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News in Brief 14 December 2018

14 December 2018
News in Brief
  • Yemen ceasefire deal: ‘Potential’ now to restore humanitarian lifeline to millions
  • DRC pre-election violence must end, says UN Human Rights chief
  • Nicaraguan NGOs under risk from de-registration ruling – OHCHR
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UNHCR/Béla Szandelszky

Human Rights Committee warns over shrinking checks and balances on Hungarian Government

5 April 2018
Interviews

The UN Human Rights Committee has expressed concern over “major legislative reforms” by the Hungarian Government that have impacted migrants, non-governmental organizations and others, including one law passed last year that

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News in Brief 07 February 2018

7 February 2018
News in Brief
  • More than 300 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan
  • World Urban Forum opens with call for “equal voice” for women in cities
  • “All-out assault on democracy” in the Maldives: UN human rights chief
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UN Photo/Daniel Dickinson

UN Gender Focus: HIV-positive youth, ending violence against women and gender equality

1 December 2016
UN Gender Focus

HIV-positive women face more discrimination than men

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Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
UN Women/Ryan Brown

UN Gender Focus: gender equal world, refugees and "comfort women"

10 March 2016
UN Gender Focus

“Step it up” for a gender-equal world, urges UN Women chief

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UN Photo/Steve Tickner

Malaysia: UN experts call for protection of civil organizations seeking electoral reforms

7 June 2012
United Nations independent experts today called on the Malaysian Government to protect the members of a group of civil society organizations campaigning for electoral process reform, who have been the target of harassment and intimidation.

Civil society crucial in advancing human rights, UN officials tell Paris meeting

3 September 2008
Top United Nations officials have highlighted the important role played by civil society in advancing human rights around the world, as a major United Nations conference bringing together some 2,000 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 90 countries got under way in Paris today.

Cooperative enterprises are a major force in global development, Annan says

23 September 2005
The international cooperative movement – providing more than 100 million jobs and affecting half the world’s people through ethical and socially inclusive enterprises – is a major force in reaching the development goals that were the focus of the World Summit, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

Civil society groups launch website to spur discussion of 2005 UN World Summit

17 August 2005
With some 170 heads of State and government expected in New York in less than a month for the United Nations 2005 World Summit, civil society groups working with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) have launched a Website to voice their views on how to strengthen the world body as it confronts the challenges of extreme poverty and global security.

Workshop examines ways to respond to critics of UN

19 February 2004
Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to hear ideas on how to explain to the world body's critics the role that it plays in maintaining peace and security and promoting development.