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UN peacekeepers conduct foot and vehicle patrols in the centre of Mali.
MINUSMA/Gema Cortes

News in Brief 25 May 2021

25 May 2021
News in Brief
  • Call for release of Mali leaders after 'attempted coup'
  • 'New phase' of Belarus repression warns UN rights office
  • South Asia health systems risk collapse due to COVID: UNICEF
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A Ryanair plane approaches an airport for landing. (file)
Unsplash/Fotis Christopoulos

Guterres deeply concerned over ‘forced landing’ and arrest of Belarus opposition journalist, as condemnation grows

24 May 2021
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General said on Monday he was “deeply concerned” over the apparent forced landing of a commercial passenger jet over Belarus, and the subsequent detention of a prominent dissident and journalist by authorities there.

Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), at United Nations Headquarters in New York. 24 October 2018.
UN News/Nabil Midani

International Court of Justice, key to ‘high degree’ of stability, peace and prosperity over 70 years

25 October 2018
Interviews

A chief reason for the high level of “peace, stability and prosperity” enjoyed by many countries across the world is the ongoing work of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).  That’s the view of Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, of Somalia, President of the ICJ.  Judge Yusuf briefed the Security Council on Wednesday on the work of the Court over the past year, he spoke with Mustafa Al Gamal of our UN News Arabic service.

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A view of the Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, 2005
Photo/ICJ/Jeroen Bouman

Judges urge Security Council to serve interests of all UN Member States

17 May 2018
Peace and Security

The Security Council should act on behalf of the entire United Nations membership rather than prioritizing their own national interests, or those of close allies, international court judges said on Thursday, as the 15-member body debated how to effectively counter numerous threats to world peace.

Khaled Quzmar, General Director of Defense for Children International-Palestine.
UN Radio Arabic Unit

Rise in arrests of young Palestinians

28 April 2016
General News

The number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli authorities has doubled in the past four years, according to an advocate from the region.

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President David Arthur Ranger of Guyana addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

President of Guyana urges UN to protect small States from foreign aggression

29 September 2015
Reaffirming his country’s commitment to international law and the primacy of the decisions of the United Nations, the President of Guyana today called on the world body to stand by its commitment to protect small States from foreign aggression, in this case, attempts by Venezuela to “unravel borders which have been undisturbed for decades.”