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‘Uphold human dignity’, dismantle ‘specious notion of racial superiority’ urges UN chief 03/25/2019
Marking international day, UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination, in wake of New Zealand anti-Muslim attack 03/21/2019
Venezuela: ‘A worrying destabilizing factor in the region’, Bachelet tells Human Rights Council 03/20/2019
First peaceful transfer of power in DR Congo ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ for advancing rights 03/19/2019
Gaza investigators call on Israel to review ‘rules of engagement’ as Gaza protest anniversary looms 03/18/2019

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UN News – Human Rights

‘Uphold human dignity’, dismantle ‘specious notion of racial superiority’ urges UN chief 03/25/2019
Raise awareness of the dangers of racism and “stand up against old and new forms of slavery” was the resounding message of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday during a special event marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Marking international day, UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination, in wake of New Zealand anti-Muslim attack 03/21/2019
States must take urgent action, to “stem the tide of hate and discrimination” and ramping up of “ethno-nationalist populism”, which helped fuel the deadly shootings in two New Zealand mosques last Friday by a self-declared white supremacist, several top UN officials and human rights experts have stressed, marking the International Day for the Elimination of […]
Venezuela: ‘A worrying destabilizing factor in the region’, Bachelet tells Human Rights Council 03/20/2019
Expressing deep concern at the “magnitude and gravity of the human rights impact” of Venezuela’s current crisis, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Wednesday that the country had become “a worrying destabilizing factor in the region.”
First peaceful transfer of power in DR Congo ‘an extraordinary opportunity’ for advancing rights 03/19/2019
The election of President Felix Tshisekedi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marks “an extraordinary opportunity” for the country to advance civil and political rights, said a senior UN official, on Tuesday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

UN News – General

On International Day, UN stands in solidarity with some 20 detained staff 03/25/2019
Marking International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to UN personnel abducted, detained or missing while serving.
UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as Israel-Hamas tensions rise over rocket attack 03/25/2019
The UN Secretary-General said he was “gravely concerned” by the firing of a rocket from Gaza deep into Israel on Monday which reportedly injured seven people, including three children, north of the capital Tel Aviv.
‘Uphold human dignity’, dismantle ‘specious notion of racial superiority’ urges UN chief 03/25/2019
Raise awareness of the dangers of racism and “stand up against old and new forms of slavery” was the resounding message of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday during a special event marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Autonomous weapons that kill must be banned, insists UN chief 03/25/2019
UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged artificial intelligence (AI) experts meeting in Geneva on Monday to push ahead with their work to restrict the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems, or LAWS, as they are also known.

UN News – Peace & Security

UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ as Israel-Hamas tensions rise over rocket attack 03/25/2019
The UN Secretary-General said he was “gravely concerned” by the firing of a rocket from Gaza deep into Israel on Monday which reportedly injured seven people, including three children, north of the capital Tel Aviv.
UN condemns ‘unspeakable’ attack that leaves scores dead in central Mali 03/24/2019
The United Nations has strongly condemned the armed attack on a village in restive central Mali which reportedly left at least 134 people dead and dozens wounded early on Saturday.
UN chief welcomes establishment of inclusive government in Central African Republic 03/24/2019
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the establishment in the Central African Republic (CAR) of a government in line with an early February peace deal struck with more than a dozen armed groups active in the country.
‘Mosques should be safe havens, not sites of terror’, says Guterres announcing UN plan to help safeguard religious sites 03/22/2019
In the wake of a horrific mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced his intention to launch a UN action plan for the safeguarding of religious sites, declaring that “mosques and all places of prayer and contemplation should be safe havens, not sites of terror.”

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