Shooting in Mexican arcade kills 8, injures 1 : Prosecutor's Office
Feb 04, 2020, at 06:42 pm
Mexico City/Sputnik: An unknown shooter opened fire in a slot machine hall in the city of Uruapan in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, killing eight people and injuring one another, the local prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.
Seven dead in highway car crash in central Mexico
Apr 13, 2019, at 05:14 pm
Mexico City, Apr 13 (Xinhua/UNI) Seven people were killed after a van collided with a semi-truck on a highway in the central State of Mexico, authorities said on Friday.
Oct 23, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Oct 23 (IBNS): With more than 7,000 Central-American refugees now on the march through Mexico towards the southern border of the United States in search of safety and work, all countries involved are being urged by the UN to liaise with key agencies on the ground providing support.
‘The people and Government of Mexico stand,’ quake-hit country’s leader tells UN Assembly
Sep 22, 2017, at 05:12 pm
New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): In midst of recovery from two major earthquakes in the last two weeks, Luis Videgaray Caso, the Minster for Foreign Affairs of Mexico told world leaders on Thursday that his country takes comfort in the global solidarity shown during this tragic time.
UN stands ready to assist following deadly earthquake in Mexico
Sep 20, 2017, at 04:24 pm
New York, Sept 20(Just Earth News): Secretary-General António Guterres voiced sadness at the loss of life and damage resulting from the earthquake that occurred in Mexico on Tuesday, and expressed the readiness of the United Nations to assist.
UNESCO chief calls for probe into killing of Honduran video journalist in Mexico
Jul 19, 2017, at 10:05 am
New York, July 19(Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Tuesday called for an investigation into the recent murder of a Honduran journalist in Mexico.
With focus on natural disasters, UN risk reduction forum opens in Mexico
May 26, 2017, at 12:49 pm
New York, May 26(Just Earth News): Opening a major United Nations conference on risk reduction in Cancun, Mexico, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed cautioned that the world would not reach its development goals without tackling climate change and disaster risk.
Climate-vulnerable islands in spotlight ahead of UN disaster risk reduction forum in Mexico
May 23, 2017, at 04:46 am
New York, May 22(Just Earth News): Hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis are increasingly common threats to the world’s most climate-vulnerable island nations, whose representatives are meeting today in Cancun, Mexico, ahead of a major United Nations conference on risk reduction.
Fighting impunity is the best way to protect Mexico’s human rights defenders – UN expert
Jan 26, 2017, at 05:44 am
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): A United Nations rights expert expressed concern on Wednesday about widespread impunity for crimes against human rights defenders in Mexico, noting that the situation is inducing more violations.
UN rights experts urge Mexico to focus more on the fight against impunity
Dec 24, 2016, at 08:07 am
New York, Dec 24 (Just Earth News): Concluding a ten-day visit to Mexico, the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture urged the authorities to redouble its efforts to fight impunity and to immediately adopt the General Law on Torture, in full conformity with relevant international standards.
Sep 10, 2016, at 03:57 am
New York, Sept 9 (Just Earth News): Concluding a ten-day official mission to Mexico, a United Nations expert group has called on the country's authorities and business sector to ensure adequate consultation with individuals and communities affected by development projects and business operations.
UN expert sees very little change in efforts to protect right to life, end impunity in Mexico
Jun 21, 2016, at 01:08 pm
New York, June 21 (Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert on Monday said that in Mexico, very little has changed regarding the protection of the right to life his 2013 fact-finding mission to the country.
UN experts urge Mexico to counter current ‘smear campaign,’ support right defenders
Apr 07, 2016, at 01:26 pm
New York, Apr 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Three United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Mexico to express its full support for the work of human rights defenders and civil society organisations, and actively counter the current stigmatisation campaign to undermine their work.
UN agency warns of refugee crisis as women flee Central America and Mexico
Oct 30, 2015, at 02:35 pm
New York, Oct 30 (IBNS): Women in Central America and Mexico are fleeing their countries in rising numbers to escape a surge in deadly, unchecked gang violence, fuelling a looming refugee crisis in the Americas that demands urgent and concerted action by the States of the region, the United Nations refugee agency is warning.
UN rights chief urges Mexico to end misery of enforced disappearances and torture
Oct 09, 2015, at 02:56 pm
New York, Oct 9 (IBNS): Despite significant progress towards building a solid human rights framework, the Mexican Government must nevertheless "bind itself to a new sense of urgency in solving the enormous human rights challenges it faces," Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said today as he wrapped up an official visit to the country.
Kazakh President proposes 30-year plan to promote fairness and human development
Sep 29, 2015, at 02:57 pm
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): Stressing that there is no alternative to the United Nations as a universal organization, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan on Monday looked ahead 30 years to its 100th birthday in 2045 to propose far-reaching reforms, from creating a supranational currency to moving its Headquarters from New York to Asia.