Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 503
Q&A: Reflecting on Five Years of Educating Children in the Throes of Crises, Emergencies and Displacement
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 22 (IPS) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the global fund that brings teaching and learning to children in emergencies and protracted crises, is observing five years of reaching boys and girls in some of the world’s hardest-hit conflict and disaster zones.
First Person: Refugee ‘Russian Woman’ in bid for Eurovision glory
- UN News
Manizha Sangin arrived in Russia as young refugee, when her family fled the violence of the civil war in Tajikistan. Today, she is a high-profile singer, representing Russia in the final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, with the song “Russian Woman”. Ms. Sangin is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), and a domestic abuse activist.
UN urges worldwide support for cultural sector to aid COVID recovery
- UN News
The creative and cultural industry has played an essential role the world over throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and deserve more support moving forward, the President of the General Assembly said on Friday.
Wanted: Transparency & Accountability in Pandemic-Related Spending
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, May 21 (IPS) - Governments around the world are playing a crucial role in providing lifelines to people and firms to help combat the pandemic and its economic fallout. To support the effectiveness of these efforts, it is important that such spending be subject to adequate transparency and accountability.
‘Spirt of unity, partnership and collaboration’ needed to realize Sudan’s aspirations
- UN News
Moving from Sudan’s current fragile transition period towards stable civilian rule, requires a continued “spirt of unity, partnership and collaboration”, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.
UNHCR chief calls on US to end COVID-19 asylum restrictions at the Mexico border
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has appealed to the Government of the United States to “swiftly lift” the public health-related asylum restrictions that remain in effect at the southern border, and to restore access to asylum for the people “whose lives depend on it”.
Myanmar: Rights expert welcomes fresh sanctions against junta, urges other nations ‘step up’
- UN News
The announcement this week of new coordinated sanctions against Myanmar’s military rulers by a handful of Western governments has been welcomed by the UN independent expert monitoring the human rights situation in the country.
Jerusalem: A Flashpoint For Conflict Or Microcosm Of Peace?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 20 (IPS) - Regardless of how the current and future violent conflicts between Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem will end, there will be no Israeli-Palestinian peace unless East Jerusalem becomes the capital of a Palestinian state while the city remains united.
Sexual violence survivors in DR Congo caught in crisis of ‘catastrophic magnitude’
- UN News
On a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr. Natalie Kanem, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, bore witness to the horrific legacy of sexual violence in the country, which is undergoing one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises.
Arbitrary expulsions of migrants in Chile must stop immediately, urge rights experts
- UN News
Migrants must be allowed to stay in Chile while their cases are being individually assessed or risk “irreparable harm”, a group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts said in a statement on Wednesday.
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