News in Brief 30 March 2021
Grave concern for women and children targeted in northern Mozambique Syrians’ struggle is getting worse, not…
Category: UN
COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’ – WHO chief
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO)…
World leaders call for new international treaty to improve pandemic response
A group of world leaders have joined the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Gender equality, the ‘unfinished human rights struggle of this century’: UN chief
Achieving equal rights for women is “the unfinished human rights struggle of this century”, UN…
News in Brief 29 March 2021
Myanmar: condemnation for military’s ‘shameful, cowardly’ attacks on protesters $10 billion Syria appeal looks to…
Suez Canal cargo ship is afloat – but it’s not plain sailing for global economy
The gigantic cargo ship that ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal last week is…
Rights experts concerned about alleged detention, forced labour of Uyghurs in China
Independent UN human rights experts have urged companies to closely scrutinize their supply chains following…
Guterres calls on US to lead global vaccination plan effort, climate action, welcoming Blinken to Headquarters
The Secretary-General welcomed a recommitted and re-engaged United States administration to United Nations Headquarters on Monday, albeit…
US$ 29 billion a year by 2025 needed to get back on track to tackle AIDS, say UNAIDS
A new report from the UN agency dedicated to ending HIV and AIDS ( UNAIDS) has…
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Myanmar: Top UN officials condemn military’s ‘shameful, cowardly’ attacks on peaceful protesters
Two senior UN officials denounced on Sunday, “systematic” attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Myanmar and…
UN commission pushes equality for women in decision-making
At the closing of the UN women’s commission, world leaders issued a strong pledge for…
India donates 200,000 vaccines to protect UN blue helmets against COVID
India shipped out 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday to inoculate UN blue helmets…
Myanmar: UN chief condemns killing of civilians during brutal crackdown on protestors
The UN chief condemned in the strongest terms, the killing of dozens of civilians, including…
UNDP responding to ‘cocktail of crisis’ in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Nearly 700,000 people have fled “a cocktail of crisis” in the Cabo Delgado province in…
News in Brief 26 March 2021
Alert over Eritrea refugees after camps found destroyed in Ethiopia 100 million more children fail…
100 million more children fail basic reading skills because of COVID-19
A new study released on Friday by the UN cultural agency, reveals that more than 100…
Motherhood on the brink in Yemen
War, a humanitarian crisis, a looming famine, a health system close to collapse and the…
International equitable vaccine effort ships 32 million vaccines to 61 countries
“COVAX works” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, informing journalists…
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First Person: ‘No daughter of mine will be cut’
Like 95 per cent of women in her Ugandan community, Margaret Chepoteltel underwent female genital…
Empowering women in peace operations remains top priority, says UN peacekeeping chief
Praising women’s fundamental contributions to peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, the UN peacekeeping chief reiterated on Thursday…
Podcast – UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Beating polio in India, Tigray probe, Myanmar crisis
In this week’s show, we’re celebrating seven years without polio in India and finding out…
News in Brief 25 March 2021
Probe announced into alleged Tigray rights violations: UN rights office Monday’s blaze uprooted more than 45,000 mostly ethnic Rohingya Myanmar: UN expert…
‘Racist lie’ must end, UN chief warns on Remembrance Day for enslaved people
Although the transatlantic slave trade ended more than two centuries ago, “the ideas of white…
Drug use among older persons a ‘hidden epidemic’, narcotics experts warn
Drug use among older people globally has risen in recent years and countries must act…
Probe announced into alleged Tigray rights violations: UN rights office
Alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are to be investigated by…
Myanmar: UN expert calls for emergency summit, warns conditions ‘likely to get much worse’
The independent UN Special Rapporteur investigating human rights in Myanmar has called on the international…
News in Brief 24 March 2021
Rise in global COVID19 infections for fourth week in a row UN chief reaffirms solidarity with Niger,…
UN’s top human rights forum passes resolutions on Belarus, Myanmar
The UN’s top rights forum passed resolutions condemning abuses of fundamental freedoms in Belarus and…
Young people help draw up UN digital protection recommendations
Over 30 years after the invention of the world wide web, The UN Committee on…
Global COVID-19 infections rise for fourth consecutive week, deaths level off
COVID-19 confirmed cases continued to rise around the world for a fourth consecutive week, with…
Experts debate links between political leadership and preventing violence against women
Ending violence against women in politics is critical to encouraging more women to participate in…
UN in Darfur: ‘Reasonable progress’ made so far, in former mission drawdown
Reasonable progress has been made so far drawing down the UN’s former peacekeeping mission in…
News in Brief 23 March 2021
UN rushes to help Cox’s Bazar refugees following massive blaze UN condemns deadly shelling of Syrian children and hospital workers Inventions boom in…
UN rushes to help Cox’s Bazar refugees following massive blaze
At least 15 people have died in a massive fire at a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, home…
Human Rights Council strengthens rights office probe into Sri Lanka’s long civil war
The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve…
Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s protection treaty, ‘worrying step backwards’
Turkey’s decision to withdraw from an important treaty on protecting women is “a very worrying…
News in Brief 22 March 2021
1.4 million TB sufferers lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19 DR Congo…
UN chief ‘profoundly concerned’ over rise in violence against Asians
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a statement expressing his profound concern over the rise in…
Inequity of COVID-19 vaccines grows ‘more grotesque every day’ – WHO chief
The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those…
Women ‘systematically excluded’ from COVID response, despite being worst affected
Notwithstanding that women make up 70 per cent of healthcare workers globally, and have been…
1.4 million with tuberculosis, lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19
An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared…
Collective commitment needed to end the ‘poison’ of racism: UN cultural chief says
With the COVID-19 pandemic providing fertile ground for the resurgence of racism and discrimination, the head of the UN’s educational and…
Face of Sudan’s democratic transition ‘is female and it is young’, says UN agency chief
The head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for increased international support…
UN agencies urge Turkey not to abandon international accord protecting women
United Nations agencies on Saturday called on Turkey to reconsider its withdrawal from a key…
Spirit of Nowruz ‘more vital than ever’, Guterres says, marking International Day
The United Nations Secretary-General has called on everyone to draw inspiration from Nowruz – the…
First Person: Prepare for the next pandemic, says WHO scientist
New technologies have given us new ways to control diseases – crucial to fighting the…
‘With COVID-19, people with HIV were scared of losing access to medicines’
When COVID-19 locked down Cambodia last year, people with HIV were afraid that they would…
News in Brief 19 March 2021
Scores of schools ‘reportedly occupied’ by security forces in Myanmar: UNICEF No ‘fix’ to police violence, without tackling…
Podcast – UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – COVID jab ‘clotting’ concerns, Myanmar deaths
In this week’s show, we’re getting the latest expert advice from the UN health agency…
COVID-19: Virus variants, vaccine inequity, contribute to rising caseload
COVID-19 cases globally are on track to rise for a fourth consecutive week, the World…