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UN considers VAW as a public health emergency

Published on: November 25, 2021
21:47

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) Violence against women (VAW) and girls is an abhorrent crime and a public health emergency, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned Thursday.

UN experts ask to fight setbacks in gender equality

Published on: November 24, 2021
17:55

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 24 (Prensa Latina) A team of UN human rights experts on Wednesday called on UN member states to fight setbacks on gender equality.

161 million more hungry people due to pandemic

Published on: November 23, 2021
11:23

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Rome, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) During 2020, the Covid-19 crisis and other factors dragged 161 million more people into food insecurity than the previous year, according to a new FAO report released today.

Millions of children in Latin America continue to be away from school

Published on: November 23, 2021
01:46

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) About 71 million children and adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be away from schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Pandemic exacerbated factors fueling human trafficking

Published on: November 22, 2021
19:11

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated factors that fuel human trafficking, such as poverty, unemployment and gender-based violence, the President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Abdulla Shahid warned Monday.

Arms trafficking, a defining factor in undermining peace and security

Published on: November 22, 2021
18:55

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Robin Geiss on Monday claimed that small arms trafficking is a defining factor in undermining international peace and security.

Zero tolerance policy against human trafficking in Cuba

Published on: November 22, 2021
18:30

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Justice Minister Oscar Manuel Silvera on Monday reaffirmed at the UN that his country holds zero tolerance policy against human trafficking and cracks down on this scourge, as expressed by the Cuban minister at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on evaluation of the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.

UN reiterates condemnation excessive use of force in Sudan

Published on: November 18, 2021
17:47

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General´s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Thursday reaffirmed the UN strongly condemns repeated use of excessive force against peaceful protesters in Sudan.

Cuba supports atomic energy use for peaceful purposes at UN

Published on: November 17, 2021
18:12

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Pedro Luis Pedroso on Wednesday reaffirmed his country's support for the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.

Completion of Somalia elections more important than ever, UN envoy

Published on: November 17, 2021
17:01

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN Secretary-General´s Special Representative James Swan on Wednesday reported that although progress has been made in Somalia´s electoral process, it has been slow and uneven.

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