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UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme 30 August 2023 © Unsplash/John Cameron The rear wall of Wandsworth prison in London, UK. A UN expert on torture has called on the UK Government to conduct an urgent review of sentences imposed on prisoners who are being held indefinitely under the discredited Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentencing scheme…

Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Rights experts call for second UN Decade for People of African Descent 30 August 2023 PAHO The International Day for People of African Descent is being celebrated for the first time on 31 August 2021. Human rights experts on Wednesday urged the UN General Assembly to declare a second International Decade for People of African Descent starting in 2025 as more action is needed to combat…

UN chief ‘firmly condemns’ Gabon coup, notes reports of election abuses

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief ‘firmly condemns’ Gabon coup, notes reports of election abuses 30 August 2023 UN Photo/Cia Pak Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 77th session. The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday firmly condemned the on-going coup attempt in Gabon, while acknowledging that “serious infringements of fundamental freedoms”…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 29 August 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service(UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Telecommunication Union. Impact of the war on…

New Permanent Representative of Norway Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Norway Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 August 2023 Presentation of Credentials Tormod C. Endresen, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Norway to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United…

Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19 29 August 2023 © UNICEF The war has been devastating for Ukraine’s children and their families. Ukrainian children are showing signs of widespread learning loss as Russia’s invasion preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left them facing a fourth year of education setbacks, a senior UN children’s agency official said on…

UN appeals for nuclear test ban amid ‘alarming rise in global mistrust’

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN appeals for nuclear test ban amid ‘alarming rise in global mistrust’ 29 August 2023 ICAN/Lucero Oyarzun People protest against nuclear weapons at a worldwide climate strike in Geneva. (file) The United Nations on Tuesday called for more global action to end nuclear testing, warning against the danger of “collective suicide”.…

With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight: Tedros

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight: Tedros 29 August 2023 WHO/P. Phutpheng A technician analyzes samples at medical centre laboratory in Bangkok, Thailand. (file) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday announced an expanded partnership to improve access to COVID-19 technology, knowledge and clinical data, stressing the fight against the virus must…

Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR 29 August 2023 Фото ВПП Распределение помощи в Нигере. The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions on humanitarian operations limiting aid and protection, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday…

Syria-Türkiye: UN completes 200th cross-border aid mission since February quakes

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Syria-Türkiye: UN completes 200th cross-border aid mission since February quakes 29 August 2023 © UNICEF/PAC Trucks carrying essential humanitarian supplies travel from Türkiye through the Bab al-Salam border crossing, into northwest Syria. The United Nations on Tuesday announced that it has conducted 200 cross-border missions delivering aid into northwest Syria from Türkiye since the…