UNEP Releases Covid-19 Waste Management Factsheets
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns that in response to Covid-19, hospitals, healthcare facilities, and individuals are producing more waste than usual, including masks, gloves, gowns, and other protective…
UN Human Rights Experts Urge India to Release CAA Protest Leaders
By RMN News Service A group of UN experts* called on India on Friday (June 26) to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes…
With Focus on Human Rights, UN Releases 3-Point Response to Tackle Coronavirus
As its response to combat coronavirus infection, the United Nations has released a report, “United Nations Comprehensive Response to Covid-19: Saving Lives, Protecting Societies, Recovering Better.” Since the beginning of…
Devastating Effect of Coronavirus in Despotic Regimes: U.S., Brazil, Russia, and India
If the autocratic rulers in these four countries – U.S., Brazil, Russia, and India – are not tamed immediately, coronavirus will cause catastrophic damage in the entire world. With 10…
ILO Warns of Covid-19 Migrant Crisis within a Health Crisis
Tens of millions of migrant workers, forced to return home because of the Covid-19 pandemic after losing their jobs, face unemployment and poverty in their home countries, the International Labour…
Olympic Athletes Join Forces with WHO and the UN to Fight Covid-19
On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and WHO together with the United Nations launched a partnership to encourage people around the world to be #HEALTHYTogether.…