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After lashing parts of Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands with 140 kilometre-an-hour winds, Hurricane Fiona is expected to make landfall in Canada late Friday and Saturday, the UN said. UNTV CH

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

The governor of Puerto Rico Alejandro Garcia Padilla called on the United Nations decolonization committee to “put the case of Puerto Rico to the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization and to the Human Rights Council.” UNIFEED-UNTV

The World Health Organization(WHO), together with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), presented a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease by 2050. Today there are 33 countries and territories where there are fewer than 100 TB cases per million population. WHO

The magic and beauty of forests took center stage during the UN "Forest for People Awards" at the UN Forum on Forests inIstanbul. The awards for Forest Heroes, the International Forest Short Film Festival and the International Forest Photograph Awards focus on the dynamic and unique relationship between forests and the people who depend on them. UNTV

Ahead of a special event at UN headquarters on the role of leadership in the fight against homophobia - featuring Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and singers Ricky Martin and Yvonne Chaka Chaka - the South African singer said "hiding behind culture" was not a valid excuse for discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. UNTV

Representatives from Puerto Rico appear before the United Nations' decolonization committee to denounce Washington's control and analyze the future status of the island. UNTV

According to a new report from the World Bank, Eastern European nations are aggressively courting entrepreneurs with far-reaching reforms that streamline business regulations and taxes, but African and Middle Eastern nations with high youth unemployment rates continue to thwart small and medium businesses with heavy legal burdens and piecemeal reforms. WORLD BANK