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WORLD NEWS Friday 21 June 2019

UN adopts resolution spotlighting disabled in conflict

By EDITH M. LEDERER "the disproportionate im-
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — pact that armed conflict
The U.N. Security Council has on persons with disabili-
on Thursday unanimously ties, including abandon-
adopted its first resolution ment, violence, and lack of
putting a spotlight on the access to basic services."
situation of people with dis- It urges all parties in armed
abilities caught in armed conflicts to protect the dis-
conflicts, urging protection abled and other civilians
and assistance for them. and prevent violence and
The resolution was adopt- abuse against them. And
ed about two months after it stresses the importance
the first-ever appearance of providing timely and
before the council of a accessible assistance "in-
disabled person caught in cluding reintegration, reha-
conflict — 20-year-old Syr- bilitation and psychosocial
ian refugee Nujeen Mus- support, to ensure that their
tafa — who addressed specific needs are effec-
members in late April from tively addressed."
a wheelchair. Poland's U.N. Ambassador
Mustafa said hundreds In this March 31, 2019, photo, laundry dries on a chain-link fence at Al-Hol camp, in the section Joanna Wronecka said
of thousands of people where foreign families from Islamic State-held areas are housed, Hassakeh province, Syria. her country was "proud"
with disabilities already Associated Press to bring the "important yet
"were forgotten in times of overlooked issue" of dis-
peace" and were strug- main invisible." She urged us, because we count, too" The resolution, sponsored abled people in conflict
gling to survive in Syria's the council not to forget — and she called for ac- by Poland and Britain, ex- before the Security Council
long war where they "re- the disabled and "to count tion, not words. presses serious concern at "for the first time."q

Police fire tear gas as thousands in Malawi protest election

By GREGORY GONDWE ment alleged that the The protesters in Lilongwe
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — commission did not prop- delivered a petition listing
Police in Malawi fired tear erly deal with more than grievances to the presi-
gas at some protesters 140 election-related com- dent's office.
on Thursday as thousands plaints, and it accused A police statement later
demonstrated in major cit- Ansah of a "scandalous ap- noted "sporadic incidenc-
ies over last month's disput- proach and stubborn at- es of violence" but did not
ed election. titude" in managing voters' mention arrests.
The confrontation in Blan- concerns. On Wednesday, protesters
tyre occurred as some Opposition leaders Lazarus in Lilongwe scuffled with
protesters tore down and Chakwera and Saulos Chil- police as they blocked the
burned billboards showing ima, who finished second road the 78-year-old Muth-
President Peter Mutharika, and third in the election, re- arika was meant to travel
who narrowly won a sec- spectively, joined the pro- to speak to parliament,
ond term. testers in the capital, Lilon- forcing his motorcade to A protester carries a placard calling for the ouster of Malawi
The protesters in this south- gwe. Both are challenging use a different route. Electoral Commission chairwoman, Jane Ansah, during a pro-
ern African nation have the election results in court, The president in response test in Lilongwe, Malawi Thursday June 20, 2019.
demanded the resignation alleging irregularities. Also to the weeks of unrest Associated Press
of Malawi Electoral Com- present was former Chief has urged unity and calm
mission chairwoman Jane Justice Richard Banda, the while accusing the oppo- to cause chaos after the Press they had not been
Ansah. A Human Rights husband of former Presi- sition of "mobilizing illegal peaceful election. Police aware the ambassador
Defenders Coalition state- dent Joyce Banda. demonstrations" and trying later told The Associated was there.q