un daily news - 12 april 2016

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Issue DH/7135 Tuesday, 12 April 2016

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Nigeria: UN human rights experts call or progressin a!duction o schoolgirls in Chi!o"

United Nations !egins inormal !rieings to selectnext Secretar#-$eneral

UN mar"s %%th anniversar# o irst human lightinto outer space

&esert 'ocust out!rea" in (emen leavessurrounding countries potentiall# at ris"

)ra*: UN mission +arns o increasing ris"s orcivilians in !esieged Falluah

World needs ne+ vision or ur!ani.ation,/ sa#s UNchie

0irdrops in S#ria continue as UN mediator meets+ith )ranian oicial in Tehran

UN agenc# urges inclusion o victims o massdisplacement in Colom!ian peace tal"s

1eace, sta!ilit# gains in C2te d3)voire signal need to+eigh uture UN role in countr# 4 UN peace"eepingchie

'i!#a: UN development programme launchesinitiative to support countr#/s sta!ili.ation

UN rights oice surprised/ !# 5ene.uela/s rulingagainst reconciliation !ill

"igeria! #" u$an rigts e%perts &all 'or progress in a(du&tiono' s&oolgirls in )i(o*

12 April Ahead of the second anniversary of the abduction of 200schoolgirls in the town of Chibok in Nigeria, a group of United

Nations and African huan rights e!perts today appealed to "oko#ara to iediately reveal the location of the girls, and urged the$overnent of Nigeria to escalate its efforts to free all civilianskidnaped by the group%

&'n the last two years, despite re(assurances fro those at the highestlevel of the Nigerian $overnent, the parents have not seen anyconcrete progress in locating and liberating their daughters,) the

e!perts said% &*he lack of access to inforation increases thesuffering of the abductees+ failies through false hopes andfrustrations%)

*he e!perts said that while they understand the securityconsiderations put forward by the authorities, which prevent thedisclosure of inforation, they are deeply concerned that &thegrievances of the failies and their ost basic right to be kept infored about the plight of their loved ones has largely beenignored%)

*he e!perts believe that the Nigerian authorities should eet the parents+ deand for the designation of a focal point toliaise with the failies of abducted persons and provide the with regular inforation and assistance%

In the Gire 1 camp for internally displaced people, near Yola, Nigeria,

a father holds photographs of his eldest daughter, 18, and his 6-year-old son, both of whom were kidnapped by members of oko !aram

during an attack on the family"s #illage$ %hoto& 'NI()*+ebastian

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UN &ail# Ne+s 6 0pril 6;inister of /oreign Affairs and 6uropean 'ntegration% #e is noinated bythe $overnent of >ontenegro%

'rina "okovais currently the ?irector($eneral of the United Nations 6ducational, -cientific and Cultural DrganiJation%-he is noinated by the $overnent of "ulgaria%

Antonio $uterreswas ost recently the United Nations #igh Coissioner for 3efugees% #e is noinated by the$overnent of Lortugal%

/ollowing their sessions, each candidate will have the opportunity to speak with the press% Dpening the dialogues, >r%


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UN &ail# Ne+s 6 0pril 6;uch of what we are ebarking on today is without precedent at the UN,) he stressed%

&/or the first tie in this DrganiJation+s 0(year history, the process for selecting and appointing the ne!t -ecretary($eneralis being genuinely guided by principles of transparency and inclusivity and the dialogues that we are beginning today areat the very core of this change,) he added%

>r% eber -tates+ interventions at regular

intervals, with >eber -tates speaking on behalf of groups given priority%

A civil society coittee had reviewed all the ore than :,000 uestions subitted fro 0 countries since 2@ /ebruary,when the call was opened for civil society to subit uestions% *he coittee had agreed on a shortlist of 0 uestions, the$eneral Assebly Lresident said%

&*he level of interest in these dialogues fro the global public and civil society is e!traordinary,) he said%

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UN &ail# Ne+s 6 0pril 6;orocco 5?raa .alley7, >auritania 5near Pouerate7 and Algeria% 'n addition, soe sall(scale ?esert


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UN &ail# Ne+s 6 0pril 6;7, agency spokespersonr% de >istura, as well as 200 'D> staff% A eeting also took place with -yrian governent officials on issues of

huanitarian access to besieged towns and cross(border access for huanitarian convoys%

pecial )n#oy for yria, taffan 5e istura$ 'N %hoto+.nne-7aure7echat$


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UN &ail# Ne+s 6 0pril 6;ourabitoun group affiliated with Al(Qaeda in the'slaic >aghreb 5AQ'>7, the $overnent has taken proactive easures to identify and bring to 1ustice those responsible

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