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UN News – Human Rights

UN expert calls for urgent action to end ‘pandemic of femicide and violence against women’ 11/23/2020
UN agencies uphold human rights considerations in COVID-19 data collection 11/20/2020
UN human rights experts denounce ‘concerted attempt’ to erode civic space in Cambodia 11/16/2020
Violations continuing against Belarus protesters, UN human rights office warns 11/13/2020
Mozambique Cabo Delgado violence is a ‘desperate’ situation, warns Bachelet 11/13/2020

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UN News – Human Rights

UN expert calls for urgent action to end ‘pandemic of femicide and violence against women’ 11/23/2020
COVID-19 is overshadowing what has become a “pandemic of femicide” and related gender-based violence against women and girls, said independent UN human rights expert Dubravka Šimonović on Monday, calling for the universal establishment of national initiatives to monitor and prevent such killings. 
UN agencies uphold human rights considerations in COVID-19 data collection 11/20/2020
The United Nations and 15 of its agencies have underlined their support for data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic which respects the right to privacy and promotes development.
UN human rights experts denounce ‘concerted attempt’ to erode civic space in Cambodia 11/16/2020
Voicing concerns over increasing restrictions on civil society in Cambodia, a group of independent UN human rights experts have called for an immediate end to the systematic detention and criminalization of activists.
Violations continuing against Belarus protesters, UN human rights office warns 11/13/2020
More than three months on from the disputed presidential election in Belarus, the Belarusian Government continues to “wield the machinery of the State to commit human rights violations”, the Spokesperson for the UN human rights office warned on Friday.

UN News – General

UN ‘extremely concerned’ for safety of Tigray civilians in regional capital, as refugee numbers grow 11/24/2020
The UN on Monday said it was “extremely concerned” over the safety of civilians across Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as fighting between Government troops and those loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly continued, with the Ethiopian Prime Minister having called on opposition forces to surrender the capital Mekelle, by Wednesday.
‘Real hope’ surrounding COVID vaccines ‘cannot be overstated’ – WHO chief 11/23/2020
Along with other tried and tested public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Monday that “there is now real hope” that vaccines will play an essential part in helping end the COVID pandemic.
UN expert calls for urgent action to end ‘pandemic of femicide and violence against women’ 11/23/2020
COVID-19 is overshadowing what has become a “pandemic of femicide” and related gender-based violence against women and girls, said independent UN human rights expert Dubravka Šimonović on Monday, calling for the universal establishment of national initiatives to monitor and prevent such killings. 
Afghanistan: UN’s Grandi and Bachelet put plea for lasting ceasefire top of their wishlist 11/23/2020
Two top UN officials called for an end to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan on Monday, telling a major conference in Geneva that normality could only return to the country if there was a sustained ceasefire.

UN News – Peace & Security

UN ‘extremely concerned’ for safety of Tigray civilians in regional capital, as refugee numbers grow 11/24/2020
The UN on Monday said it was “extremely concerned” over the safety of civilians across Ethiopia’s Tigray region, as fighting between Government troops and those loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly continued, with the Ethiopian Prime Minister having called on opposition forces to surrender the capital Mekelle, by Wednesday.
Afghanistan: UN’s Grandi and Bachelet put plea for lasting ceasefire top of their wishlist 11/23/2020
Two top UN officials called for an end to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan on Monday, telling a major conference in Geneva that normality could only return to the country if there was a sustained ceasefire.
Somalia at a crossroad, UN envoy urges ‘deepened’ political consensus 11/23/2020
The “broad political consensus” reached in September that ended a two-year stalemate in Somalia must be “preserved and indeed deepened”, the country’s UN envoy told the Security Council on Monday.
Afghanistan: UN chief underscores need to end violence following deadly rocket attacks 11/22/2020
The UN Secretary-General has condemned rocket attacks in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Saturday which killed at least eight civilians and wounded many more.

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