Headlines for internationalists
CNN: Who could lead the United Nations next? This Caribbean climate leader, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, makes diplomats 'jump' with excitement — CNN — 29 September 2023 (LINK)
Over 220 people and 25 organizations in 40 countries faced reprisals for cooperating with UN on human rights: new report — OHCHR — 28 September 2023 (LINK)
— Acts of reprisals against women and girls constitute half of the victims in the report.
U.N. high commissioner for human rights makes urgent appeal for security mission for Haiti — Miami Herald — 28 September 2023 (LINK)
186,000 migrants and refugees arrived in southern Europe so far this year, most in Italy, UNHCR says — ground.news: 48 media reports — 28 September 2023 (LINK)
Separatist government of Nagorno-Karabakh says it will dismantle itself by January 2024 — ground.news: 84 media reports — 28 September 2023 (LINK)
SSF/ECOFACT TCFD-Disclosure Webinar: Guidance and Best Practice in the Swiss Context: 10 October — sustainablefinance.ch — 28 September 2023 (LINK)
UN Human Rights officer questions French move to bar its athletes from wearing hijab at Paris 2024 — Reuters ● — 27 September 2023 (LINK)
Leading US Jewish groups decry top legal award for 'anti-Israel' UN official Navi Pillay — timesofisrael — 27 September 2023 (LINK)
Ukraine grain corridor should not replace broader deal — Rebeca Grynspan, who leads the implementation of the U.N. deal with Russia — Reuters ● — 27 September 2023 (LINK)
Scientists discover 8th 'continent' that had been missing for 375 years: the new continent, Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Maui, is 94 per cent underwater, with just a handful of islands, similar to New Zealand — ndtv — 27 September 2023 (LINK)