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DR Congo: Senior UN rights official calls on authorities to stop ‘appalling’ violence

·February 24, 2023·2 min read

The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ilze Brands Kehris, concluding a 10-day visit to the country on Wednesday, reported a resurgence of attacks by armed groups and the devastating toll on communities alongside the need for action. “The violence must stop,” she said, encouraging authorities to redouble their efforts...

Guterres calls for G20 to agree $500 billion annual stimulus for sustainable development

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·February 19, 2023·3 min read

So far, the global financial system has failed to effectively cushion the impacts of current crises impacting the Global South the most: the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the ongoing climate emergency. “Today’s poly-crises are compounding shocks on developing countries – in large part because of an unfair global financial...

UN Assembly President calls for Apollo 13 ingenuity to navigate flood risks

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·February 19, 2023·1 min read

“This is a challenge that we can master with ingenuity and determination,” said Csaba Kőrösi, calling for science-based solutions and solidarity, as he delivered a keynote speech at the high-level symposium on “Integrated Water Cycle Management in the post-COVID-19 era.” He said when the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were...

UN rights expert calls on Bangladesh to draft anti-discrimination leprosy laws

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·February 16, 2023·1 min read

“Leprosy is hidden beneath multiple layers of systemic exclusion, structural discrimination, and institutional neglect,” said UN Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons with leprosy, Alice Cruz, following an eight-day visit to Bangladesh. Currently, people from 120 countries are affected by leprosy, known as Hansen’s disease, with more than 200,000 new...

Guterres calls on countries to fully fund $397 million quake appeal for Syria

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·February 14, 2023·2 min read

António Guterres told reporters outside the Security Council in New York that aid “must get through from all sides” and the funding would cover an initial period of three months. He said a similar appeal is being finalised for survivors across the border in Türkiye. ‘Immense’ need In the immediate aftermath of...

Slamming ‘big formula milk companies’, WHO scientist calls for swift clampdown to protect nursing mothers

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·February 13, 2023·3 min read

“This new research highlights the vast economic and political power of the big formula milk companies, as well as serious public policy failures that prevent millions of women from breastfeeding their children,” said Nigel Rollins, one of the authors of a series on the $55 billion-a-year industry and their marketing...

Ethiopia: UN refugee agency chief calls for more aid, new long-term strategy

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·February 9, 2023·2 min read

“While the last few years have been incredibly difficult for many of those affected by the conflict, I was very encouraged to see the progress made towards peace in northern Ethiopia and to witness all the efforts made in getting more aid to the people who lost everything,” Filippo Grandi...

UN human rights chief calls on Mali to reverse ‘regrettable’ expulsion order

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·February 7, 2023·2 min read

“I deeply regret the decision by the Malian authorities to declare my representative, Guillaume Ngefa, as persona non grata and to order him to leave the country in 48 hours,” Volker Türk said. Mr. Ngefa, Director of the Human Rights Division of the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and...

WHO calls for more action to end ‘cycles of poverty and stigma’ related to tropical diseases

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·January 30, 2023·2 min read

To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, the UN agency has released a report highlighting progress and challenges in delivering care for these 20 conditions, which mainly affect the world’s poorest people. NTDs are caused by a variety of pathogens including viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and toxins, and can be...

Syria: WFP chief calls for action now, as hunger soars to 12 year high

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·January 30, 2023·3 min read

WFP Executive Director, David Beasley, said that if we don’t address this humanitarian crisis, “things are going to get worse than we can possibly imagine”. Following 12 years of brutal conflict, an economy crippled by runaway inflation, a currency that has collapsed to a record low and soaring food prices,...

WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’

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·January 24, 2023·2 min read

Industrially produced trans fat – commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads – is responsible for up to 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year, the UN agency said. WHO has released a status report that follows up on its 2018 call for the...

Peru: UN rights office calls for probe into protestor deaths

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·January 16, 2023·1 min read

“We are very concerned at the rising violence in Peru, which on Monday 9 January saw one of the deadliest days since unrest erupted in early December,” Spokesperson Marta Hurtado said in a statement. The protests were sparked after the former President, Pedro Castillo, attempted to dissolve Congress and rule...