine war: UN aid teams…
Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’
A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN…
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’: UN rights expert
Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report,…
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling,…
Learn from the past, ‘stand united against racism’ – UN chief
“Let us stand united against racism and together build societies based on dignity, equality and…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Ukraine latest, Kenya’s ‘seeds of hope’ farmers, SDG Book Club
It’s a month since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we’ll hear what impact it’s had on…
News in Brief 24 March 2022
Ukraine war: half of country’s children now displaced WHO publishes first-ever country estimates of unintended…
WHO publishes first-ever country estimates on unintended pregnancy, abortion
Data analysis on unintended pregnancy and abortion from 150 countries has revealed major disparities in…
UN rights experts voice alarm over Northern Ireland professor’s safety after ‘vicious’ online attacks
What independent UN human rights experts are describing as an ongoing smear campaign against a…
Development losses, destruction, could see 90% of Ukrainians impoverished by year’s end: UNDP
Up to 90 per cent of the Ukrainian population could end the year living on…
News in Brief 23 March 2022
Ukraine: UN’s Tedros urges Russia to stop the war amid ongoing attacks UN weather agency…
Russia’s war on Ukraine, an assault on the world’s vulnerable: Guterres
The war in Ukraine is not only a “horror unfolding before our eyes”, but also…
UN health agency appeals to reverse gains lost in fight against tuberculosis
World TB Day is marked on 23 March, and this year, the World Health Organization…
Mistreatment in childbirth, a human rights and healthcare problem, new study warns
Women across the world face unacceptable mistreatment during childbirth, according to a new study from…
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human…
Women and girls deserve to live without violence in ‘safety, dignity and freedom’
Violence against women and girls may be the world’s “longest, deadliest pandemic,” the UN chief…
First Person: Coping with Ukraine’s health crisis
Jarno Habicht has worked with WHO for the last 19 years and served as WHO…
News in Brief 22 March 2022
Time to negotiate end to ‘unwinnable’ war in Ukraine, Guterres declares Now humanitarians fear Ukraine…
UN Secretary-General’s remarks to press on the war in Ukraine
UN Secretary-General’s briefs the press on the war in Ukraine, at UN Headquarters in New…
Haiti: UN agencies warn of ‘unabated’ rise in hunger
While humanitarian assistance has been successful in averting a catastrophe, Haiti is experiencing a persistent…
News in Brief 21 March 2022
Ukraine: Chernobyl staff finally leave stricken plant North Korea’s grip on population has tightened since…
Human rights in Myanmar face ‘profound crisis’ – Bachelet
The UN’s top rights official said on Monday that amidst a “profound crisis” facing access to…
South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity,…
DPR Korea’s grip on population has tightened since COVID
In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, human…
UNHCR chief condemns ‘discrimination, violence and racism’ against some fleeing Ukraine
The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality”…
First Person: From Gaza to the Red Planet
Loay Elbasyouni is a Palestinian electrical engineer on the NASA team that designed Ingenuity, an…
News in Brief 18 March 2022
Ukraine invasion: Needs keep growing with cities facing ‘fatal shortages’ Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out…
Chances of island survival ‘diminish every day’: UN ocean envoy
The solutions to restoring the health of the ocean – which provides us with oxygen,…
For equality, respect and dignity we must ‘speak as one’ against racism: Guterres
Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures, and everyday life across all societies, the UN…
Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South…
World must deliver support to Afghans: UN refugee chief
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva: Ukraine’s ‘freefall into poverty’
Did you know that food grown in Ukraine feeds 400 million people around the world?…
News in Brief 17 March 2022
UNESCO slams journalist killings, offers bullet-proof vests to local reporters World must deliver support to…
UK border reform bill treats vulnerable newcomers like criminals: Bachelet
The UN’s top rights official urged the United Kingdom on Friday to reconsider proposed changes…
Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world
Gender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment…
News in Brief 16 March 2022
Ukraine war: $100 billion in infrastructure damage, and counting $4.3 billion needed to help over…
Misinformation that Omicron is ‘the last COVID-19 variant’ fuelling uptick worldwide: WHO
A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask…
Guterres vows to improve UN’s handling of sexual exploitation and abuse
Secretary-General António Guterres released his annual update on the Organization’s efforts to prevent and respond to…
Violence against women in politics marks ‘moral and ethical failure’ – General Assembly President
Top UN officials on Tuesday gathered with government and civil society representatives to draw attention…
UN on ‘positive trajectory’ towards full gender parity
Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to a renewed social contract anchored in human…
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News in Brief 15 March 2022
Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second: UNICEF Encircled Mariupol being ‘suffocated’ as…
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war
Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict….
Afghanistan: Food insecurity and malnutrition threaten ‘an entire generation’
People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of “unparalleled proportions”,…