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More must be done to tackle global ‘crisis’ of road traffic deaths, says Ban
20 November – With traffic accidents causing the deaths of more than one million people every year, more than malaria or diabetes, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged greater efforts to better protect the millions upon millions who travel the world’s roads every day. FULL STORY >>
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Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after treaty – UN officials
20 November – The Convention on the Rights of the Child has become the most widely accepted human rights treaty in history, but 20 years after its adoption, much more remains to be done to turn its promises into reality for millions worldwide, top United Nations officials said today. FULL STORY >>
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India’s all-female UN police unit serves as inspiration for Liberian women
20 November – Liberian girls and women should draw inspiration from the all-female Indian police unit serving with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to join law enforcement agencies in the service of their own nation, the top UN official in the West African country said today. FULL STORY >>
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Palestinian children mark 20th year of UN rights treaty with video testimony
20 November – Tens of thousands of Palestinian refugee children in United Nations schools in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria have been clicking away with flip cams to create the region’s first ever online video yearbook to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. FULL STORY >>
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Kenyan youth shoot for peace in UN-backed football ‘reconciliation contest’
20 November – More than 2,000 Kenyan youths from across Nairobi, the capital, will kick off a multi-ethnic football tournament this weekend to score goals in a United Nations-backed bid to use the power of sport to promote reconciliation after last year’s deadly inter-communal violence as well as environmental conservation. FULL STORY >>
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Welcoming progress, UN official urges more support for Sri Lanka’s displaced
19 November – The top United Nations humanitarian official has welcomed the recent releases of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from camps in northern Sri Lanka, and underscored the need to ensure full freedom of movement for those remaining. FULL STORY >>
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UN blue helmets help passengers in DR Congo when plane overshoots runway
19 November – United Nations peacekeepers helped passengers and provided emergency medical treatment today after an airliner with 117 passengers on board over-ran the airstrip in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). FULL STORY >>
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Leaders of Rwandan rebel militia arrested for atrocities committed in DR Congo – UN
19 November – The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today welcomed the arrest of two leaders of a rebel Rwandan militia on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity and war crimes in the eastern region of the DRC. FULL STORY >>
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UN, partners launch $13 million appeal for flood victims in El Salvador
18 November – The United Nations and its partners launched a $13 million Flash Appeal for El Salvador today to provide immediate aid for six months to 75,000 victims of Hurricane Ida, covering food, shelter, water and sanitation, education, agriculture and early recovery. FULL STORY >>
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Angola seeks UN aid to repatriate 60,000 nationals from DR Congo
18 November – Angola has requested the re-activation of a tripartite mechanism with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the United Nations refugee agency to repatriate some 60,000 Angolans still in DRC in the wake of the mutual expulsion of scores of thousands of each other’s nationals by the neighbouring States. FULL STORY >> |
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