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Dismantling Racism Today Starts By Understanding Slavery’s ‘Horrific’ Past
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 7:10 pm | UN News
Education is the “most powerful weapon” in the world’s arsenal to combat the brutal legacy of racism playing out today, the UN chief said on Monday, as the General Assembly met to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery ... More >>
Holistic Approach Urgent For Health Of People, Animals And Environment
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 7:07 pm | UN News
UN agency chiefs issued a call on Monday for global action to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment, as part of a new “One Health” approach. The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Environment ... More >>
Fight Slavery’s 'legacy Of Racism' Through Education: Guterres
Sunday, 26 March 2023, 5:42 am | UN News
Honouring the millions of Africans sold into slavery helps to restore dignity to people who were so mercilessly stripped of it, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message to mark Saturday’s International Day to Remember the Victims ... More >>
Ramadan: UN Chief Calls For Solidarity As Month Of Giving Begins
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 5:23 am | UN News
Celebrated by millions of Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time “to come together, bound by our common humanity”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message just ahead of the holy month. The UN chief drew a parallel ... More >>
Amid Recent Slowdown In Global Trade, ‘Green Goods’ Are The Winning Ticket
Friday, 24 March 2023, 6:31 am | UN News
Global trade slowed down in the second half of 2022, but demand for environmentally friendly goods stayed strong, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, said on Thursday. According to UNCTAD ’s latest Global Trade Update , trade in ... More >>
UN Chief Calls On EU To Help World Get ‘Back On Track’
Friday, 24 March 2023, 6:19 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres attended an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, seeking support for action on climate change, sustainable development and addressing the ongoing challenges linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a joint press ... More >>
South Sudan: Humanitarians Call For Justice After Latest Deadly Attack
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 9:06 pm | UN News
Humanitarians have strongly condemned the latest deadly assault on aid workers in South Sudan, urging the Government to step up security and bring those responsible to justice. The appeal comes after a convoy of more than 100 trucks transporting ... More >>
A Liveable Future For All Is Possible, If We Take Urgent Climate Action: Flagship UN Report
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 9:04 pm | UN News
A major UN “report of reports” from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), outlines the many options that can be taken now, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change. The study, “Climate ... More >>
Iran: Possible Crimes Against Humanity, Absence Of Accountability - Top Rights Expert
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 9:03 pm | UN News
“The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past four decades” have been committed since the death in police custody of Jina Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on ... More >>
School Meals Fuel Young Minds, But Most Vulnerable Still Missing Out: WFP
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 8:59 pm | UN News
Nearly 420 million children across the globe receive school meals – that’s 30 million more than in 2020 - the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a new report published on Tuesday. Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to ... More >>
Pakistan: 10 Million Deprived Of Safe Drinking Water In Flood-affected Areas
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 8:55 pm | UN News
Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, still lack access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) said on Tuesday. The crisis has left families in the flood-affected ... More >>
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 >>
