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‘US should lead global vaccination effort to beat the pandemic’
As several countries around the world faced another wave of COVID-19 cases, the UN called upon the United States to lead a vaccination plan against the pandemic that has troubled world economies and taken a heavy...March 30, 2021 936 0 -
UN urges restraint, respect for human rights amid Indian farmers’ protest
Amid stalemate over Indian farmers’ protest against New Delhi’s new policies, the United Nations human rights office, OHCHR, has called on Indian authorities and protesting farmers to exercise “maximum restraint” and respect human rights. The protestors...February 8, 2021 497 0 -
Pakistan-India talks, not military conflict, will resolve Kashmir – UN
South Asian nuclear nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and should “come together and seriously discuss their problems” around the Kashmir dispute. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underscored this while also offering the world body’s mediation to resolve the longstanding...January 29, 2021 658 0 -
Trump says achieving peace with ME deals and ‘no blood in the sand’
Seeing the dawn of a new Middle East in the wake of U.S.-brokered peace deals between Arab countries and Israel, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Washington is achieving peace with “no blood in the sand.”...September 22, 2020 671 0 -
The first-ever Equal Pay Day seeks remedy for gender income gap
Women still earn less than 80 cents for every dollar that men get and it will take more than 250 years to close the gap between men and women if the world moves with reforms at...September 18, 2020 758 0 -
UN reports stigma and violence against communities since coronavirus breakout
The United Nations has warned of rising intolerance against vulnerable communities around the world since the outbreak of coronavirus often manifesting itself in the form of blaming campaign and violence. “A surge in stigma and racist...August 22, 2020 709 0 -
UN rebukes attempts to deny 1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims
Twenty-five years after the genocide of Bosnian Muslim boys and men at the hands of Serbia-backed forces, peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains fragile, the United Nations says while paying tribute to the memory of the...July 11, 2020 597 0 -
Far from the locked down world, COVID-19 hurts indigenous people in multiple ways
It’s not just about coronavirus-caused health challenges but about exploitation of the situation by vested interests to deprive the indigenous people of their lands and bulldoze through contentious projects that is endangering their future. Away...May 19, 2020 800 0 -
Indian curbs in Kashmir limit Internet access to information during COVD-19 crisis – UN expert
While calling India‘s restrictions on the Internet in Kashmir as one of the longest shutdowns, a leading UN human rights has drawn attention to the concern that that people are finding it difficult to access health...May 2, 2020 1203 0 -
‘The Press provides antidote to epidemic of misinformation’
UN Secretary General marked the World Press Freedom Day with the observation that the Press provides an antidote to conspiracies and misinformation circulating at the time of coronavirus pandemic. “The press provides the antidote: verified, scientific,...May 2, 2020 1775 0
