Press Release
Press releases, statements and updates from the Nonviolent Radical Party.
At the height of military rule, UN envoy visits Myanmar for the first time
Read the press release: At the height of military rule, UN envoy visits Myanmar for the first timeUN Special Envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer travelled to the country for the first time since she took office last October. Her…
Humanitarian funds still needed for the ‘pure catastrophe’ situation in Afghanistan
Read the press release: Humanitarian funds still needed for the ‘pure catastrophe’ situation in AfghanistanAlthough $4.4 billion is needed to fund humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, $1.8 billion, or about 40 per cent, has been received so…
Ukraine: First cargo of Ukrainian humanitarian grain leaves for the Horn of Africa
Read the press release: Ukraine: First cargo of Ukrainian humanitarian grain leaves for the Horn of AfricaThe first ship carrying Ukrainian grain in support of World Food Programme (WFP) humanitarian operations has left the port of Yuzhny. It…
Ukraine: Second visit of UN Secretary General
Read the press release: Ukraine: Second visit of UN Secretary GeneralUN Secretary General António Guterres, at the press conference together with Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, expressed gratitude for the…
World News – 5th August 2022
Read the press release: World News – 5th August 2022EU Migrants: 71 million euros to Italy and other countries from Asylum Fund The European Commission, through the Asylum Fund, has allocated…
Yemen ceasefire renewed for another two months
Read the press release: Yemen ceasefire renewed for another two monthsThe historic truce in Yemen, in place since April, has been renewed for another two months until 2 October. The extension includes…
Ukraine: More shipments of life-saving grain cleared
Read the press release: Ukraine: More shipments of life-saving grain clearedOn Friday, the go-ahead was given for the departure of three more ships from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, carrying just over 58,000…
Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia – UN Human Rights Report
Read the press release: Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia – UN Human Rights ReportAccording to a new report released Wednesday by the UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR), journalists in Cambodia are increasingly subject to…
WHO: Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades
Read the press release: WHO: Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decadesThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises in 70…
EP leaders condemn PM Orbán’s recent racist statements
Read the press release: EP leaders condemn PM Orbán’s recent racist statementsEP political group leaders adopted a declaration condemning PM Viktor Orbán’s openly racist statements and stressing that such statements violate EU values.…
World Metrological Organisation: frequent heatwaves in coming decades
Read the press release:World Metrological Organisation: frequent heatwaves in coming decadesWith temperatures expected to remain above normal until the middle of next week, the World Metrological Organisation (WMO) has warned that heatwaves…
UN: Specialised Agencies meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis
Read the press release: UN: Specialised Agencies meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisisUN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid told a special meeting to address the global food crisis that it is necessary to increase…
Council of Europe at the Ministerial Ukraine Accountability Conference
Read the press release: Council of Europe at the Ministerial Ukraine Accountability ConferenceThe Council of Europe was represented at the Ministerial Ukraine Accountability Conference in The Hague on 14 July by the Director General…
Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Law on Foreign Agents
Read the press release: Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Law on Foreign AgentsToday marks the tenth anniversary of the signing by President Putin of the law on “foreign agents”, a decade shaped by the…
Implementation of EU sanctions against Russia: Commission adopts proposal for “maintenance and alignment” package
Read the press release: Implementation of EU sanctions against Russia: Commission adopts proposal for “maintenance and alignment” packageThe European Commission has adopted a joint (High Representative-Commission) proposal for a new package of measures to maintain and strengthen the effectiveness…