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13 May 2017, 1:31 pm
UN Secretary-General (UN SG) António Guterres [official website] on Friday appointed [press release] UK's Mark Lowcock [official profile] as Under-Secretary-General (USG) in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) [official website] and as Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC). [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 1:24 am
[JURIST] UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak [official website] has told the British government that the United Kingdom may have acquiesced [Guardian report] in the mistreatment of terror suspect detainees and thereby violated the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [text]. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 8:37 am
[JURIST] A top UN official on Wednesday called on the US to cease CIA drone strikes [press release] in Pakistan until more accountability for the strikes exists. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 8:22 am
Pillay said that deteriorating situation in Syria has impeded UN officials from doing their jobs and has led to civilian deaths. [read post]
19 May 2006, 3:56 am
The visit was arranged to strengthen ties between the UN and Cambodia, [read post]
14 May 2012, 9:00 am
Pillay met with top government officials, civil society organizations and other UN divisions working in the country, offering the continued support of her office and urging South Sudan's speedy ratification of all the main international human... [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 11:21 am
Falk expressed concern [UN News Centre report] about Israel's policy of detaining... [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 10:26 am
[JURIST] The UN on Monday called for leaders of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [BBC backgrounder] to be apprehended [UN News Centre report] for war crimes in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between September 2008 and June 2009. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 7:52 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] has received reports of intimidation, abductions, murders and harassment. [read post]
13 May 2016, 12:39 pm
[JURIST] UN human rights experts expressed grave concern [press release] Friday over Belarus' death penalty practices after reports surfaced that a man was executed while his case was before the UN Human Rights Committee [official website]. [read post]
2 Oct 2016, 11:08 am
UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng [official profile] condemned [UN News Centre report] remarks made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte [official website] comparing his war on drugs to the genocide of Jews by Hitler. [read post]
25 Jul 2008, 3:23 pm
[JURIST] The United Nations Security Council [official website] on Friday discussed a report [link to PDF file] outlining UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's plans [JURIST report] to reconfigure the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) [official website] now that the state's new constitution has entered into effect. [read post]
26 Feb 2013, 7:00 am
He said the UN will be witnesses to the talks because last time when their person [James Kuburin] surrendered to the SPLA (South Sudanese army), clashes ensued. [read post]
28 Jan 2015, 12:13 pm
The UN experts described the decision as a welcome change from the Netherlands' refusal to support those who aided this group. [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 8:15 am
Agbénonci [UN profile, in French] on Monday strongly condemned [press release, PDF] an August 20 attack on humanitarian workers in the CAR city of Bambari. [read post]
26 Apr 2014, 9:39 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus Miklos Haraszti [official profile] called [press release] Friday for Belarus, currently the only European nation that has retained the death penalty, to end the practice. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 9:56 am
Amos, who also heads the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [official website], delivered a lecture on the subject at the Council of Foreign Relations. [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 1:17 am
[JURIST] The peace process in Nepal [JURIST news archive] could be hampered by "impunity for human rights abuses" [UN News Centre report], UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Sunday. [read post]
17 May 2011, 12:27 pm
Pillay said that statistics show that homophobic-based crimes are on the rise [UN News Centre report] around the world, urging that states act to stop this trend. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 10:48 am
[JURIST] Japan and the EU have circulated a draft UN resolution condemning North Korea's human rights abuses and encouraging the UN Security Council to refer the country to the International Criminal Court [official website], the Associated Press reported [AP report] Friday. [read post]
