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WHO Urges China To Be ‘Transparent’ In Sharing COVID-19 Data
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 6:57 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to call for China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data in efforts to determine the disease’s origins, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated on Friday in Geneva. Speaking during his latest ... More >>
Burundi Announces First Polio Outbreak In More Than 30 Years
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 9:28 pm | UN News
Health authorities in Burundi on Friday said that they had detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation’s first outbreak in more than 30 years. Heath authorities said there was a confirmed case in an unvaccinated ... More >>
Cocaine Trafficking Surges Following COVID-19-related Slowdown
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 6:28 am | UN News
Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday in a hard-hitting new ... More >>
Central Sahel: Lives Of 10 Million Children On The Line As Conflict Rages
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 6:24 am | UN News
Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) said on Friday. “Brutal” armed conflict has left 10 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and ... More >>
Urgent Investment Needed To Improve Conditions For Key Workers: ILO
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:44 am | UN News
Essential workers who kept families, societies and economies going while the world was on COVID lockdown, need better pay and conditions urgently, if countries are to future-proof themselves from the next global crisis, UN labour experts said on ... More >>
UN Officials Call For Durable Solution To End The War In Syria
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:41 am | UN News
Three senior UN officials underscored the need for a political solution to end the war in Syria, in statements marking the 12th anniversary of the conflict on Wednesday. For UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, this was an opportunity to remember ... More >>
Syria Rights Investigators Back Calls For Earthquake ‘Failures’ Probe
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 7:03 am | UN News
Top rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council on Monday delivered a highly critical assessment of the role of the Syrian Government and the international community including the UN, in getting help to communities in the northwest, hit ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For ‘New Philosophy’ To Better Serve Persons With Disabilities
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 6:06 am | UN News
A “new philosophy” and broader approaches can transform services for persons with disabilities, a UN-appointed independent expert told the Human Rights Council on Monday. In his latest report to the Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the ... More >>
Step Up Support To Syria-Türkiye Earthquake Survivors: UN Refugee Chief
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 6:02 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday underlined the need for greater and urgent international support for survivors of the recent deadly earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye following a five-day visit to the two countries. ... More >>
Myanmar: Social Media Companies Urged To Stand Up To Junta
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 6:00 am | UN News
In an appeal to internet chat platforms to monitor content more carefully and allocate sufficient resources to do so, the rights experts warned that Telegram in particular had become “a hotbed of pro-military activity” . ‘Violent and misogynistic’ ... More >>
300,000 Flee Ongoing Violence In DR Congo In February Alone: UNHCR
Sunday, 12 March 2023, 7:30 am | UN News
Humanitarians issued an alert on Friday for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where heavy fighting continues to uproot hundreds of thousands of people in east of the country. Renewed violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government ... More >>
UNICEF Warns Of Deepening Inequalities In Europe And Central Asia
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 5:57 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate disasters and ongoing conflict have deepened inequalities among children in Europe and Central Asia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Thursday, calling for more robust support for boys and girls ... More >>
Vanuatu Emergency: UN Supports Aid Effort After Cyclones, Earthquake
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 5:53 am | UN News
UN humanitarian coordinators have deployed to Vanuatu to help with the aid response, a week since back-to-back tropical cyclones and a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific island nation. According to the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office, ... More >>
Legalizing Cannabis Fails To Address Health Risks: UN Drugs Control Board
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 5:51 am | UN News
Moves by a small number of governments to legalize the non-medical use of cannabis have led to increased consumption without explaining the potentially serious health dangers that users face from the drug, a UN narcotics watchdog said on Thursday. ... More >>
New UK Asylum Bill Would Be In ‘Clear Breach’ Of International Law: UNHCR
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 7:14 am | UN News
Draft migrant legislation proposed by the United Kingdom Government would result in a de facto “asylum ban”, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. If adopted, the new bill would deny the right to seek refugee protection to people arriving ... More >>
In Ukraine, Guterres Pledges To Keep Seeking ‘Solutions And A Just Peace’
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 7:09 am | UN News
Speaking in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Wednesday, the Secretary-General assured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United Nations “will continue to seek solutions and a just peace for the people of Ukraine, and the world.” António Guterres expressed ... More >>
Impunity Drives Cycles Of ‘Horrific’ Crimes In South Sudan, Human Rights Council Hears
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 7:01 am | UN News
Impunity is a major driver of the human rights and humanitarian crises in South Sudan, which continue to cause immense trauma and suffering for civilians in the country, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Tuesday. “It ... More >>
Tropical Cyclone Freddy Set To Further Weaken Cholera-hit Malawi
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 6:59 am | UN News
Malawi’s deadly cholera outbreak could worsen if - as expected - Tropical Cyclone Freddy triggers further heavy rainfall in the south of the country, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. “Malawi is really experiencing the deadliest cholera outbreak ... More >>
Peru: UN Experts Call For End To Violence During Demonstrations
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 7:12 am | UN News
Continuing violence against political protesters in Peru must stop, UN-appointed independent experts insisted on Monday , amid allegations of repression and arbitrary killings by State security forces. In an appeal for “genuine dialogue” to resolve ... More >>
UN Delegates Reach Historic Agreement On Protecting Marine Biodiversity In International Waters
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 7:11 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres has congratulated UN member countries for finalizing a text to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, calling it a “breakthrough” after nearly ... More >>
