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UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

·January 29, 2025·2 min read

The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came in response to an immediate 90-day funding pause for all foreign assistance laid out in an executive order by President Trump, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is the world’s leading HIV initiative...

Human rights expert welcomes clemency for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier

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·January 24, 2025·2 min read

The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed on Sunday just hours before Mr. Biden left office, commutes Mr. Peltier’s life sentences to home confinement, allowing him to receive proper medical care and reconnect with his community, the Special Rapporteur said in a statement. The Human Rights Council-appointed expert Albert Barume praised...

Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire in Gaza as UN ramps up food deliveries

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·January 19, 2025·3 min read

“We stand ready to support this implementation and scale up the delivery of sustained humanitarian relief to the countless Palestinians who continue to suffer,” the UN chief said in a social media post. He added: “It is imperative that this ceasefire removes the significant security and political obstacles to...

UN envoy welcomes ‘significant step’ towards ceasefire in Yemen

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·December 26, 2023·1 min read

The development follows a series of meetings with the sides held in Riyadh and Muscat, his office said in a statement on Saturday. Special Envoy Hans Grundberg welcomed their commitment to a set of measures to implement a nation-wide ceasefire, improve living conditions, and engage in preparations for the resumption...

UN’s Grandi welcomes EU deal overhauling regional migration system

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·December 23, 2023·1 min read

Agreement in Brussels on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum reportedly followed three years of intense negotiations, and it should start taking effect in 2024. The deal will attempt to distribute migrants more evenly across the bloc, providing enhanced support and coordination for processing claims away from frontier states...

Gaza: UN welcomes Kerem Shalom border crossing announcement

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·December 16, 2023·2 min read

Until the Hamas-led terror attacks of 7 October and Israel’s full-scale military response which has devastated much of the enclave, the crossing from Israel was the main route for commercial goods into Gaza. Until now, limited humanitarian aid has only been allowed to pass through the Rafah crossing with Egypt,...

Gaza: UN welcomes deal for pause in fighting, hostage-release pact

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·November 22, 2023·4 min read

“This is an important step in the right direction, but much more needs to be done,” Mr. Guterres said via a statement from his spokesperson Farhan Haq. The top UN official leading efforts to secure a lasting peace in the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, echoed those comments and also...

UPDATED: Israel-Palestine crisis: UN welcomes first medical evacuations from Gaza

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·November 1, 2023·3 min read

“We have been working with Egypt’s Health Ministry on planning for medical evacuations and will continue to support,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) head. WHO said that 81 people had managed to cross into Egypt for treatment. His comments came amid reports that the Rafah passenger terminal between Egypt...

UN welcomes G20 leaders’ declaration in New Delhi

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·September 10, 2023·1 min read

World leaders, meeting in the Indian capital for the annual G20 summit, reached agreement by consensus this afternoon on the declaration, which covers issues ranging from climate change and green growth to gender equality and countering terrorism. Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said the UN particularly...

UN Women welcomes FIFA action against Spanish football federation chief

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·August 31, 2023·1 min read

UN Women issued a statement on Tuesday hailing the decision by the global football organization FIFA to suspend Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing star player Jennifer Hermoso on the lips without her consent, after the national team won the Women’s World Cup earlier this month. “UN Women,...

UN welcomes release of five staff abducted last year in Yemen

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·August 11, 2023·2 min read

The men – four national staff and a Bangladeshi citizen – were abducted in the southern governorate of Abyan on 11 February 2022 after returning from a field mission. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was delighted to learn of their release, noting that available information suggests they all are in good...

Colombia: Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire between Government and ELN

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·August 4, 2023·1 min read

The six-month truce between the authorities and the largest remaining rebel group in the country followed 10 months of negotiations and marks the next step in an ongoing peace process. “By adhering to the ceasefire in good faith and with a clear commitment to alleviating the suffering of civilians, the...