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New UN global innovation forum to 'creatively disrupt' status quo for women and girls in tech

New York, Sept 15(Just Earth News): The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) on Thursday launched the Global Innovation Coalition for Change with partners from the private sector, the academia and non-governmental organizations to encourage innovation and technology work better for young women and girls around the world. more

UN human rights chief points to ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ in Myanmar

New York, Sept 12(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Monday lashed out at the treatment of the Rohingya in Myanmar which has led to more than 300,000 people fleeing t ...

UN chief Guterres meets Israel's Netanyahu in Jerusalem, pledges to fight anti-Semitism

New York, Aug 28(Just Earth News): Reiterating his commitment to fighting anti-Semitism, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Net ...

UN rights office gathering info on air strikes in Yemen; urges protection of civilians

New York, Aug 25(Just Earth News): Reiterating that attacks targeting civilians are prohibited under international law, the United Nations human rights office on Friday confirmed dozens of c ...

On Day of Remembrance, UN says history of slave trade can help combat social injustice

New York, Aug 23(Just Earth News): Remembering the universal demand for freedom that led to the 1791 insurrection by slaves in what is now Haiti, the head of the United Nations cultural and ...

UN rights experts criticize US failure to unequivocally reject racist violent events

New York, Aug 23(Just Earth News): The United Nations body monitoring implementation of the global convention on prohibiting racial discrimination has called on high-level politicians and pu ...

UN human rights chief welcomes rape law reform in Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan

New York, Aug 22(Just Earth News): Today, the top United Nations human rights official welcomed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that allow rapists to avoid criminal prosecu ...

UN rights experts warn new EU policy on boat rescues will cause more people to drown

New York, Aug 18(Just Earth News): The European Union's new policy on Mediterranean Sea rescues threatens life and breaches international standards, two United Nations independent human expe ...

UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Myanmar's Rakhine state

New York, Aug 12(Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm over reports that an army battalion has flown into Rakhine state in western Myanmar to help local ...

UN rights office 'deeply concerned' about deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza

New York, Aug 12(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed deep concern about the steadily deteriorating humanitarian and human rights conditions in Gaza, ...