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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 >>
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 >>
