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More Funding Needed For Climate Adaptation, As Risks Mount
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:41 am | UN News
Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and too slow, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in its latest report, published on Thursday. The Adaptation ... More >>
Global Jobs Market Set To Deteriorate Amid Ukraine War Shocks: ILO
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:40 am | UN News
The outlook for global labour markets has worsened in recent months and if current trends continue, vacancies will grow more scarce while global jobs growth will deteriorate significantly during the rest of the year, according to a new report by the International ... More >>
DR Congo: Guterres ‘Deeply Concerned’ By Resurgence Of Fighting Between Government Troops And M23
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:36 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has expressed deep concern over the uptick in fighting between Government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and M23 rebels in the east, which in the past ten days have seen multiple civilians killed, “massive ... More >>
Europe Hotting Up More Than Twice Global Average: WMO
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:33 am | UN News
Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest of any continent in the world. As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires, floods and other climate change impacts will ... More >>
Cholera Spreading Throughout Lebanon, WHO Warns
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:32 am | UN News
The first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon is now spreading throughout the country, with more than 1,400 suspected cases, and 17 reported deaths so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday. The first case was reported ... More >>
Intimidated, Jailed, Abused: Threats Against Journalists Harm Us All, Warns UN Chief
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:30 am | UN News
Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists , observed ... More >>
‘Act Local To Go Global’ Provides Universal Theme For World Cities Day
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:27 am | UN News
The actions cities take locally to create a sustainable world will reverberate globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, underlining the need to ramp up progress towards a more just and equitable future for people and the planet. In ... More >>
Ukraine Grain Deal, Ethiopia Agreement, Show ‘Power Of Multilateralism In Action’: Guterres
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:23 am | UN News
Russia’s decision to rejoin the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Ethiopian agreement to end the war in Tigray demonstrate the power of multilateralism in action, said the UN chief on Thursday, in a call for countries to also rebuild trust between the ... More >>
Iconic World Heritage Glaciers To Disappear By 2050, Warns UNESCO
Friday, 4 November 2022, 6:20 am | UN News
Some of the world’s most iconic glaciers are set to disappear by 2050, according to a new study by UNESCO, which highlights the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites. Glaciers in a third of sites are under threat, regardless of ... More >>
UN Chief Warmly Welcomes Russia Decision To End Suspension From Ukraine Grain Deal
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 5:45 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday i ssued a statement warmly welcoming Russia’s decision to resume its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative , which has allowed nearly ten million metric tonnes of vital foodstuffs to be shipped from Ukraine. ... More >>
Afghanistan: Opium Cultivation Up Nearly A Third, Warns UNODC
Tuesday, 1 November 2022, 8:04 pm | UN News
The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly a third amid soaring prices, and despite the multiple humanitarian and economic crises facing the country and it’s Taliban rulers, said the UN Office ... More >>
Millions Face Flooding Threat Across West And Central Africa
Saturday, 29 October 2022, 8:20 pm | UN News
In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday . The alert comes amid the worst floods in a decade, which have swept across Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso, ... More >>
Northern Ethiopia Facing Devastating Spike In Preventable Disease: WHO
Saturday, 29 October 2022, 8:18 pm | UN News
The UN health agency WHO expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia’s northern regions - and in particular Tigray – caused by nearly two years of conflict and chronic aid access problems. ... More >>
UN Counter-terrorism Body Backs Innovations To Fight Digital Terror
Friday, 28 October 2022, 6:47 am | UN News
The growing threat posed by new and emerging technologies to global security is the focus of a special meeting of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee , which opens on Friday in India. Ahead of the two-day meeting , the Committee Chair, ... More >>
Climate Change: No ‘Credible Pathway’ To 1.5C Limit, UNEP Warns
Friday, 28 October 2022, 6:46 am | UN News
National pledges to reduce harmful emissions offer little hope of avoiding climate disaster, UN climate experts said on Thursday, in an urgent appeal for a radical transformation of the energy sector, before it’s too late. There’s “no credible ... More >>
19 Life-threatening Fungi Listed In Bid To Tackle Antifungal Resistance
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 7:16 am | UN News
If you had to name some of the planet’s most life-threatening fungal diseases, would you know where to begin? If not, then look no further than the UN World Health Organization ( WHO ), which has just catalogued the 19 fungi that represent the greatest ... More >>
‘Haitians Are Coming Together To Tackle The Cholera Crisis’: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 6:04 am | UN News
Haitians are coming together to tackle the recent outbreak of cholera in the country, says the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country. Ulrika Richardson, the most senior UN humanitarian official in Haiti, visited a number of cholera treatment ... More >>
Malaysia’s Forced Return Of Myanmar’s Most Vulnerable Must Stop: UNHCR
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 6:02 am | UN News
Malaysia’s forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been “sent back against their will” to the troubled country in the last two months, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. There ... More >>
Heatwaves To Impact Almost Every Child On Earth By 2050: UNICEF Report
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 6:01 am | UN News
Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that they are set to affect virtually every child on earth by 2050, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. Today, at least half a billion youngsters ... More >>
Step Up Investment To Deliver Safe Drinking Water To All
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 5:56 am | UN News
Governments must invest more in building safe drinking water systems, both to ensure greater access to this resource and to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a report published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN children’s ... More >>
