World Economic Outlook Dims as War and Pandemic Cast a Pall
“Demand will be and will need to be restrained by the removal of monetary accommodation,” she said. “And this has become very clear in recent months.”In addition to the war,...
Syria: Use of chemical weapons ‘blight’ on international community’s conscience |
“Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable and the absence of accountability for the past use of such weapons remains a blight on the conscience of the international community,” said...
Atlanta Apple Store Workers Are the First to Formally Seek a Union
Employees at an Apple store in Atlanta filed a petition on Wednesday to hold a union election. If successful, the workers could form the first union at an Apple retail...
Bachelet leads calls for ceasefire in Ukraine during urgent debate at UN rights council |
Convened at the request of Ukraine, the Human Rights Council gathered in Geneva to consider a draft resolution on the “situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian...
‘No justification for violence or terror’ says UN Envoy amid rising tensions in Jerusalem |
Tor Wennesland added that 26 Palestinians and seven Israelis have also been injured during the confrontations. According to news reports, Israeli police shot a Palestinian man dead on Monday after...
Fears grow for Syria amid rising violence, deepening humanitarian crisis |
Presenting the latest UN Human Rights Council-mandated report on the nearly 11-year-old conflict at a virtual press conference in Geneva, Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry...
‘We cannot fail the Syrian people’ Guterres declares, marking 11 years of brutal war |
“The destruction that Syrians have endured is so extensive and deadly that it has few equals in modern history”, said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement. “There must be no impunity.” ‘We must not lose...
UN rights chief decries mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia |
High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged the authorities in a statement released following Saturday’s mass execution, to “bring the country’s counterterrorism laws fully into line with international standards”....
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war |
Only yesterday three children were reportedly killed by unexploded ordnance in Aleppo city, the statement said. Last year alone, nearly 900 children in Syria lost their lives or were injured,...