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A team of experts from the World
Health Organization who have spent four weeks in
China investigating the origins of COVID-19 have
concluded that the virus mostly likely
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Cyberactors with connections to
North Korea were likely behind the online theft
of $316.4 million spanning from 2019 through
November 2020, including a $281 million
cryptocurrency theft in September 2020, United
Nations experts say. A report from the group
suggests continued online attacks are helping to
fund North Korean weapons
development. Full Story: The Associated Press
(2/10), Reuters (2/9)
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United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees Filippo Grandi and International
Organization for Migration Director-General
Antonio Vitorino are lauding an announcement
from Colombian President Ivan Duque that
Colombia will offer roughly 1.7 million
Venezuelan refugees in the country access to
employment, health care and other services.
"Colombia's offer to provide temporary
protection to Venezuelans on its territory for a
ten-year period is a humanitarian gesture of an
unprecedented scale in the region -- and the
entire world," Grandi says. Full Story: National Public Radio (2/9)
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More than 9,000 women and
children from 57 countries are being living in
"subhuman" conditions in two Syrian camps
because of their ties to Islamic State fighters,
and their home countries have a legal obligation
to repatriate them, says Fionnuala Ni Aolain,
United Nations special rapporteur on protecting
human rights while countering terrorism. UN
officials have voiced alarm at escalating
violence and a recent spate of killings at one
of the camps, warning that a failure to
repatriate children in the camp could result in
their radicalization. Full Story: Reuters
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Preparations for this year's
United Nations climate summit must proceed
virtually to avoid further delays, says Antonio
Guterres, UN Secretary-General. Guterres has
directed UN offices to make facilities available
to countries lacking the resources to
participate in online talks, and UN climate
chief Patricia Espinosa has said her office will
support smaller countries to ensure their
participation is on par with their larger,
wealthier counterparts. Full Story: Climate Home News
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United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres is making contact with leaders
in Asian countries to urge them to take action
against the military coup in Myanmar, while
welcoming a decision from the UN Human Rights
Council to meet later this week to discuss the
situation. The UN has voiced concern over the
use of force against crowds protesting the coup,
urging authorities in Myanmar to maintain
respect for human rights. Full Story: The Wire (India)/Press Trust of
India
(2/9), NHK World (Japan)
(2/10), Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
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