Greater safety for journalists urged as UN body spotlights role of rights defenders
“Because of the potential impact on society that journalists and media workers can have by disseminating information about human rights through a wide array of media, those individuals are often threatened, wounded and killed in an attempt to silence their voices,” stated Margaret Sekaggya, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41457&Cr=journalists&Cr1=
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UN Human Rights Council deplores ‘brutal’ actions by Syria against civilians
In a resolution adopted by a vote of 37 in favour to 3 against, with 3 abstentions, the 47-member Human Rights Council strongly condemned the continued “widespread and systematic” violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41425&Cr=Syria&Cr1=
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UN pushes for stronger efforts to end practice of female genital mutilation
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), told a news conference at UN Headquarters that many communities are increasingly abandoning FGM thanks to the use of “culturally sensitive, human rights-based approaches that support the positive values within communities that want the best for their girls and women.”
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41400&Cr=fgm&Cr1=
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UN pushes for stronger efforts to end practice of female genital mutilation
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), told a news conference at UN Headquarters that many communities are increasingly abandoning FGM thanks to the use of “culturally sensitive, human rights-based approaches that support the positive values within communities that want the best for their girls and women.”
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41400&Cr=fgm&Cr1=
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UN Human Rights Council opens with calls to uphold freedoms worldwide
Addressing the opening of the latest session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the public demand for the enjoyment of human rights has been most striking in the Arab region, where tens of thousands of women, men and young people have taken to the streets to voice their claims.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41381&Cr=human+rights+council&Cr1=
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UN focuses on curbing sexual violence in conflict as new report names worst offenders
The groups listed in the report include the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) and in South Sudan, armed militia groups and former armed forces in Côte d’Ivoire, and the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41344&Cr=sexual+violence&Cr1=
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The Maras: A Gang’s Reign of Terror
21st Century – Show 63 – The Maras: A Gang’s Reign of Terror
Script (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/21century63.pdf
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Migrants Risking it All: The Journey from North Africa to Italy
21st Century – Show 63 – Migrants Risking it All: The Journey from North Africa to Italy
Script (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/21century63.pdf
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The Roma: The Road to Inclusion
21st Century – Show 63 – The Roma: The Road to Inclusion
Script (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/21century63.pdf
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Safe Motherhood in Bangladesh
UNIA program # 1335
Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1335.pdf
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Rwanda: Hydropower Brings Hope
UNIA program # 1334
Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1334.pdf
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Pakistan: Changing Attitudes
UNIA program # 1333
Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1333.pdf
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UN urges focus on rural development to lift millions out of poverty
“Smallholder farmers can feed themselves and they can help feed the world,” Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD ), said in his opening address to the agency’s Governing Council.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41328&Cr=ifad&Cr1 =
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Turkey: Honeymoon After the Earthquake
UNIA program # 1336
Transcript (pdf): http://www.un.org/webcast/pdfs/unia1336.pdf
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Haiti Rebuilds – A Journey of Hope
The world reacted quickly, sending in aid and recovery teams, pledging money and support to rebuild a country that already experienced high levels of poverty and inequality.
Since the immediate earthquake aftermath the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been working with the Government of Haiti and a wide range of national and international partners, civil society organizations — and especially with the affected communities, with Haitians at the centre of the recovery process.
Haiti Rebuilds, a 20-minute documentary was created by recently graduated students from Ciné Institute, Haiti’s only professional film academy in the southern coastal town of Jacmel. It was co-produced by UNDP and mentored and directed by award-winning documentary-maker Jonathan Stack.
The film depicts the reconstruction process through the lenses of young Haitians who have witnessed the earthquake’s devastation; but also the tremendous resilience of the Haitian people, taking the reconstruction of their country — and their future — into their own hands.
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Haiti: Security Council members make first-hand assessment of nation’s efforts to rebuild
Council ambassadors this morning visited a police academy where instructors from the Haitian National Police (HNP) have been trained by UN Police serving with the world body’s peacekeeping mission to the country (MINUSTAH), according to information from a UN spokesperson.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41267&Cr=haiti&Cr1=
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Art for Peace 2012: International Art Contest for Young People
In this video clip, Michael Douglas is calling on young People to enter the Art for Peace Contest!
The internationally known Academy Award-winning actor and producer from the United States has served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 1998. Mr. Douglas is fiercely committed to disarmament issues, including nuclear nonproliferation and halting the global trade in small arms and light weapons.
Visit the Art for Peace 2012 website to enter the Art for Peace Contest!
http://www.unartforpeace.org
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Jobs in Peril (new version)
In this context, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is organizing a special event “Breaking new ground: Partnerships for more and better jobs for youth”, to take place on Monday, 27 February 2012. The event will seek to strengthen the partnership between governments, the private sector and the philanthropic community in working towards promoting youth employment worldwide.
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UN agencies hail key role of national efforts as India reaches a milestone
If all pending samples for the virus test negative, India — once regarded as the world’s epicentre for polio — will become free of the disease for the first time in its history, reducing the number of polio-endemic countries to three: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40931&Cr=polio&Cr1=
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Security and rule of law in the field – UN Peacekeeping animation
This 2 minute animation explains their work.
You can find out more here http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/issues/ruleoflaw/
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Sahel Drought
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At business summit, Ban hails companies’ embrace of sustainability, urges more action
“We need corporate sustainability to be in the DNA of business culture and operations,” said Mr. Ban in his address to a gathering in New York entitled ‘KPMG Summit: Business Perspective for Sustainable Growth.’
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41233&Cr=sustainable+development&Cr1 =
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Clearing the Way
Scenes of the U.N. site area give a vivid picture of the neighbourhood of the new headquarters, before construction began. The needs of the U.N. are described by the engineer, by means of drawings on a school slate.
The children are not yet convinced. They journey out to Lake Success to lodge a complaint about the loss of their playground. But as they walk trough the U.N. and listen in on a session of the International Children’s Emergency Fund, they become convinced of its importance. They decide among themselves to give up their playground after all, rather than to “hold up the works”.
This film depicts conditions prevailing at the time of its production in 1948.
This movie has been produced by The United Nations Films and Visual Information Division of the Department of Public Information. In cooperation with the United Nations Headquarters Planning Office.
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UN human rights chief urges General Assembly to act now to protect Syrians
“The longer the international community fails to take action, the more the civilian population will suffer from countless atrocities committed against them,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told the General Assembly.
Full article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41216&Cr=Syria&Cr1=
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Angélique Kidjo in concert to support Global Efforts to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
The concert will take place on 28 February 2012, 7 p.m. (in New York) in the General Assembly Hall (UN Headquarters).
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