Iran urged to release rights activist with COVID-19 symptoms ‘before it is too late’
A group of independent UN human rights experts has called for Iran to urgently release an activist who reportedly is ill with COVID-19 symptoms “before...
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Amid fears of worst recession in decades, urgent calls for solidarity, a united economic front
With multilateral cooperation under strain, senior UN officials, Nobel laureates and eminent academic experts, gathered virtually on Wednesday for the launch of a new report...
New social contract needed to combat ‘inequality pandemic’: Guterres
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to rage around the world, the UN chief urged everyone on Monday to take up a new social contract to...
WHO concerned about COVID-19 impact on indigenous people in the Americas
With the Americas still the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on the region’s indigenous people is of deep concern, the World Health Organization...
‘My children ask me when I am coming home’: stranded seafarers share their frustrations
Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are finding themselves stranded at sea, sometimes for over a year, and with no end in sight, as a result...
Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists
The 2020 Nelson Mandela Prize, which is awarded every five years and recognizes those who dedicate their lives to the service of humanity, will go...
Yemen oil tanker wreck: Time running out to avert ‘looming environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe’
Time is fast running out for getting a UN team of experts aboard the Yemeni oil storage vessel Safer, before it spills its cargo of...
Independent rights expert says emerging technologies entrenching racism, discrimination
An independent UN human rights expert is calling for greater scrutiny of emerging digital technologies which she said are being used to uphold racial inequality,...
Pandemic putting immunization gains at risk, UN agencies warn
Disruptions in the delivery of immunization services resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to unravel global gains in reaching more children and young people with...
‘Women Rise for All’ to shape leadership in pandemic response and recovery
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an unprecedented global health, humanitarian and development crisis, it has also revealed the power of women’s leadership, according to...