Human rights through the eyes of Andy Vermaut

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153786?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, which resulted in approximately 200 deaths, and in Pakistan, where 28 civilians lost their lives. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153776?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to bolster critically underfunded humanitarian operations in some of the world’s humanitarian hotspots. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153766?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

UN aid teams have reached a tentative agreement with parties involved in the war in Gaza for humanitarian pauses to allow 640,000 children to be vaccinated amid an outbreak of the virus, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153761?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to “vanquish racism and discrimination” towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153756?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/08/1153741?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger