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31 August 2022, 08:15

Leaders in Libya must take immediate steps to resolve their political impasse, which is spilling over into increasing violence, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday. 

Read the full story, “Libya: Political stalemate and lack of progress on elections”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

An independent UN human rights expert on Tuesday warned that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being “deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States”, urging more action on the part of the Biden administration to protect them.

Read the full story, “LGBT rights being ‘deliberately undermined’, in some US states: UN expert”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

KARACHI, Aug 30 (IPS) - The heavy and incessant monsoon downpours across Pakistan in the last two months have triggered floods wreaking havoc across the country, submerging entire villages and vast tracts of land and entrapping people. Anything coming in the way of the relentless water is being destroyed, including roads, bridges, and standing crops.

Read the full story, “Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds With Pakistan in the Eye of Fiercest Climate Change Storm”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

Observed this Tuesday, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances reaffirms the need for victims’ families to know the truth about what happened to missing relatives.

Read the full story, “Enforced disappearance a serious human rights violation, used to spread terror”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

MADRID, Aug 30 (IPS) - Shortly before the 25 August approval by the Spanish Parliament of the government’s plan to save energy, the country’s right and far-right opposition parties revived their debate about an earlier suggestion of not wearing neckties in the Spanish Congress and Senate and other official institutions.

Read the full story, “A Tale of the Spanish Neckties and Other Made-in-Europe Things”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15

31 August marks the International Day for People of African Descent, on which the UN calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against persons who fit this description. Ahead of the Day, UN News spoke to Dominique Day, and Verene Shepherd, two experts on the subject, who want to raise awareness about the links between the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the global economy.

Read the full story, “INTERVIEW: ‘Break the bonds of shame’ about slavery – UN rights experts”, on globalissues.org

31 August 2022, 08:15
Chinese firms notified they will be among first batch of companies to be inspected in Hong Kong by US audit watchdog.
31 August 2022, 08:15
Referendum will decide whether to replace 1980 magna carta with a text that guarantees new rights.
31 August 2022, 08:15
Sri Lanka is in the throes of its starkest economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948.
31 August 2022, 08:15
The violence after Muqtada al-Sadr's resignation may have stopped for now, but the country's crisis has only deepened.