Haiti: UN envoy calls for international solidarity amid spiralling gang vio lence (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The multiple protracted crises - political, security, humanitarian - that Haiti continues to face must be worked out to gether, and the international community has a role to play in support, according to the UN Special Representative for Haiti.

UN: Rights chief calls for action against racism, other colonial legacies (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Centuries of enslavement, trafficking and t he colonial oppression of people of African descent have shaped and fuelled to day's systemic racism and racial discrimination, and that other forms of oppressi on are also rooted in this terrible legacy, according to Mr Volker Turk, the UN Hi gh Commissioner for Human Rights.

UN: Bosnia & Herzegovina needs to strengthen social cohesion, says expert (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
While meaningful progress has been made towards transitioning to a peaceful society since the end of the 1992-1995 conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina almost 30 years ago, immediate action is needed t o reverse the deterioration of civic space and social cohesion, as well as th e weakening of democratic institutions.