Category: Human Rights
UN launches biodiversity talks on deal to protect nature
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- 5 months ago
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PARIS— UN biodiversity negotiations began in Geneva on Monday to hammer out a global deal to better protect nature that is due for approval later this year. Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to
Read MoreUN to CAR Military, Russian Mercenaries: Stop Obstructing Rights Investigations
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- 6 months ago
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The United Nations’ independent expert on human rights in the Central African Republic says the government and its Russian allies should stop obstructing investigations. The U.N.’s Yao Agbetse says the C.A.R. military and Russian mercenaries prevent access for U.N. investigators
Read MoreGuinea, Vanuatu Have UN Vote Restored After Paying Dues
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- 7 months ago
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Guinea and Vanuatu had their ability to vote at the United Nations restored on Monday, having been denied the right at the beginning of the month over their failure to pay their dues to the world body, a UN spokeswoman
Read More‘Children Should Be Playing’: Pope Pleads For Fight Against Child Labor
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- 7 months ago
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Pope Francis on Wednesday urged governments to combat child labor, saying it was terrible that children who should be playing are instead working as adults or scavenging in garbage dumps for something to sell. Speaking at his weekly general audience
Read MoreUndersecretary for Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations Meets the Korean Ambassador in Baghdad
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- 8 months ago
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Dr Qahtan Taha Khalaf, Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations, has met Mr. Jang Kyung-wook, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Baghdad, and the accompanying delegation at the Ministry’s headquarters. His Excellency affirmed the coordination of efforts to
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