Tag: UN
Burkina Faso expels UN coordinator
In Burkina Faso, the resident coordinator of the United Nations system is declared persona non grata. She is therefore asked to leave Burkina Faso this day, December 23, to leave…
after the agreement, the difficult implementation of biodiversity protection
Some 190 countries adopted additional commitments on biodiversity at COP15 in Montreal on Monday, particularly around the sharing of economic benefits to be derived from genetic data from plants and…
Kishishe survivors recount the days leading up to the tragedy
While the vagueness of the events around Kishishe on November 29 remains, no independent investigator was able to go there and the words of witnesses are rare. The Democratic Republic…
UN report details 441 civilian executions early in war
441 Ukrainian civilians were executed by Russian troops in the first weeks of the invasion, according to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. This figure…
civil society questions the deployment of Monusco after the killing of Kishishe
Congolese authorities accuse the M23 of killing more than 200 civilians in Kishishe in North Kivu on Tuesday, November 29. What the rebels deny. A week later, Kishishe is still…
the UN plans to launch an international investigation
Iran finds itself in the sights of the Human Rights Council. The United Nations body is meeting this Thursday, November 24 in a special session on the subject of the…
Debate in the German government on the expected withdrawal of its contingent from Mali
Germany has been present since 2013 within the Minusma in Mali. An operation which, for months, has aroused moods in Berlin. This commitment is not popular. The withdrawal of other…
Cameroonian Cécile Bibiane Njebet winner of the UN Champions of the Earth award
Cameroonian Cécile Bibiane Njebet was named winner of the prestigious Champions of the Earth award on Tuesday 22 November. This award from the United Nations Environment Program is awarded once…
World Food Program to provide $5.4 billion in aid to Lebanon
The UN World Food Program (WFP) will grant $5.4 billion in aid to Lebanon to help the local population and Syrian refugees in the country plunged into a terrible economic…
Ukrainian grain deal extended for winter
The grain agreement signed in July by kyiv and Moscow to allow the continuation of Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea will be extended by 120 days from November…