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Monday’s Daily Brief: US formally announces climate accord withdrawal, young foreigners stranded in Syria, India toxic smog crisis, Ebola worker death shows frontline risks

4 November 2019
Peace and Security

A recap of stories this Monday: UN reaction to US Paris Agreement withdrawal; UNICEF urges repatriation of children stranded in Syria; Public health emergency in India’s New Delhi; Ebola health worker death in DR Congo shows deadly risks; Guinea Bissau crisis, Security Council update; UNEP campaign targets ocean microplastics.

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News in Brief 4 November 2019

4 November 2019
News in Brief
  • India’s New Delhi choking on record levels of smog
  • UNICEF urges governments to repatriate children stranded in Syria 
  • Council deeply concerned over political developments unfolding in Guinea-Bissau 
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News in Brief 29 October 2019

29 October 2019
News in Brief
  • India should ‘unlock’ freedom curbs in disputed Kashmir, urges UN human rights chief
  • UN confirms delivery of food aid to more than 300,000 vulnerable Syrians in troubled northeast
  • El Salvador’s ‘double burden’ of malnutrition and obesity is equivalent to 10% of GDP – WFP report
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UNICEF/Syed Altaf Ahmad

India should ‘unlock’ freedom curbs in disputed Kashmir, urges UN human rights chief

29 October 2019
Human Rights

The people of Indian-administered Kashmir continue to be deprived of numerous basic freedoms, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday, before urging the Indian authorities “to unlock the situation”.

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At UN, Modi outlines development successes, says India gave world ‘Buddha, not war’

27 September 2019
SDGs

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s general debate on Friday, the Prime Minister of India outlined how the world’s largest democracy has embodied the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its work towards “peace, development and progress in the world”.

SGP Ghana

Delhi Declaration: Countries agree to make ‘land degradation neutrality’ by 2030, a national target for action

13 September 2019
Climate Change

A major UN conference on fighting desertification agreed on Friday to make the Sustainable Development Goal target of achieving “land degradation neutrality” (LDN), a national target for action.

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Kashmir communications shutdown a ‘collective punishment’ that must be reversed, say UN experts

22 August 2019
Peace and Security

End the crackdown on freedom of expression, was the strong call to the Government by India from five United Nations independent rights expert on Thursday.

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UN Security Council discusses Kashmir, China urges India and Pakistan to ease tensions

16 August 2019
Peace and Security

The Security Council considered the volatile situation surrounding Kashmir on Friday, addressing the issue in a meeting focused solely on the dispute, within the UN body dedicated to resolving matters of international peace and security, for the first time since 1965. 

UNICEF/Syed Altaf Ahmad

Guterres appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ over Jammu and Kashmir, as tensions rise

8 August 2019
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for ‘maximum restraint’ over the territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, which has been disputed by India and Pakistan, since the end of British rule in the late 1940s.

ICJ/Jeroen Bouman

International Court of Justice orders Pakistan to review death penalty for Indian accused of spying

17 July 2019
Law and Crime Prevention

In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Pakistan to review a death sentence handed down in the case of a former Indian Navy officer accused by Pakistan of spying, finding that the country’s authorities acted in breach of the Vienna Convention, which lays out rules for diplomatic relations between countries.