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Security Council Approves Sanctions Package For Haiti To Quell Gang Violence
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 6:01 am | UN News
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a sanctions regime for Haiti, targeting gang leaders and those who finance them, in the hope of easing months of violence and lawlessness which has fuelled a major humanitarian crisis. Criminal ... More >>
Children In Africa Five Times Less Likely To Learn Basics: New Report
Friday, 21 October 2022, 7:39 pm | UN News
African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children on the continent are five times less likely to learn the basics, than those living elsewhere. The ... More >>
Israeli Occupation Of Palestinian Territory Illegal: UN Rights Commission
Friday, 21 October 2022, 7:33 pm | UN News
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and the Israeli government’s de facto annexation policies, a UN-appointed Commission of Inquiry said in its first report, published on Thursday. ... More >>
Somalia: UNICEF Warns Of Unprecedented Child Deaths
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:26 am | UN News
Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, urging donors to step up support amid historic drought. “Without greater action and investment, we are facing the ... More >>
Impact Of Tigray Airstrikes On Civilians ‘utterly Staggering’: UN Rights Chief
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:24 am | UN News
Parties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must cease all hostilities immediately and work towards a peaceful and lasting solution, the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, appealed on Tuesday. He warned ... More >>
Global Health: Women And Children Pay Heaviest Price For ‘Gaping Inequities’
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:23 am | UN News
A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge, with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people and women. Data presented ... More >>
Surge In Poverty-stricken Children In Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:20 am | UN News
Rising inflation and the Ukraine war have triggered a 19 per cent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of ... More >>
Lifting 100 Million Out Of Poverty By 2025 Still Possible, Despite Recession Threat
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 6:17 am | UN News
A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty , finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and new ways of calculating the problem can help humanitarians and governments better target aid. ... More >>
Guterres Calls For ‘Sustained Political Commitment’ For A Healthier World
Monday, 17 October 2022, 6:31 am | UN News
The UN chief on Sunday called for governments worldwide to prioritize healthcare, in a call to make a “sustained political commitment” so their countries can be better prepared against future shocks, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish ... More >>
‘Catastrophic’ Hunger Recorded In Haiti For First Time, UN Warns
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 7:01 pm | UN News
An unrelenting series of crises has trapped vulnerable Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without access to food, fuel, markets, jobs and public services, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme ... More >>
Global Food Crisis: Let’s Move From ‘Despair To Hope And Action’, Urges Guterres
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 6:46 pm | UN News
In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization stressed on Friday, ahead of World Food Day , the need to “harness the power of solidarity and collective action” to build a sustainable world with ... More >>
Ukraine: Russian Large-scale Strikes Are ‘Unacceptable Escalation’, Says Guterres
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 5:50 am | UN News
The UN chief António Guterres said that large-scale strikes by the Russian military on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other locations on Monday, were deeply shocking and represented “another unacceptable escalation” of the war. The strikes which ... More >>
World Day Against The Death Penalty: UN Experts Warn Of Associated Torture And Cruel Punishment
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 5:16 am | UN News
10 October 2022 GENEVA (10 October 2022 ) – On the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Edwards, and the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial ... More >>
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Shine Spotlight On ‘The Power Of Civil Society To Promote Peace’
Saturday, 8 October 2022, 5:44 am | UN News
The human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus who have been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, represent “the oxygen of democracy” said the UN chief on Friday, in a message of congratulations to the three winners. The laureates ... More >>
Horrific Thailand Nursery Attack Prompts Swift International Condemnation
Friday, 7 October 2022, 5:32 am | UN News
A horrific attack on a childcare centre in northern Thailand that has left dozens dead, prompted strong international condemnation on Thursday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said he was shocked and saddened by the mass shooting. More than ... More >>
World Teachers’ Day Highlights Need To Transform Education
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 6:57 am | UN News
Teachers are at the heart of education, and their valuable work must also lead to better salaries and working conditions, the heads of three UN agencies and a partner organization said on Wednesday. The statement comes in their joint message to mark ... More >>
Renewable Energy Jobs Rise By 700,000 In A Year, To Nearly 13 Million
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 6:11 am | UN News
Worldwide employment in the renewable energy sector reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in just 12 months, despite the lingering effects of COVID-19 and the growing energy crisis, according to a new report published by the International ... More >>
Five Ways Media And Journalists Can Support Climate Action While Tackling Misinformation
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 6:08 am | UN News
It’s a fact: media shapes the public discourse about climate change and how to respond to it. Even the UN’s own Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) warned clearly of this for the first time in the latest of its landmark ... More >>
Pakistan: To Avert ‘Second Wave Of Death’, UN Raises Funding Appeal To $816 Million
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 6:01 am | UN News
Battling what the top UN aid official in Pakistan has warned is a “second wave of death and destruction”, following catastrophic flooding since June that left a third of the country submerged, UN humanitarians on Tuesday raised their funding ... More >>
UN Committee On Migrant Workers Publishes Findings On Bolivia, Syria And Venezuela
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 5:31 am | UN News
GENEVA (4 October 2022) – The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) today issued its findings on the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Bolivarian ... More >>
