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Africa

Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to Conduct First Visit in the Country

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GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA (25 July 2022) – Members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia are undertaking a visit to Ethiopia from 25 to 30 July 2022. This will be the Commission’s first visit...
America

15 NGOs+ send letter to Secretary Blinken to throw pro-Russian anticult organization out from United Nations

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On June 2, 15 NGOs plus 33 scholars and well-known activists have written to the US Secretary of State, to ask him to start a procedure to have the UN ECOSOC’s consultative status of...
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New ECOSOC President aims to ease crises which have ‘engulfed our societies’

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Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva , New ECOSOC President, said in her opening statement that she was “honoured and humbled” to have been elected to lead one of the principal organs of the UN
Europe

Ukraine: UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies for over 50,000 children in Odesa

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The UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, delivered supplies on Tuesday to help an estimated 50,000 children in the war-ravaged districts of Odesa, the crucial Black Sea port which Russia bombed on Saturday, just hours after signing a landmark deal to allow Ukrainian grain to reach millions of food insecure people across the world.
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Using the Power of Technology to Help Victims of Human Trafficking

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The theme of this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons is “use and abuse of technology”. Below, find examples of how technology can be harnessed to detect, rescue, and support potential or exploited...
Europe

Guterres condemns missile strikes in the port of Odesa

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The UN Secretary-General 'unequivocally' condemned the reported strikes in the port of Odesa this Saturday.
Environment

Mega-drought, glacier melt, and deforestation plague Latin America and the Caribbean

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From the Amazon to the Andes and the snowy depths of Patagonia, extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, according to a UN report published on Friday.
Europe

WMO warns of frequent heatwaves in decades ahead

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Extreme heat in western Europe is causing devastating wildfires in France and Spain, unprecedented drought in Italy and Portugal, and the United Kingdom recorded its highest-ever temperature of just over 40 degrees Celsius during Tuesday, at London’s Heathrow airport.
Africa

UN summit galvanizes action for development agendas in Africa

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The development of Africa was spotlighted at a key UN meeting on Wednesday, with attention focused on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063.    
News

Cocaine Insights 4 launched with a spotlight on COVID-19 impacts on regional and transatlantic cocaine routes through Brazil

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Vienna (Austria), 20 July 2022 — The global production of cocaine has reached record levels, amounting to 1,982 tons as of 2020. Trafficking routes are determined by production and consumption locations, and Brazil sits...
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‘Moment for Nature’ essential to beat back threats, spur climate action

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With less than eight years remaining to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the President of the UN General Assembly convened a ‘Moment for Nature’ debate on Tuesday to examine the interconnected environmental threats hampering efforts to achieve sustainable development. 
Europe

Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO

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The chances of seeing unprecedented temperatures of 40 degree Celsius (40°C) or more in the UK could be up to 10 times more likely in the current climate than under a “natural climate unaffected by human influence”
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Nigeria: New UN resilience project

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Nigeria: New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’
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Champion young people as ‘drivers of change’, UN chief urges

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Young people must be recognized around the world as “drivers of change” and empowered to become “fully engaged in decisions affecting their future,” said Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, World Youth Skills Day.
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Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs

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Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York with delegates showing “enthusiasm, passion and high-energy” for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Europe

Ukraine: Guterres condemns deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia

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The UN Secretary-General is appalled by the deadly missile attack on Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Thursday, that reportedly killed at least 22 people
News

Peru and UNODC expand the container control program in seaports

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Piura (Peru), July 13, 2022 — Approximately 90% of world trade is carried out through maritime containers, of which more than 780 million are delivered annually in the trade supply chain. Of this amount,...
News

Sustainable Development Goals can be reached ‘despite our grim times’: ECOSOC President

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Despite two years of a “surreal struggle” against the COVID-19 pandemic, and amidst rising global challenges, optimism for achieving sustainable development persists, a senior UN official declared on Wednesday. 
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Rural Households in Afghanistan Remain Resilient

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Rural Households in Afghanistan Remain Resilient thanks to Alternative Development Programme Households in Panjshir, a mountainous province in central Afghanistan, often struggle to make ends meet. Traditional occupations, such as farming and livestock raising, don’t...
Africa

The plight of the Amharas in Ethiopia raised at the United Nations

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On June 30, 2022, in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council held an Interactive dialogue on the oral briefing of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia. Ms. Kaari Betty Murungi, Chairperson of the UN Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia exposed the work progress of the Commission on the human rights situation in Ethiopia.
Europe

Tackling hate speech at nexus of tech, government, and civil society

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A BIC forum at the RightsCon summit explored the collaboration that is needed across the tech sector, government, and civil society to address online hate speech
Europe

Ukraine struggling now, but winters in Ukraine are very harsh: UNHCR chief

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While the Russian military advance in eastern Ukraine continues to escalate, the UN refugee agency, UNCHR, on Thursday warned that the winters in Ukraine will be very harsh for the millions of people affected by the war.
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Convergence of conflicts, COVID and climate crises, jeopardize global goals

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Intersecting global crises are threatening the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and impacting food supplies, health, education, and security across countries worldwide, according to a new UN report released on Thursday.
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World is moving backwards on eliminating hunger and malnutrition, UN report reveals

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The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, according to a new UN report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving in reverse, away from the Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms, by 2030, when the SDGs are supposed to be realized.
Economy

UN launches Business Integrity Portal to bolster anti-corruption efforts

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New Business Integrity Portal launched to bolster anti-corruption efforts in the private sector 16 countries included in the portal thus far. Vienna (Austria), 30 June 2022 —Tackling corruption requires all parts of society to play their part....
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