Month: January 2020

At Davos, UN chief urges ‘big emitters’ to take climate action

The world is “doomed” in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN…

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Independent UN rights experts call for ‘immediate investigation’ into alleged Bezos phone hack by Saudi Arabia

Independent UN rights experts said on Wednesday they were “gravely concerned” over allegations that in 2018, a messaging app account belonging to…

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Iran – Elaborating Supplementary Documents for the new Disaster Management law

The new Iranian Crisis Management Law has been recently adopted by the Parliament in August 2019. Article 4 of the…

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New UN labor report: Nearly half a billion can’t find decent work, unemployment set to rise

Around half a billion people work fewer paid hours than they would like or are not getting enough access to…

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Latin America and Caribbean region deadliest for journalists in 2019

Twenty-two journalists were reported killed in the Latin America and Caribbean region in 2019, making it the deadliest part of…

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UNICEF: World leaders must address ‘shameful’ disparities in education spending

A new report from the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, shows that a third of adolescent girls from the poorest households…

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Urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections, warns WHO

Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said…

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UN aviation experts to join Ukraine Airlines Iran crash investigation

Experts from the UN aviation watchdog, ICAO, will support the investigation into the crash of a Ukrainian Passenger plane in Iran…

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UN moves to tackle ‘hidden abuse’ and violence against Europe’s children

Each year, at least 55 million children in Europe suffer some form of physical, sexual, emotional or psychological violence, the…

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‘No shortcuts to a healthier world’: WHO chief sets out health priorities for the decade

The head of the UN health agency, WHO, has set out his urgent global health challenges for the next ten…

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