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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 >>
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 >>
