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Antibodies to a particular viral illness on COVID-19

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:34:00 +0000

Bigotry makes politicians ‘complicit in the violence that follows’ : UN independent experts

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:13:00 +0000

Responding to the crowd shootings in Texas and Ohio on Saturday, a group of independent UN experts has called out the “increased use of divisive language”, as well as attempts to marginalize racial, ethnic and religious minorities”, by some politicians and leaders.

In wake of ‘collapsed’ concurrence, new wave of violence threatens millions in Syria’s Idlib

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:12:00 +0000

Following the fall down of the latest truce in Idlib at the start of this week, the Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the UN’s Syria Envoy urged Member States on Thursday to increase their support for “critical humanitarian needs” in the country’s last opposition-held enclave.

Steps taken to end Saudi ‘guardianship’ arrangement for women, ‘encouraging’ start

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:12:00 +0000

Allowing Saudi women to apply for passports and travel without their guardians’ authorization is “an encouraging move” towards the “complete abolition of the ‘guardianship’ system,” independent United Nations rights experts said on Thursday, but more action is needed to fully dismantle these restrictions.

UN rights chief bemoans unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, fearing ‘far-reaching implications’

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:11:00 +0000

A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official on Thursday, who said in a declaration that she feared they would have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people.

Guterres appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ over Jammu and Kashmir, as tensions rise

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:11:00 +0000

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for ‘maximum restraint’ over the province of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, which has been disputed by India and Pakistan, since the end of British rule in the late 1940s.

World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change blow, new UN report warns

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:10:00 +0000

More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to entrust to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.

UN food aid to Yemen will fully recommence after two-month break, as Houthis ‘guarantee’ delivery

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:09:00 +0000

Life-saving food aid allocation is set to resume to 850,000 people in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, following guarantees by Houthi opposition forces that the supplies will reach those who need them most, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time: UN refugee group

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:09:00 +0000

More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have acknowledged identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.

‘Preserve, revitalize and promote’ indigenous languages, or lose a ‘prosperity of conventional knowledge’, UN chief says

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 07:08:00 +0000

Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the urgency to “preserve, revitalize and endorse indigenous languages” in his message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated on Friday.