UNDP boss Richard Dictus has up to Friday to respond to a ‘petition’ the workers delivered last Monday to his office. They went into a brief ‘sit-in’ and sent their representatives into meeting with top officials. The local UN staff are demanding that their perks be tagged onto the dollar trading mark, off from the […]
Frustrated United Nations (UN) local staff have today Wednesday started effecting their sit-in protests over unrevised perks two days after threatening strike. The devaluation of the Kwacha by about 50% by the Joyce Banda administration has affected employees and employers alike, causing demands for salary and wage hikes across the country. Sources indicated that staff […]
United Nation (UN) has reacted to a story that locally recruited Malawian staff of their missions have threatened to stay away from work from Wednesday onwards, over claims of abuse and failure to address their needs. In a stated issued in Lilongwe by UN Resident Coordinator, Richard Dictus, made available to Nyasa Times, the world […]
Locally recruited Malawian staff of the United Nations missions have threatened to stay away from work from Wednesday onwards, over claims of abuse and failure to address their needs. Following the 48% Malawi Kwacha devaluation, UN staff requested that their salaries that are budgeted in dollars but paid in Kwacha be pegged to the dollar […]
The United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, will on Monday 18th June begin a four-day mission to Malawi to discuss a wide range of human rights issues with the Government and other stakeholders in the country, a statement from UN Office in Malawi said. This will be the first visit to […]
Malawi will be submitting written reports on the state of human rights record to international bodies like Africa Union and United Nations, President Joyce Banda has assured. Banda made the assurances when she met the outgoing fourth cohort of Malawi Human Rights Commissioner on Monday at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The DPP led government of […]
UN Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative Richard Dictus has tipped President Bingu wa Mutharika on the need to immediately put the Electoral Commission in order if the country is to have successful elections in 2014. “In order for the 2014 elections to run smoothly, the preparation needs to start right now. Already much has been said on the functions and […]
United Nations (UN) mission in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe issues an alert of “possible problems” following the detention of Atupele Muluzi, presidential aspirant for the United Democratic Front (UDF). There was a scuffle at Lilongwe police station after police tried to forcefully chase away relatives of suspects who brought food. When time for lunch clocked, the […]
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is worried with the fragile situation in Malawi and has asked Southern African Development Community (SADC) to assess the situations. The UN chief asked Angola, as chairperson of SADC , to assess Malawi “ on the worrying situation.” Malawi situation triggered more concerns on Sunday when President Bingu wa […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon — in an unusually outspoken declaration Sunday — told leaders at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, who included Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika, that they must respect gay rights. Homosexuality is controversial in many African states including Malawi where is is criminalised. The UN Secretary General accused many […]
During the year 2011, the global economic crisis combined with poor governance, financial mismanagement and unpredictable rainfall patterns pushed several African countries to a point of crisis and Malawi was not spared. The country’s escalating social and economic crisis which left many common people grinding their teeth in the year has not just gone unnoticed. […]
Malawi is among 12 countries in Africa that have significantly reduced HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic, according to the UNAIDS 2011 report. A report ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1st was released during an HIV High level and Experts Conference held in the Germany’s Capital Berlin under the theme “Health. […]
“…When a policy goal to save lives co-exists alongside other policy objectives, it is suggested that the duty of human rights activists is not to ensure that governments have pure motives but to monitor their performance closely to ensure that the humanitarian dimension of their interventions is not corrupted or subordinated to other political interests….” […]
United Nations resident representative in Malawi, Richard Dictus, says Malawi needs a “different thinking “and a “sustained effort” to resolve the political and economic turmoil. Dictus, whose UN is facilitating dialogue between government and the civil society leaders, made the remarks on Brian Banda’s Capital FM Straight Talk programme. He noted that the country was […]
Malawi’s Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa-Malawi) has reported to the United Nations Human Rights Committee that journalists were receiving death threats allegedly for publishing articles that are deemed critical of President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government. The UN committee met Misa-Malawi, the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), the Malawi Human Rights […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration has refused to submit a written report on its human rights record to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee. According to a statement form Geneva obtained by Nyasa Times, the Committee will review its record with a government delegation travelling from Malawi headed by the Attorney General. The […]
Malawi has nominated university law professor Tiyanjana Maluwa, as its candidate for a position on the UN International Law Commission. Maluwa is the associate dean for international affairs at Penn State Law in the United States and holds the H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law and a doctorate in international law from the University of […]
A UN special envoy from the Office of Secretary General, Under Secretary General Sahle-Work Zewde, has for over 10 days been waiting to meet Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika to discuss the on-going impasse between government and the civil society. Ms Zewde was sent into the country by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to […]