Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions
Reuters Myanmar’s central bank denied a UN report that the country’s military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions under the bank’s supervision followed prescribed procedures. The Central Bank of Myanmar “expressed our strong objection to the UN Special Rapporteur’s report”, it said in a statement […]
Tech tools can lead fight against modern slavery, says UN expert
London Thomson Reuters Foundation From tracing ill-gotten gains back to their source to spotting illegal factories, technology will be key in beating slavery as a fragmenting workplace leaves many more at risk, the United Nations leading expert on slavery said last week. With an increase in automation and temporary contracts, billions go without rights like […]
Indigenous people need a say on water rights, UN rapporteur urges
Stockholm, SwedenThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous peoples from the Amazon to the Arctic are being left out of the global conversation on water property rights, a United Nations’ Indigenous rights expert warned last week. Speaking on the sidelines of an international conference on water in Stockholm, special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz said Indigenous people needed to be […]