Although coastal and freshwater wetlands - such as swamps, mangroves and marshes - contain 40 percent of all plant and animal species, many are polluted or degraded due to climate change and human development. On World Wetlands Day Thursday, the UN called for urgent action to revive and restore these
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Step up efforts for migrants’ rights: UN Special Rapporteur urges govt
The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales, on Tuesday urged the authorities in Bangladesh to step up efforts for better protection of migrants' rights."Bangladesh must step up efforts to strengthen regulation of the migrant recruitment system to protect migrant workers against exploitation and abuses," said
Myanmar situation ‘catastrophic’ two years after coup: UN
Nearly two years after Myanmar's military coup, the UN rights chief warned Friday that the country had plunged into catastrophe, calling for the military to be brought under civilian oversight. Since the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government on February 1, 2021, Myanmar has "by nearly every
The year of debt distress and damaging development trade-off
As the year 2022 drew to an end, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned, “Developing countries face ‘impossible trade-off’ on debt”, that spiralling debt in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) has compromised their chances of sustainable development. In early December, an opinion piece in The New York
Opium cultivation surged 33pc amid violence in Myanmar
Nations express ‘deep concern’ at Israeli punitive measure
More than 90 countries have expressed "deep concern" at Israel's punitive measures against the Palestinian people, leadership and civil society following a U.N. request for an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. In a statement
Myanmar arms industry grows after army takeover
Companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities following a 2021 military takeover, independent international experts have found.The report released Monday by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar details how the country has stepped up
UN special rapporteur condemns killing of Bangabandhu
Felipe González Morales, UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, has strongly condemned the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members on August 15, 1975. He made this condemnation in a meeting held at the Bangladesh Embassy in Madrid with Mohammad Sarwar Mahmud,
2.1m children, youths aged between 5-24 died in 2021: UN
An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5-24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In a separate report also released
Ozone layer slowly but noticeably healing: UN
Earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades as it is slowly but noticeably healing, a UN-backed panel of experts said Monday.In a report published every four years on the progress of the Montreal Protocol, the panel confirmed the phase-out of nearly 99 percent of banned