Monthly Archives: April 2016
Samoa’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review
Samoa’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the second time on Tuesday 3 May 2016 in a meeting that will be webcast live. Samoa is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session taking place from 2 to 13 May. Samoa’s first review took place on 9 May 2011. Continue reading
General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Improving United Nations Peacekeeping Architecture Ahead of Day-long Debate
Why workplace stress is a collective challenge and what to do about it
North Korea’s food production falls for first time since 2010 as water scarcity hits agricultural sector
Mediator’s summary of 13-27 April Round of UN facilitated Intra-Syrian talks
This paper sets out an account of developments and the work plan executed by the UN Special Envoy during the round of UN facilitated Intra-Syrian Talks held in Geneva between 13-27 April 2016. Continue reading
Australia violated rights of deaf people over jury service – UN experts
The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of sign language interpretation and real-time captioning, to participate in the proceedings, UN experts have found. Continue reading
Zika: Prevention key to keeping mosquitoes at bay
What seemed like a routine visit to the maternal and child clinic for some 25 pregnant women quickly turned into an informative session on Zika virus. As soon as leaflets arrived at the Sigatoka hospital on Friday morning, nurses wasted no time in picking up copies and explaining the importance of prevention of the Zika virus to the group. Continue reading
Record Support for Advancing Paris Climate Agreement Entry into Force
How to reduce humanitarian need
In the next decade, most of the world’s acutely vulnerable people will be living in fragile and conflict-affected cities and States. If current trends persist, conflict will continue to consume 80 percent of humanitarian funding, setting back development by trillions of dollars. In 2014, over 13 per cent of the global economy was drained away by violence and war. Continue reading