"INDIGENOUS PEOPLES"

Upcoming elections offer historic opportunity to widen Colombia’s democracy, Special Representative tells Security Council.

Marking Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said the past two years have demonstrated, “all too painfully, the intolerable cost of soaring inequalities,” according to a spokesperson. UNTV CH

UNHCR expressed concern over the difficult living conditions of indigenous Warao families from Venezuela who are settled in remote locations across Guyana. UNHCR

UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes said there is a need for a “new deal” in the United States for “comprehensive national human rights legislation to prevent the increasing exclusion [and] discrimination, and also [to] attack hate speech and hate crimes” experienced by minorities. UNIFEED

Virtual press briefing by UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, on his recent official visit to the United States.

Informal comments to the media by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations, on peace and security in Africa.

More than 25,000 indigenous people in the Republic of the Congo are at risk of statelessness. Many do not have identity papers like birth certificates and live in desperately poor conditions in remote parts of the country. They often face discrimination and are forced to work in menial jobs. The government and UNHCR are working together to change their plight by providing birth certificates, a first step in ensuring they are protected. UNHCR

In presidential statement, Security Council reaffirms Its primary responsibility for maintenance of international peace.

In presidential statement, Security Council reaffirms Its primary responsibility for maintenance of international peace.

At the opening of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, UN chief Antonio Guterres called for greater ambition on mitigation and immediate concrete action to reduce global emissions by 45 per cent by 2030. He told world leaders, “Enough treating nature like a toilet,” adding, “We are digging our own graves.” UNIFEED