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• Alarm bells are ringing over conflict, COVID and climate, ‘now we must respond’, Ireland tells UN Assembly 

  2021-09-24

  Looking back over the first four days of the high-level week, the Ireland’s Prime Minister said a series of alarms have sounded in the Hall of the General Assembly: for conflict, for COVID, for climate.  

• Cyprus President determined to get negotiation with Turkey process back on track

  2021-09-24

  Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told UN Member States on Friday that he is determined “to set the negotiation process” with Turkey “back on track”, on the basis of the UN framework and the agreement reached in 2019.

• ‘The adolescence of humanity is coming to an end’, declares UK Prime Minister

  2021-09-23

  In his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that it is time for mankind to grow up and take responsibility for the damage we are inflicting on the planet.

• International community must harness momentum created by triple crises and act, says Norway

  2021-09-23

  Norway Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, said on Wednesday the world is contending with three crises at the same time: a climate crisis, a health crisis, and an economic crisis. 

• ‘Through the tears, solutions for a better society have sprung up’: Estonian President

  2021-09-22

  The President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, lauded the world’s embrace of online services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, in her high-level General Debate speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly session.

• UN agencies shocked by deaths near Belarus-Poland border 

  2021-09-21

  The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and migration agency IOM, called on Tuesday for an immediate investigation into the deaths of four people near the border between Poland and Belarus, due to causes yet to be determined.  

• IOM concerned for migrants facing ‘dire conditions’ at EU-Belarus border

  2021-09-06

  Migrants are facing “dire conditions” at the European Union-Belarus border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Monday. 

• Trials of former Spanish judge lack independence, impartiality: landmark case

  2021-08-26

  The UN Human Rights Committee concluded on Thursday that the trials of a former Spanish judge in two major political cases were arbitrary and did not comply with the principles of judicial independence and impartiality.

• UK plan thwarts access to truth over Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’

  2021-08-10

  Two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressed serious concern over a United Kingdom plan to end prosecutions for grave violations committed during the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, long known as “the Troubles”. 

• Cyprus communities weaving closer ties through UN-backed project

  2021-08-07

  A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the country, UNFICYP. 

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