Sudan Army Condemned For Excessive Force Killing Many Protesters - UN Secretary-General
"The Secretary-General reminds the Transitional Military Council of its responsibility for the safety and security of the citizens of ... [and] urges the Sudanese authorities to facilitate an independent investigation in to the deaths and to hold those responsible accountable," Dujarric said. Guterres was also "alarmed" by reports that Sudanese security forces had also opened inside medical facilities ...
UNICEF Calls For Higher Vaccination Rates In Eastern Ukraine Amid Measles Outbreak
The UNICEF-led vaccination campaign saw 27,000 children being inoculated last year, bringing the vaccination rates of school-aged children to 90 percent. The ' Health Organization has estimated that measles cases worldwide rose 300 percent in the first three months of , following consecutive increases in the previous two years.
UNICEF Calls On Warring Parties In Donbas To Stop Attacks On Schools, Clear Landmines
"UNICEF continues alongside other humanitarian organizations to appeal for parties to respect international humanitarian law and ensure that schools and other vital civilian structure are never in the line of ," Afshan Khan, the agency's director, said. UNICEF has registered numerous attacks on schools between and of this year, with over 750 educational facilities being ...
UNICEF Wants Countries Of Origin To Issue Identity Papers To Kids Of IS Fighters
"[We feel the need] to provide children who are citizens or born to their nationals with a set of documentation to prevent these children being stateless or becoming stateless and then support their safe dignified and voluntary return and reintegration in their countries of origin," Khan said. UNICEF has helped to repatriate several hundred minors to their countries ...
Moldova To Deploy 11th Peacekeeping Contingent To Kosovo On June 9 - Defense Minister
The contingent will comprise 33 soldiers, seven engineers and an officer, and will be based at Camp Vilaggio Italia in Kosovo's Pech for six months. Without your help, our efforts here in the [Moldovan Defense] Ministry, would be futile," Sturza told the soon-to-be-deployed peacekeepers at a formal ceremony.
Russia Blocks UN Criticism Of Attacks In Northwest Syria
Russia said in a note seen by AFP that the proposed statement was "unbalanced" because it did not mention the towns of Hajin or Baguz, where civilians have suffered during US-backed fighting against the Islamic State group. Russia last month blocked a separate statement also warning of a humanitarian catastrophe an all-out assault on region, home to ...
UNICEF Calls For Broad EU Deal To Let Migrant Children Ashore
"There is a need for some measure to be put in place, some type of regional coordinated arrangement that provides some disembarkation facilities for particularly vulnerable children and families... , IOM and UNICEF have been in discussions with the EU member states to see how that option look like," Afshan Khan said.
UNICEF Estimates Libyan Capital Offensive Displaced 35,000 Children
"We know that there are 70,000 people, and almost half of them are children, who have been internally displaced within since the restart of the hostilities there," Afshan Khan said. Libya has over 5,000 migrants in detention centers, around a fifth of whom are children, the UNISEF official said. An estimated 3,000 migrants are in detention facilities in ...
Eidul Fitr in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday
Saudi Arabia has just declared Tuesday (tomorrow) as the first day of Eidul Fitr, . Indonesia and Malaysia declared Wednesday as the first day of Eid but UAE residents are still waiting on an official announcement, the publication added.
Russian Foreign Minister Says Accepts Invitation To Visit Colombia
Earlier in the day, began his five-day to and held talks with Lavrov. I am grateful to my colleague for the reciprocal invitation to , which I will definitely accept," Lavrov said after talks with .
US President Trump, Melania send Muslims 'warmest greetings on Eid al-Fitr'
The US president further wrote: "This sacred day provides Muslims, both in the United States and around the world, an opportunity to renew their commitment to help those less fortunate, to strengthen their faith in God, and to engage in worship and fellowship with others.
Top Trump Economic Advisor Hopeful On US-Mexico Tariff Talks
Hassett, who is due to leave the around the end of , denied that the row will hurt the US economy or scuttle the completed, but still not ratified North American free trade known as the USMCA. "The tariffs on are a very big deal for the Mexican economy and a small deal for the US ...
'Calm Before The Storm' On Tripoli's Front Lines
"We don't deprive ourselves of anything," said a fighter who travelled some 200 kilometres (120 miles) the city of Misrata to join pro-government forces. "But it's the calm before the ," said Hamza al-Hsan, a commander of Misrata's Battalion 166. The armed group is one of many to join the battle on the side of the Tripoli-based ...
Lack Of Migrant Shelters Driving Public Anxiety In Bosnia - UNICEF
"I'm worried that without adequate investment by on additional facilities to shelter and care for we're going to see more and more people on the street which will in turn to more and more xenophobia and dissatisfaction of the population," Afshan Khan said. Khan, who is UNICEF's regional director for and its special coordinator for migrant response ...
Storm Near Frankfurt Airport Grounds 140 Flights
A lightning strike has halted operations, the 's spokeswoman told the Bild newspaper, leaving planes with passengers on the tarmac.
Children Crammed Into Overcrowded Refugee Camps In Spain, Greece - UNICEF Officer
"In there were 14,000 unaccompanied and migrant children registered with the Spanish authorities and that's more than double the numbers registered in ... We recently carried out a child protection assessment by the UNICEF national committee in and it showed that the reception conditions are inadequate with limited access to essential services, like interpretation, cultural mediation, ...
Trump Ignites Twitter War With London Mayor Sadiq Khan Just Before Landing In UK
In his last statements before departing for the British capital, compared to City Mayor Bill de Blasio, one of the strongest critics of the president, and said he was not looking forward to meet him during his stay in . Khan "who by accounts has done a terrible as Mayor of , has ...
UNICEF Says Migrant Deaths At Sea Surged In Jan-Apr 2019 Despite Decrease In Arrivals
"We actually have seen an overall decline in the number of and migrants arriving in through the Mediterranean route - , , ... but more deaths at sea," Afshan Khan said in an interview. "Also in terms of composition of countries of origin we've also seen a little bit of a shift - initially there were ...
Trump Meets Queen After Insulting London Mayor
Trump called the mayor a "stone cold loser", adding: "Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, (Bill) de Blasio, who has also done a terrible - only half his height".
Swedish court rejects request to detain Assange over 2010 rape case
UPPSALA: A Swedish court on Monday rejected a request to detain Julian Assange over a 2010 rape case, dashing the prosecutor’s hopes of having him swiftly extradited from Britain. The Uppsala district court said that while it considered the WikiLeaks founder “a suspect” in the case, the fact that Assange was currently in prison in Britain meant he does not need ...
