As Pakistan continues to experience historical floods, Secretary-General António Guterres, on the first day of his visit to the country today, said, “emissions are rising, as people die in floods and famines. And this is insanity; this is collective suicide.” UNIFEED
The High Commissioner for Human Rights said that she was unable to talk to any detained Uyghurs during her recent visit to Xinjiang, China. In anticipation of this and ahead of the visit, she met former detainees now outside the country. UNTV CH
According to UNICEF, Pakistan made remarkable progress in the fight against polio and COVID-19, but efforts to fight malnutrition and increase school enrollment need to be scaled up. UNICEF
THE United States will soon become one of the last remaining Administering Authorities under the United Nations Trusteeship System. Of the eleven territories once included, all but Nauru, northeastern New Guinea and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands will have achieved the stated goal of either self-government or independence within a few years. We will then find ourselves in a new and perhaps unpleasant situation. Until now our record in the Pacific Islands has generally won applause in the United Nations; it has appeared favorable in both relative and absolute terms.