United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has welcomed the announcement that Cuba plans to release 52 political detainees, her spokesperson said today. She hopes that this will be the start of a series of significant steps to advance the protection of human rights in Cuba, Rupert Colville, spokesperson for the Office of [Read More]
Haiti is now back on the global postal grid, with a new United Nations-backed processing centre having been unveiled earlier this week capable of processing mail from all over the world. The devastating 12 January earthquake destroyed the countrys main post office and the building housing the Express Mail Service (EMS) in the [Read More]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended States in the Caribbean region for their commitment to supporting Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January and urged them to continue their engagement there, saying the country will need consistent assistance from the international community to recover. “Your engagement is central to [Read More]
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A global effort led by the United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is endeavouring to accelerate the reconstruction of Haitis information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, which was destroyed in the devastating January earthquake. Lets do everything we can to ensure that Haiti gets state-of-the-art [Read More]
