United Nations News Centre - Record 22.2 million people need humanitarian assistance in #Yemen – UN aid chief
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Mr. Lowcock [the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator], also the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, [...] welcomed the nearly $1 billion pledge by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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#orwell_files #onu
Plus de 800 espèces affectées par les déchets marins.
New UN report finds marine debris harming more than 800 species, costing countries millions
United Nations News Centre - Security Council urges stronger regional approach on eradicating piracy in Gulf of Guinea
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United Nations officials today reiterated a call for a comprehensive regional framework to eradicate piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea, with the Security Council stressing the importance of addressing underlying causes and strengthening justice systems and judicial cooperation in the region.
“The Security Council remains deeply concerned about the threat that piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea pose to international navigation, the security and economic development of States in the region, to the safety and welfare of seafarers and other persons, as well as the safety of commercial maritime routes,” the 15-member body said in a presidential statement adopted today.
Le presidential statement
▻http://www.franceonu.org/Presidential-Statement-Piracy-and-armed-robbery-at-sea
tiens, à propos du Golfe de Guinée,…
Pirates Free Turkish Crew Kidnapped Off Nigeria - gCaptain
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Six Turkish members of a cargo ship’s crew who were kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria two weeks ago have been released and are safely back in Istanbul, a lawyer for the shipping company said on Tuesday.
“The six of them have been released and are back in Istanbul. All are in good health,” said Fehmi Ulgener, a lawyer for the shipping firm Kaptanoglu Denizcilik. He declined to say whether or not a ransom had been paid.
The Turks, who included the M/T Puli’s captain, chief officer and chief engineer, were abducted some 90 miles off Nigeria on April 11. Other members of the crew were left onboard, unharmed.
United Nations News Centre - Smugglers will adapt as long as there is a market to exploit, warn UN experts on migrant rights
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via @isskein (comme l’essentiel de mes signalement ce soir d’ailleurs)
23 October 2015 – Two United Nations experts on the human rights of migrants today called on the European Union to open regular and safe channels for migrants, saying “attempting to seal borders and the over-emphasis on the securitisation of borders is not going to reduce irregular migration in the long run.”
“Smugglers will continue to skilfully adapt, as long as there is a market to exploit,” wrote UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, and the Chair of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Francisco Carrión Mena, in an open letter released today.
United Nations News Centre - Europe should make ‘mobility’ central in migration policy, UN rights expert says
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“The European Union (EU) must recognize that irregular migration is a result of policies prohibiting immigration,” the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. “Such policies only serve to open a new and lucrative market for smuggling rings, which could not exist without this prohibition.”
“If Europe insists on focusing most of its resources on securitization, it will fail to defeat smuggling rings,” Mr. Crépeau warned.
The Rapporteur called therefore on the EU to establish a human rights-based, coherent and comprehensive migration policy which makes mobility its central asset. “It is the only way in which it can reclaim its border, effectively combat smuggling and empower migrants,” the Special Rapporteur assured.
United Nations News Centre - Post-2015 development agenda an ‘historic’ opportunity to eradicate poverty – UN chief
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30 May 2013 – The world has an historic opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve sustainability and equality for all through the new post-2015 development agenda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, launching a report that outlines a new framework to build on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).