UN Humanitarian Chief says ” barely any aid reaching Gaza”
From BBC Summary EVN Rafah residents wait in long queues for bread Civilians in Rafah, in Gaza’s south, have been waiting in long queues for bread as fuel shortages are forcing the closure of bakeries. Yesterday, the UN office for…
BBC WORLD NEWS: Trucks carry aid and coffins into Gaza – but UN calls it ‘drop in the ocean’
With updates from Rushdi Abualouf in Gaza; Lyse Doucet, Lucy Williamson in southern Israel; Jeremy Bowen, Paul Adams, Yolande Knell, Tom Bateman and Joel Gunter in Jerusalem; Anna Foster in northern Israel; and Hugo Bachega in Beirut. Summary Biden reiterates…
UK’s £18tn slavery debt is an underestimation, UN judge says
By Joshua Nevett From BBC GETTY IMAGESImage caption, Patrick Robinson has been a member of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) since 2015 A UN judge says the UK is likely to owe more than £18tn in reparations for its historic…
UN experts welcome first Latin American and Caribbean Tax Summit
GENEVA (25 July 2023) – UN experts* today welcomed the upcoming first Latin American and Caribbean Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order to be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 27-28 July 2023. They issued the following statement: “The…
UN and IOC celebrating the women reframing sport in new exhibition at the UN Office in Geneva
International Olympic Committee 18 Jul 2023 – Illustrating the power of sport to act as a driver of gender equality, the “Breaking Barriers Through Sports” photo exhibition was inaugurated today at the United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG), including portraits contributed by…
OC welcomes UN resolution calling on Member States and international organisations to redouble their support to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine
24 Feb 2023 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcomes the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 11th Emergency Session A/ES-11/L.7, entitled “Principles of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine”, which was…
Airbnb awards US$250,000 sustainability grant to UWI-hosted Global Tourism Resilience Centre
The UWI Regional Headquarters. Jamaica, W.I. Thursday, February 16, 2023—The Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), hosted by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) was recently announced as a recipient of a sustainability grant from Airbnb, the…
UN confirms Uyghur forced labor
By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United” August 21, 2022 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced laborUN Rapporteur on slavery confirms Uyghur forced labor in ChinaThe UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, reported to the Human Rights…
The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps
By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United May 29, 2022 News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced LabourThe faces from China’s Uyghur detention campsHacked police files from the Uyghur region have exposed new damning evidence of torture and forced labor at…
Almost 5.2 Million Ukrainians flee war: UN
From Newsmax The number of Ukrainians who have fled the country since Russia’s invasion two months ago is approaching 5.2 million, the UN refugee agency said Sunday. The total figure of 5,186,744 is an increase of 23,058 over Saturday’s data,…
