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‘Mosques should be safe havens, not sites of terror’, says Guterres announcing UN plan to help safeguard religious sites

March 22, 2019 Global Author

Mr. Guterres was addressing representatives of the press at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, to show his solidarity with the worldwide Muslim community, a week after the murder of some 50 Muslim worshippers by a gunman in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15. The UN chief spoke, with a “heavy and full heart,” of the grief and sympathy… Read More

Africa

Hunger, displacement and disease: 4.3 million people remain in dire need of aid in Chad

March 22, 2019 Global Author

Violence, displacement and the collapse of basic services have led hundreds of thousands of families, especially the southern half of the country, to be dependent on aid. Humanitarian organizations are working with the Government of Chad to respond to the crisis and gain access to people in need, but insecurity and financial constraints remain major challenges. Bordered by Libya, Sudan,… Read More

Africa

UN chief calls for ‘far greater support’ for Cyclone Idai response

March 22, 2019 Global Author

Describing how we was “deeply saddened by the loss of life and heart-wrenching images of human suffering” in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, António Guterres also praised rescue teams “who have been working around the clock to save thousands of lives” in desperately challenging conditions. “These heroes have not only rescued families off roofs, but are also delivering food, water purification… Read More

Development Health Advice

More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief

March 22, 2019 Global Author

UNICEF’s 16-nation study into how water supplies effect children caught up in emergencies, also shows that children under-five are on average more than 20 times more likely to die from illnesses linked to unsafe water and bad sanitation, than from conflict. “The odds are already stacked against children living through prolonged conflicts – with many unable to reach a safe… Read More

Africa

‘Massive and protracted’ humanitarian crisis in DR Congo can be ‘beaten back’ if donors step up

March 21, 2019 Global Author

Following on from a fact-finding mission to DRC this week, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and the UN’s top Humanitarian Affairs official (OCHA), Mark Lowcock, said the funds were urgently needed to meet the needs of children, families and vulnerable communities, including people with disabilities. “The relatively peaceful political transition taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is… Read More

Human Rights

Marking international day, UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination, in wake of New Zealand anti-Muslim attack

March 21, 2019 Global Author

“Racial discrimination still has not been banished to the history books. This vicious form of exclusion and intolerance continues to manifest itself on the sports field, in the media, on the streets, in the workplace and even in the corridors of power,” said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday. “Unfortunately, once again,… Read More

Africa

Idai disaster: Stranded victims still need rescue from heavy rains as UN scales up response

March 21, 2019 Global Author

Warning that the situation is likely to deteriorate, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that people are still stranded on rooftops after the storm began its sweep through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe six days ago. In Mozambique alone, the agency is seeking more than $121 million to help 1.7 million people affected through the next three months, WFP spokesperson Hervé… Read More

Pacific

‘Growing alarm’ over Fall Armyworm advance, with cash crops ‘under attack’ across Asia

March 21, 2019 Global Author

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has convened a three-day meeting of international experts in Bangkok and officials from affected countries, who on Wednesday began discussing what to do about stopping the onward march of the crop-guzzling insects, and limiting the devastation they cause. “We are here today – together – because we share a growing sense of alarm… Read More

Human Rights

Venezuela: ‘A worrying destabilizing factor in the region’, Bachelet tells Human Rights Council

March 20, 2019 Global Author

Amid a protracted crisis from a faltering economy, political instability and violent anti-Government demonstrations, a technical team of five OHCHR staff members are currently touring the country, which rights chief Michelle Bachelet, described as “a positive first step”. She highlighted “dramatically” deteriorating “economic and social rights”, exacerbated by the recent electricity blackout and expressed concern about the “continued criminalization of… Read More

Europe

UN court increases sentence of former Bosnian-Serb leader to life imprisonment

March 20, 2019 Global Author

In 2016, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), found the 1990s wartime leader guilty of genocide and war crimes, including the planning of the notorious 1995 Srebrenica massacre, during which some 8,000 Bosnian Serbs were murdered. The aftermath was described at the time as resembling “scenes from Hell” by a Tribunal judge. Karadžić was also found responsible… Read More