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WMO Releases ‘Tell-tale Signs’ Of Extreme Weather Conditions Around The World
Friday, 30 December 2022, 7:06 am | UN News
From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, describing the “tell-tale signs and impacts” of intensified ... More >>
UN Reproductive Health Agency Appeals For $1.2 Billion To Support Crisis-affected Women And Girls
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8:21 pm | UN News
Amid rising humanitarian needs worldwide, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, on Tuesday launched a $1.2 billion appeal to support 66 million women, girls and young people in 65 countries affected by crisis. The 2023 Humanitarian ... More >>
UN Honours Pioneering Initiatives To Restore Ecosystems Worldwide
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8:18 pm | UN News
Ten initiatives from around the globe, which together aim to restore more than 68 million hectares of land and coastlines, have been recognized by the UN for their role in preventing and reversing the degradation of natural habitats across the planet. ... More >>
Somalia: Famine Narrowly Averted – So Far, Warn UN Humanitarians
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8:16 pm | UN News
In Somalia, a full-blown famine has been narrowly averted for now, but the hunger emergency has not gone away, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. In an update on food insecurity in Somalia, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ... More >>
More Than 11,000 Children Killed Or Injured In Yemen Conflict: UNICEF
Monday, 12 December 2022, 6:10 pm | UN News
More than 11,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Yemen - an average of four a day since fighting escalated in 2015, though the number is likely to be far higher, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported. Agency chief ... More >>
Life-threatening Infections On The Rise Due To Drug-resistant Bacteria, New WHO Report Reveals
Saturday, 10 December 2022, 8:53 pm | UN News
Over 50 per cent of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published on Friday reveals. Moreover, the high levels of resistance to treatment are reported in bacteria frequently ... More >>
Ukraine War: Attacks Against Civilians And Infrastructure Must Stop, Disarmament Chief Tells Security Council
Saturday, 10 December 2022, 5:45 pm | UN News
The only way to end the suffering and devastation in Ukraine, “is by ending the war”, the UN’s top disarmament official told the Security Council on Friday. Briefing reportedly at the request of Russia on “supplies of lethal weapons to ... More >>
Many Persons With Disabilities Face Premature Death Due To Health Inequities
Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:23 am | UN News
Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections of society, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization on Friday. “Many persons with disabilities die earlier, some up to 20 years earlier, ... More >>
Africa’s Advances In Maternal, Infant Mortality Face Setbacks: WHO
Friday, 2 December 2022, 6:18 am | UN News
Across Africa, efforts to reduce the number of women and infants dying in childbirth are set to slow without a substantial increase in investment, the UN health agency said on Thursday. New data from the World Health Organization ( WHO ) indicates that ... More >>
Doses Of Ebola Candidate Vaccines Expected To Be Shipped To Uganda Next Week: WHO
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 4:24 pm | UN News
Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday. Uganda is going through a major outbreak ... More >>
Global Food Imports On Track To Reach All-time High: FAO
Monday, 14 November 2022, 6:52 am | UN News
Food import costs globally are projected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year, or higher than previously expected, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report published on Friday. The new forecast of $1.94 trillion would represent ... More >>
UN Ramps Up Humanitarian Appeal For Life-saving Assistance To 3.4 Million Sri Lankans
Sunday, 13 November 2022, 5:41 am | UN News
Amidst Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence, the UN on Tuesday revised its joint Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan, appealing for more life-saving assistance to aid 3.4 million people. Since June, the UN team in Sri ... More >>
Terrorism Intensifying Across Africa, Exploiting Instability And Conflict
Sunday, 13 November 2022, 5:40 am | UN News
The growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security, currently felt most keenly in Africa, the deputy UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday. “Terrorists and violent extremists including Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates ... More >>
COP27: ‘Zero Tolerance For Greenwashing’, Guterres Says As New Report Cracks Down On Empty Net-zero Pledges
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 5:36 am | UN News
8 November 2022 While a growing number of governments and non-State actors are pledging to be carbon-free, the criteria for net-zero commitments can have loopholes wide enough to “drive a diesel truck through”, the UN Secretary-General decried as ... More >>
Dirty Fossil Fuel Investments And A New AI Inventory Of Global Emissions In The Spotlight During ‘Finance Day’ At COP27
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 5:30 am | UN News
The first of the ‘thematic’ days kicked off on Wednesday at COP27, focused on finance, and activists made it clear right from the start that there must be a global push to re-direct the hundreds of billions of dollars invested annually in fossil More >>
Climate Change Much Deadlier Than Cancer In Some Places, UNDP Data Shows
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 5:38 am | UN News
The impact of climate change on health if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, according to new data released on Friday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Climate Impact ... More >>
UN Chief Urges Security Council, Speak ‘With One Voice’ To Secure Peace
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 5:37 am | UN News
UN peace operations, which include peacekeeping and special political missions, “provide the space for political solutions” in some of the world’s most complex hotspots, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday. ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief Urges Stronger Action To End ‘Legal Limbo’ Of Statelessness
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 5:33 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Friday called for stronger political commitment and action to improve the lives of the roughly 4.3 million stateless people worldwide who are “languishing without citizenship and living in the shadows.” ... More >>
DPR Korea Launches ‘Unprecedented Number’ Of Missiles, Security Council Hears
Saturday, 5 November 2022, 5:41 pm | UN News
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched “an unprecedented number” of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, ... More >>
South Sudan: Conflict And Climate Crisis Drives Rising Hunger
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:43 am | UN News
The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest level ever, UN agencies said in their latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, issued on Thursday. Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in areas ... More >>
