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安保理がロヒンギャ視察 バングラの難民キャンプ

安保理がロヒンギャ視察　バングラの難民キャンプ

　【ニューデリー共同】

  ミャンマーのイスラム教徒少数民族ロヒンギャ難民問題で、国連安全保障理事会の視察団が２９日、バングラデシュ南東部コックスバザール近郊に逃れたロヒンギャの難民キャンプを訪れ、難民らと面会した。視察団訪問で、ミャンマー政府にロヒンギャの安全な帰還の保証などを求める国際社会の圧力が強まりそうだ。

  ＡＰ通信によると、キャンプを訪れたロシアの視察団メンバーは「魔法のような解決法はない」と難民帰還の困難さを指摘した。難民らは「正義を求める」などと書いたプラカードを掲げ、支援を求めたという。

　視察団はミャンマーも訪問する予定。（共同通信）

http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/244842

国連職員ら10人行方不明＝南スーダン

■　　【ナイロビ共同】

  国連は２７日、内戦状態が続く南スーダンで戦闘が激化し、住民が殺害されるなどの被害が出ていると発表した。援助活動に携わっていた南スーダン人の国連職員ら１０人が２５日に行方不明になるなど、混乱が広がっている。

　戦闘が起きているのは首都ジュバがある中央エクアトリア、北部ユニティ、東部ジョングレイの３州で、殺害や性的暴行、略奪が発生。女性や子ども、高齢者も巻き添えになったという。

　行方不明になった１０人は、国連人道問題調整室や国連児童基金（ユニセフ）、非政府組織に所属。人道支援の調査のため中央エクアトリアのイエイ郊外を車で移動中、消息を絶った。国連職員ら10人行方不明＝南スーダン

■4/28(土) 19:41配信 時事通信

　【ジュバAFP＝時事】

  首都ジュバを州都とする南スーダン南部の中央エクアトリア州内を車列で移動中だった国連の職員ら10人が25日から行方不明になっている。

　国連人道問題調整事務所（OCHA）が声明を出して公表した。「南スーダン支援のために働いているのに、武装勢力に拉致されるのは4月だけで2件目だ」と訴えている。

　26日付の声明によると、車列は州南部イエイを出発し州西部トレに向かっていた。10人は全員、南スーダン人。OCHAや国連児童基金（ユニセフ）のスタッフのほか、キリスト教系の支援団体メンバーが含まれている。

[NGO News:] UNAOC Fellowship 2018 - Call for applications

The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) haslaunched the Callfor Applications  forthe 2018 edition of its Fellowship Programme. The Call is open to young civilsociety leaders between 25 to 35 years old, from the Middle East, North Africa,Europe and North America, with a strong interest in intercultural exchanges.The theme of the Fellowship 2018  being“Fostering youth resilience to prevent violent extremism and build sustainablepeace”, candidates must also be able to present professional achievements inthese fields.

The Call will lead to the selection of a group of twelve participantsfrom Europe, North-America (EUNA) on one end, and a group of twelveparticipants from the Middle East and North-Africa (MENA) on the otherend. Participants from each geographic area will travel to theircounterparts’ region for two weeks.

The goal of the Fellowship is to provide participants with firsthand exposure to cultural diversity, while interacting with a wide range oflocal stakeholders. In every country they visit, participants will acquirecrucial comprehension tools to help them understand the plurality of their hostcountry’s culture, politics, society, religion, and media.

Candidates have until Sunday April 8^th 2018 11:59pm EST to apply.

For more information please visit https://fellowship.unaoc.org/apply/

STRIKE：UN Geneva staff agree to full-day strike on Friday over pay cuts

UN Geneva staff agree to full-day strike on Friday over pay cuts 

UN staff in Geneva have overwhelmingly voted to strike on Friday over "unfair" pay cuts, in a move sure to disrupt a wide range of activities at the world body's European headquarters.

Staff unions said a full 1,040 staff members, or 89.4 percent of those who cast a ballot on Thursday, voted in favour of the full-day strike.

"The results, which are overwhelmingly positive, show the extent to which UN staff have lost trust in the way in which their conditions of service, whether in Geneva or in the deep field, have been set by their employer," Ian Richards, who heads the UN staff unions association in Geneva, told AFP.

It is unclear how many of the around 9,500 UN staff members in Geneva would participate in Friday's work stoppage, but the impact on UN operations was expected to be broad.

The Human Rights Council, which is in the midst of its main annual session, will close for the day, delaying an already jam-packed program, spokesman Rolando Gomez told AFP.

Last month, UN Geneva staff staged a two-hour work stoppage after they received their first pay slips showing a 3.5-percent salary cut, with the knowledge the cut will swell to five percent by June.

That brief strike managed to disrupt high level meetings at the rights council and the Conference on Disarmament, impacting the UN Secretary-General and a number of government ministers.

'Plans to escalate'

Ahead of Thursday's vote, the head of the UN in Geneva, Michael Moller, attempted to dissuade a new strike.

He stressed that the UN "recognises and respects your freedom of association".

But he pointed out that UN staff were "international civil servants bound by the Staff Regulations and Rules."

"We are all reminded that the Staff Regulations and Rules provide no basis for staff members to be absent from work because of a work stoppage or strike," he said.

Richards slammed Moller's message as an attempt at "intimidation", which he said had backfired.

"The feedback we received is that the intimidatory email from management backfired and swayed those who were sitting on the fence in favour of the strike," he said, adding there could be more strikes on the horizon.

"The first strike day is tomorrow, with plans to escalate if the meeting of the International Civil Service Commission, in New York next week, does not address the pay cut," he said, referring to a body that governs UN employees, and which has ordered deep cuts to pay and benefits for many staff around the globe.

A letter sent by the unions to UN chiefs last month charged there had been a "substantial deterioration in the employment conditions of UN staff around the world, caused by ICSC's findings, recommendations and decisions."

UN employees are considered among the highest paid civil servants in the world, but the ICSC-mandated cuts will be painful in pricy Geneva, the unions say. Staff stationed in a number of other countries will take an even heavier blow.

According to the unions, the most recent ICSC decisions include 10-percent cuts in Bangkok and 25 percent in Tokyo.

The stoppage is part of a global campaign and strikes and other actions are being voted on elsewhere too.

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180315/un-geneva-staff-agree-to-full-day-strike-over-pay-cuts-switzerland

国連のパレスチナ難民支援機関 米資金凍結「深刻な危機」と指摘

米資金凍結「深刻な危機」と指摘　国連のパレスチナ難民支援機関

　来日中の国連パレスチナ難民救済事業機関（ＵＮＲＷＡ）のクレヘンビュール事務局長は２４日、東京都内で共同通信のインタビューに応じた。トランプ米政権が決めた資金拠出の一部凍結は同機関設立以降「最も深刻な財政危機」をもたらしていると指摘。「支援資金を政治的な圧力に使うべきではない」と述べ、米政権に懸念を示した。

　ＵＮＲＷＡへの最大の資金拠出国である米国は１６日、予定していた拠出金１億２５００万ドル（約１３７億円）のうち６５００万ドルの支払いを凍結。米国の今年の拠出は総額３億６千万ドルが見込まれていたが、これまでに受け取ったのは６千万ドルだけだという。（共同）