Tag: UN
UN committee denounces anti-Ukrainian racism in Russia
Russia has again been singled out by the UN for human rights abuses. This time it is the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. A panel of experts related…
the UN Security Council condemns the fate of women
The Security Council as a whole against the Taliban: a strong signal, because the 15 members voted, on Thursday April 27, in a rare moment of unity, for a resolution…
the Minusma targeted by a disinformation campaign after the attacks in Sévaré
The Malian army camp of Sévaré, in central Mali, was targeted on Saturday by a terrorist attack which left ten civilians dead and 61 injured, according to an official report.…
the UN is concerned about a call for the murder of its envoy on social networks
A call for hatred and violence is causing concern in Sudan. In a video circulating on social media, a man publicly attacks the UN envoy to Khartoum, Volker Perthes, and…
UN calls for protection of girls from child marriage
The United Nations recalled this week, in a press release published on Tuesday 4 April, that in Niger, ” girls have the right to be protected from early marriage “.…
mercenaries and foreign forces at the center of Abdoulaye Bathily’s visit to 3 neighboring countries
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General concluded this week a first tour in three neighboring countries located in the south of Libya: Sudan, Chad and Niger. During this…
the International Seabed Authority under pressure
The UN agency in charge of the regulation of deep seas must decide in the coming weeks on their mining. And the subject is controversial: the ocean floor is home…
Independent human rights expert Alioune Tine “concerned” by the situation in Mali
Jihadist attacks, allegations of army abuse and restriction of civil liberties: all this worries the Senegalese Alioune Tine, mandated by the UN. The Malian government denounces a report “ dependent…
the UN Security Council condemns the resurgence of violence
” This humanitarian crisis remains one of the most neglected in the world “, declared Bintou Keita, the head of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of…
“A ticking time bomb” off Yemen, warns the UN
The FSO Safer, a supertanker loaded with more than a million barrels of oil, has been abandoned off the coast of Yemen since the start of the war in 2015.…