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Airline diversion, journalist's arrest draw alarm at UN
Members of the United Nations Security Council are holding a closed-door meeting today to discuss the diversion of a Ryanair plane in Belarus and subsequent arrest of Roman Protasevich, a journalist known to oppose Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The International Civil Aviation Organization also plans to hold an urgent meeting on this incident, which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says is "an extremely worrying escalation in the crackdown on dissenting voices."Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (5/26), Yahoo/Reuters (5/26), Reuters (5/24), United Press International (5/26)
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HRC considers Gaza probe as UN urges full aid access
The United Nations Human Rights Council will meet this week to consider a call to investigate alleged violations of international law during 11 days of violent clashes between Israeli and Palestinian forces. The UN is calling for both land crossings between Israel and Gaza to be fully opened for aid delivery as it prepares an appeal for $100 million to fund recovery in Gaza.Full Story: Arab News (Saudi Arabia)/Agence France-Presse (5/25), The Jerusalem Post (free registration) (5/25)
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The Guardian (London) (free registration) (5/26)
a.. Funding shortfall threatens UN tribunal for Lebanon
The Jerusalem Post (free registration)/Reuters (5/25)
Health & Development
Halt to conflict, vaccine equity needed to end pandemic
Ongoing and fresh conflicts in many regions have hampered efforts against the pandemic, advises United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock as UNICEF says the world will only be safe from COVID-19 when everyone, including those in hard-to-reach or developing regions, is vaccinated. Delegates at this week's World Health Assembly have agreed to hold a session on global pandemic preparedness in November, while a World Health Organization insider says the agency has identified areas of its virus probe in China where further study is needed.Full Story: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (5/25), Newshub (New Zealand) (5/25), The Associated Press (5/26), CNN (5/25)
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Guterres: Extractive industry must be improved
The extraction of the world's mineral resources offers great opportunity, but is often also associated with corruption, population displacement, biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and human rights abuses, says United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, noting the industry must improve to facilitate sustainable global recovery from the ongoing pandemic. Companies must improve transparency into environmental pledges and the way they measure progress on climate goals, says UN Global Compact Executive Director Sanda Ojiambo.Full Story: Xinhua News Agency (China) (5/25), Thomson Reuters Foundation (5/25)
Peacekeeping and Security
UNSC to meet in the wake of attempted coup in Mali
Members of the United Nations Security Council are expected to hold a special meeting today on ongoing unrest and concerns of an attempted coup in Mali after military forces detained the country's president and prime minister. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for calm in the region and the release of both officials.Full Story: Macau Business (Macao)/Agence France-Presse (5/26), France 24/Agence France-Presse (5/25)
a.. Envoy sounds alarm as Myanmar civilians take up arms against junta
The Associated Press (5/25)
a.. UN ready to assist with Samoan election standoff
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