UN Daily News 19 May 2016

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Issue DH/7162 Thursday, 19 May 2016

In the headlines:

• Syria: credibility of peace tals at ris !it"outrene!ed truce, aid access, UN envoy !arns

• #eaceeepin$ %fla$s"ip of t"e UN enterprise,& 'ansays a"ead of (ay "onourin$ )blue "elmets)

• World *umanitarian Summit can build support fordisability-inclusive aid responses + UN epert

• Four sc"ools or "ospitals in crisis ones attaced oroccupied every day + UN.CEF

• FE/TURE: Family of UN peaceeeper !"o saved"undreds of lives in R!anda s"ares memories of

t"eir fat"er, "usband • FE/TURE: UN uses virtual reality to inspire

"umanitarian empat"y

• Security Council concludes visit to Somalia0 ur$ess!ift approval of electoral model

• Eart"&s "ealt" declinin$ %faster t"an t"ou$"t& butaction by $overnments can reverse trend + UN

• 1lobal life epectancy up five years since 2333, but$ains uneven + UN "ealt" a$ency

• /"ead of end of UN forum, participation ofindi$enous people in development tar$ets ur$ed

• 4ali: 'an condemns attac on UN convoy t"atilled five peaceeepers

• UN "uman ri$"ts c"ief !elcomes #fier)s decisionto bar use of its dru$s in eecutions

More stories inside

yria: !redi"ility o# $ea!e tal%s at ris% without renewed tru!e,aid a!!ess, &' en(oy warns

19 May – Without improved humanitarian access and a restoration of

Syria’s cessation of hostilities, the credibility of the next round of

peace talks would be in question, the United ations envoy mediatin!the talks said today, vowin! to take the "last resort" option of air drops

if there is no improvement in access to besie!ed areas by the first of#une$

%&bviously we are in clear hurry to start re'introducin! the next roundof the intra'Syrian talks but the messa!e was clear( if we don’t have

the atmosphere conducive for increasin! the cessation of hostilitiestenure )*+ and a substantial improvement on the humanitarian access,

then the credibility of the next round of talks will be in question,

Special -nvoy for Syria, Staffan de .istura, said$

/he envoy was briefin! reporters in 0eneva on a meetin! of the1nternational Syria Support 0roup 21SS03 that took place in 4ienna

earlier this week$ /he 1SS0 comprises the United States, the 5ussian 6ederation, the U, the 7rab 8ea!ue, the -uropeanUnion, and 9: other countries and has been workin! since late last year to resolve the Syrian crisis$

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a

press conference in Geneva on the Intra-Syrian Geneva Talks 201!UN "hoto#$ean-Marc %err&

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1n the 1SS0 meetin!, %a profound unhappiness or %impatience was aired re!ardin! the failure of humanitarian aid to reachmany of the besie!ed areas, he said$ 1n ;arayya, delivery of baby food had been blocked by %well'fed, !rown'up soldiers,he added$


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peacekeepers have died since 9EDC$

%>eacekeepin! is becomin! more and more dan!erous, .r$ ?an said in remarks durin! that event$ %7ll too often our personnel are tar!eted by armed !roups, spoilers and terrorists$ 1n some areas where the U operates, our blue fla! has !onefrom bein! a shield to a tar!et$

/he U chief emphasiKed that in Iust one day – this past 9A 6ebruary – terrorists attacked the U base in Fidal, .ali$ When

the firin! stopped, seven U soldiers were dead and B@ more were inIured$

#ust yesterday in .ali, he continued, five more peacekeepers were killed and a number of others inIured$

%/hese outra!eous crimes will never stop us from pursuin! peace in .ali – or anywhere, he stressed$

.r$ ?an also presided over a ceremony durin! which the ;a! eacekeepers marks the ei!hth successive year in which the&r!aniKation has honoured more than 9@@ %?lue


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work$ We owe this not Iust to our departed collea!ues, but also to the millions of civilians that we have been entrusted to protect$ We must continue to work to!ether to enable complex operations to succeed with rapid, effective, efficient andresponsible support$"

/orld Hu.anitarian u..it !an "uild su$$ort #or disa"ilityin!lusi(e aid res$onses 1 &' e$ert

19 May – Speakin! ahead of the first'ever World


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human ri!hts perspective$

States >arties to the Gonvention are also required to inte!rate a !ender perspective in all phases of disability'relatedhumanitarian action, and to consider specific interventions to respond to the explicit needs of the diversity of persons withdisabilities$

%/o make the Summit truly inclusive of persons with disabilities, 1 ur!e States, U a!encies and humanitarian actors to

discuss the ri!hts of persons with disabilities in all roundtables and sessions, the human ri!hts expert said$ %/heSustainable ;evelopment 0oals and the A@B@ 7!enda’s promise of leavin! no one behind cannot be met withoutincludin! persons with disabilities in all humanitarian responses, she stressed$

She also called on States to ensure that the Gommitment to 7ction and other outcomes of the Summit reflect a clear resolveto make humanitarian action inclusive of persons with disabilities, and to endorse the Gharter on 1nclusion of >ersons with;isabilities in


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7 total of JDB educational facilities were dama!ed or destroyed in the State of >alestine and three attacks were documentedon 1sraeli schools$ 7ccordin! to education authorities in ortheast i!eria, a total of BBC schools were destroyed anddama!ed between A@9A and A@9D$

U1G-6 also said that over the past year, the U monitorin! system has also documented so'called %double'tap, or even%triple'tap – strikes on health'care facilities in which civilians, as well as the first responders arrivin! on the scene, areattacked$

?eyond attacks on buildin!s, conflict has other far'reachin! consequences on children’s education and health care, U1G-6underscored$ 1n Syria, for example, as well as attacks on hospitals, the removal of medical kits and sur!ical supplies fromaid convoys, restrictions on medical evacuations, and killin! of medical personnel mean that access to critical and life'savin! health care for civilians in affected areas is diminishin! day by day$

%Ghildren are bein! abducted from their schools in horrific circumstances in countries like i!eria and South Sudan, whileothers are bein! raped, or recruited and used as child soldiers, said .s$ Fhan$

367T&86: 3a.ily o# &' $ea!e%ee$er who sa(ed hundreds o#li(es in 8wanda shares .e.ories o# their #ather, hus"and

19 May – &n B9 .ay 9EED, as 5wanda was descendin! into chaos,Gaptain .baye ;ia!ne, a military observer at the United ations7ssistance .ission in the country 2U7.153, was in the capital,Fi!ali, drivin! back to the base when a mortar fell near his vehicle$#ust 9A days from finishin! up his service, he died instantly$

1n the months before his tra!ic death, even thou!h as a militaryobserver he was unarmed, Gaptain ;ia!ne, of Sene!al, had risked hislife time and a!ain to save hundreds people durin! the !enocide in5wanda$ /he U honoured his coura!e today with the inau!uralMGaptain .baye ;ia!ne .edal for -xceptional Goura!e,M which wasawarded to his family$

"1n 5wanda, he called me often to tell me about the situation there$Sometimes )1 even heard the shots+," remembers his widow, Hacine.ar ;iop, in an interview with the UN News Centre$ "7nd 1 told him

to be very careful because he had youn! children$"

&nce while on the phone, Gaptain ;ia!ne passed the receiver to 5wandans he had ferried to safety in the back of his truck$

"1t is your husband who saved us$


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He lived well 'before leaving'

Gaptain .baye was "a Iovial, !enerous man" who "loved helpin! others," his widow said$

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.r$ 7rora is also a director, alon! with Ghris .ilk, of Glouds over Sidra, a short B:@ virtual reality film about a 9A'yearSyrian !irl named Sidra who lives with 9B@,@@@ other refu!ees in PaMatari camp in #ordan$

%>eople come out of it feelin! enli!htened and often moved, and often ready to take action, .r$ 7rora told U /elevisionMs

A9st Gentury Series in 4irtual 5eality( Greatin! resident of Somalia, rime.inister &mar 7bdirashid 7li Sharmarke, re!ional presidents, civil society members, humanitarian or!aniKations and seniorU and 7frican Union officials$

"resident +assan Sheikh Moha)ud of So)aliaA "ri)e Minister B)ar/dirashid Sha)arkeA Security 5ouncil "resident /dellatif

/oulatta 6Eypt7A and )/assador Matthe* @ycroft 6U(7 )eet in

Moadishu! UN "hoto#B)ar /disalan


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/he other Gouncil .ember States represented in the AN'member dele!ation include 7n!ola, Ghina, 6rance, #apan, .alaysia, ew Pealand, 5ussia, Sene!al, Spain, Ukraine, United States, Uru!uay and 4eneKuela$

%We all are very !rateful that you are here as the people of Somalia, that shows the level of commitment you have forSomalia, said >resident .ohamud in welcomin! remarks to the Gouncil representatives$

;urin! the press briefin!, the current >resident of the Security Gouncil called on .r$ .ohamud to utiliKe all available

constitutional tools to make elections possible$

%We will provide our support to the !overnment and the messa!e is clear that we are here to help, said .r$ 7boulatta$ %?utalso it was a messa!e that we need to move forward$

.r$ 5ycroft said his country places a hi!h priority on developments in Somalia, and reaffirmed the Gouncil’s commitmentto help ensure peace and stability in Somalia$

%We had very !ood discussions about the political process and the need for elections to take place on the timetable alreadya!reed by the leaders, which means elections in 7u!ust of A@9:, he said$

%We were !lad to talk in detail to the >resident, the >rime .inister, the ;eputy >rime .inister and the presidents of the

re!ions about what is needed in order to be ready for that date, he added$

7s part of the Gouncil’s visit, prominent women leaders told members about the pressin! need to promote the empowermentof Somali women and ensure that at least B@ per cent of the seats in the country’s next federal parliament be reserved forfemale candidates$

1n a separate meetin! with civil society representatives moderated by .r$ Featin!, the issue of women’s representation in positions of leadership was addressed$

%We want full assurance that the international community and the U will use their !ood offices to exert diplomatic pressure on our leaders, includin! the traditional leaders, to make !ender parity and political representation a reality, said;eqe Hasin, a Somali woman activist$

%We count on you and shall also hold you accountable, she added$

/he electoral model was formally endorsed at last month’s ational 8eadership 6orum conference, and was subsequentlysubmitted to the federal parliament by Somali >rime .inister Sharmarke on B@ 7pril$


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6arth+s health de!lining *#aster than thought+ "ut a!tion "ygo(ern.ents !an re(erse trend 1 &'

19 May – /he environment is deterioratin! faster than previously

thou!ht, makin! it imperative that !overnments act now to reverse theworst trends, says the most authoritative study the United ations hasever published on the state of the planet’s health$

/he Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional ssessments is a compilation of six separate reports, which provide hi!hly detailedexaminations of the environmental issues affectin! each of theworld’s six re!ions( the >an'-uropean re!ion, orth 7merica, 7siaand the >acific, West 7sia, 8atin 7merica and the Garibbean, and

7frica, the U -nvironment >ro!ramme 2U->3 said in a pressrelease$

>ublished ahead of the U -nvironment 7ssembly, takin! placein airobi, Fenya, from AB'AN .ay, the re!ional assessments, which

involved 9,A@B scientists, hundreds of scientific institutions and more than 9:@ !overnments, find that the world shares ahost of common environmental threats that are rapidly intensifyin! in many parts of the world$

7cross the planet, climate chan!e, the loss of biodiversity, land de!radation and water scarcity are !rowin! problems that

need to be ur!ently addressed if the world is to achieve the !oals set out in the A@B@ 7!enda for Sustainable;evelopment, the studies find$

%/oday, thanks to this report, we now know more about the state of the world’s environment than ever before, said U->-xecutive ;irector 7chim Steiner$ %1t is essential that we understand the pace of environmental chan!e that is upon us$

/he assessments find that there is still time to tackle many of the worst impacts of environmental chan!e, such as thedama!e to marine ecosystems and the risin! level of air pollution, which has become one of the worldMs most widespreadenvironmental health risks$

7s one of the first areas of the world to experience the impacts of climate chan!e, the 7rctic re!ion serves as a barometer forchan!e in the rest of the world$ Warmin! in the 7rctic has increased at twice the !lobal avera!e since 9EC@$

/he lar!est contributions to !lobal !lacier ice loss durin! the early A9st century were from !laciers in 7laska, the Ganadian7rctic, and the periphery of the 0reenland ice sheet, as well as in the Southern 7ndes and 7sian mountains$ /o!ether theseareas account for more than C@ per cent of the total ice loss$

/he B@ centimetres of sea level rise off ew Hork Gity since 9E@@ likely expanded acific re!ion, which also accounted for E9 per cent of the world’sdeaths attributable to natural disasters in the last century$

'urnt and deraded forest *ithin Tesso Nilo National "ark3 @iau

"rovince3 Su)atra3 Indonesia! "hoto4 Corld 'ank#%lore de "reneuf


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/he main driver for acceleratin! domestic material consumption is the expandin! middle class$ /he siKe of the !lobal middleclass is proIected to increase from 9$C billion in A@@E to D$E billion in A@B@ with most of this !rowth comin! from 7sia$

1n the 8atin 7merican and Garibbean re!ion, most of the cities in the re!ion for which data are available have concentrationsof particulate matter 2>.3 above World


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have been uneven$ Supportin! countries to move towards universal health covera!e based on stron! primary care is the bestthin! we can do to make sure no'one is left behind$

/he increase was !reatest in the W


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7head o# end o# &' #oru., $arti!i$ation o# indigenous $eo$le inde(elo$.ent targets urged

19 May – 7s the A@9: United ations >ermanent 6orum on

1ndi!enous 1ssues prepares to close tomorrow, three participants in thesession today underscored the importance of solidifyin! the participation of indi!enous people in U mechanisms to ensure thatthey are not left behind in the achievement of sustainable developmenttar!ets$

7t a press conference at U op 7c, Ghair of the 6orum, hi!hli!htedthat participants at the body’s 9Jth session – which opened on E.ay – had thus far heard more than 9,@@@ presentations by .emberStates and indi!enous peoples$

opstressed$

7lso speakin! at the press conference was 6orum .ember #oan Garlin!, who noted that next year will mark the 9@'year

anniversary of the adoption of the U ;eclaration on the 5i!hts of 1ndi!enous >eoples$

%1t will be a critical year in terms of reviewin! what has been achieved, she said, addin! that discussions at next year’s6orum will revolve around how further implementation of the ;eclaration can be achieved$ 1n that vein, she stressed the

importance of U funds and pro!rammes to support le!islative action for the ;eclaration’s inclusion in national laws and policies$

.s$ Garlin! also said that discussions at this year’s 6orum had made it %very clear that many indi!enous people are notaware of the Sustainable ;evelopment 0oals 2S;0s3, which therefore indicates a need for outreach and awareness'raisin!on the issue$

7nother crucial element involves incorporatin! specific tar!ets and indicators relatin! to indi!enous people into the S;0s,althou!h in this sense she noted the lack of data disa!!re!ation as a factor impedin! the measurement of pro!ress towardsmeetin! any specific tar!ets$

7lso speakin! today was #acob ?ryan F$ 7ki, a A9'year'old youth advocate, who emphasiKed that the session had discussedimportant issues and messa!es on how to better the lives of indi!enous people, which he and other youth members wouldtake back to their respective countries$

%We come here, we learn, and the work doesn’t stop, said .r$ 7ki, who added that the session had served to propel youthadvocates, includin! him, to return home to work with their families and communities for positive advancements forindi!enous peoples$

1n response to a question re!ardin! an expected outcome document for the session, .r$ >op said that document wouldinclude three recommendations, includin! a stron! call to .ember States for the pursuit of peace and resolutions inmoments of conflictO an invitation to .ember States to develop an evaluation re!ardin! compliance towards the U;eclaration on its 9@'year anniversaryO and a request for an indi!enous woman to be part of the Security Gouncil$

5hair of the United Nations "er)anent %oru) on Indienous Issues

6UN"%II73 lvaro Este/an "op c3 addresses a press conference at

UN +ead,uarters in Ne* =ork! UN "hoto#Foey %elipe


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Mali: an !onde.ns atta!% on &' !on(oy that %illed #i(e$ea!e%ee$ers

19 May – United ations Secretary'0eneral ?an Fi'moon hascondemned yesterdayMs deadly attack that killed five peacekeepers and

inIured three others of the U mission in .ali, his spokesman said ina statement$

7ccordin! to preliminary information, a convoy of the United ations.ultidimensional 1nte!rated StabiliKation .ission in .ali2.1US.73 hit an improvised explosive device and then came underfire by an unknown !roup of armed assailants about 9J kilometresnorth of 7!uelhok, Fidal re!ion$ /hose killed are Ghadian

peacekeepers$

Since the be!innin! of the year, a doKen attacks a!ainst the U has been re!istered in Fidal re!ion, resultin! in the death of at least 9A ofits personnel, includin! the latest victims$

7ccordin! to the statement, .r$ ?an called for swift action to brin! the perpetrators of this heinous attack to Iustice andrecalled that attacks a!ainst U peacekeepers constitute war crimes under international law$

%/he Secretary'0eneral reiterates that the U will continue to support the stabiliKation of .ali and the implementation ofthe peace a!reement, the statement said$

Senealese police officers servin *ith the UN Multidi)ensional

Interated Sta/iliation Mission in Mali 6MINUSM73 patrol the

streets of the city of Gao3 in Mali! UN "hoto#Marco ;or)ino

&' hu.an rights !hie# wel!o.es )#i4er-s de!ision to "ar use o#its drugs in ee!utions

19 May – /he United ations human ri!hts chief today warmly

welcomed the initiatives announced by pharmaceutical company>fiKer to ensure that the dru!s it produces will not be used by States tocarry out executions by lethal inIection$

%?usinesses, across many industries, can help prevent human ri!htsviolations from occurrin!, U


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across their operations to ensure that they are not in any way contributin! to the use of capital punishment$

.r$ Peid also ur!ed States not to resort to questionable sources for the dru!s required to administer lethal inIections$


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1f put into practice, the idea is that the 7!enda for


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