Topic: UN
Syria; No justification for chemical weapon use under any circumstances: UN disarmament chief
The top United Nations disarmament official on Thursday briefed the Security Council on progress made by Syria towards eliminating its chemicals weapons programme, complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Targeting journalists takes a toll on societies as a whole: UN chief
When journalists are targeted, “societies as a whole pay a price”, the UN chief said on Monday, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Parveena Ahangar writes to UN demanding protection of APDP following NIA raid
Prominent Kashmiri activist Parveena Ahangar on behalf of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), wrote a letter to the United Nations on Friday demanding the protection of APDP and the victim families it supports in the light of punitive raid by NIA on 28 October 2020.
Rohingya conference pledges to ‘remain steadfast’ in finding solutions to crisis
A joint United Nations-hosted donor conference to rally international support behind Myanmar’s displaced Rohingya Muslims, ended on Thursday with a promise to continue engaging with concerned countries towards finding a long-term solution to their plight.
Women from disadvantaged social groups face additional vulnerabilities in India: UN
The United Nations in India has expressed concern at the continuing cases of sexual violence against women and girls from disadvantaged social groups in India in a statement issued in the wake of the rape and murder of Dalit woman by upper-caste Hindu men in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.
United Nations raises alarm over forced evictions of Delhi railway track dwellers
An independent UN human rights expert on Monday has voiced concern over an Indian Supreme Court order to evict up to 250,000 people living in shacks along railway tracks in the capital, Delhi, warning that such a move could violate India's obligations under many international rights treaties.
