“The effects of climate change are becoming more severe, and the number of people displaced across international borders is rapidly increasing,” said Ian Fry, independent human rights expert on climate change, who took up the new post last year. “In 2020 alone, 30.7 million people were displaced from their homes due to weather-related events. Droughts…
“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory. The threats and hardships children face are simply unimaginable. They desperately need protection and support,” said UNICEF Haiti Representative Bruno Maes. Displacement and violence Children find themselves in the crossfire, or directly targeted, as armed groups…
He said the men and women that serve, from 125 countries, across 12 operations, were working to support security, stability and the rule of law. “They represent the beating heart of the United Nations’ commitment to peace”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. “By bringing peacekeepers together from around the world, peacekeeping has also become an inspiring symbol of multilateralism in…
The London High Court has ruled that Prince Harry, the son of King Charles III, cannot pay for police protection in Britain. The London High Court said in this regard that allowing payment for security protection is against the public interest. According to British media, Prince Harry wanted to pay for police protection of children…
File photo A woman constable of the Railway Protection Force committed suicide in the Indian state of Bihar. According to Indian media, a 25-year-old woman committed suicide in the railway quarters, an investigation into the incident has been started. According to reports, preliminary investigations have revealed that the woman had bad relations with her husband…
Volker Perthes – Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the country (UNITAMS) – underscored that the rival military leaderships had agreed to respect international humanitarian and human rights law, and withdraw fighters from hospitals and medical facilities. Mr. Perthes also noted that the Sudanese…
California: A new covid-19 vaccine has been developed at Rutgers University in the US, which is believed to provide longer-lasting protection against covid and all its emerging variants than current vaccines. Stephen Anderson, senior author of the study published in the journal Vaccines and associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry at SAS, said: “We…
Emergencies tend to exacerbate the vulnerabilities people who work in the arts already experience, as they face multiple threats such as online and offline harassment, loss of income, legal prosecution, violence, censorship, and silencing. Creatives also often lack minimal safety nets due to their precarious legal status, according to the report. Artists under assault In…
European Parliament and European Council negotiators have agreed on a new scheme for EU and international “geographical protection (GI)” of traditional handicrafts and similar industrial goods made in the EU. Under this scheme, cutlery, textiles, jewellery, glass, porcelain and other non-food products made in Europe will get GI category. The new legislation will protect the…
“The focus of the mission was to enhance the capacity of the early warning alert and response network (EWARN) and ensure rapid detection, verification and response to communicable diseases alerts and outbreaks”, the WHO office for the Eastern Mediterranean said in a statement issued on Thursday. They identified areas in preparedness and response that needed strengthening, said…
