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Ukraine: Prospects For End To War Look Bleak, Despite ‘Encouraging’ Grain Deal
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 5:45 am | UN News
The war in Ukraine shows no signs of ending, more than five months after the Russian invasion, and fighting is intensifying, the UN Security Council heard on Friday. Ambassadors were briefed by UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo, who pointed ... More >>
UN General Assembly Declares Access To Clean And Healthy Environment A Universal Human Right
Friday, 29 July 2022, 5:19 pm | UN News
With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions*, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. The resolution, based on a similar text adopted ... More >>
UN Welcomes New Centre To Put Ukraine Grain Exports Deal Into Motion
Friday, 29 July 2022, 7:20 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the official start of the operation based in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, that will help implement the UN-brokered deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, amid the ongoing conflict ... More >>
FAO Warns 90 Per Cent Of Earth’s Topsoil At Risk By 2050
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 5:29 pm | UN News
A full 90 per cent of the Earth’s precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO . In a bid to protect soil globally and help farmers, the FAO warned on Wednesday that the equivalent of ... More >>
Monkeypox Vaccine: WHO Urges Countries To Share Data On Effectiveness
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 6:55 am | UN News
As Monkeypox cases reach over 18,000 in 78 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, recommended targeted vaccination for those exposed to someone infected and those at high risk of exposure, including health workers, laboratory ... More >>
Colombia: New Government Urged To Combat Rising Violence In Rural Areas
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 4:36 pm | UN News
The incoming administration in Colombia must prioritize tackling rising violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday. The violence ... More >>
Ukraine: UNICEF Delivers Life-saving Supplies For Over 50,000 Children In Odesa
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 4:35 pm | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, delivered supplies on Tuesday to help an estimated 50,000 children in the war-ravaged districts of Odesa, the crucial Black Sea port which Russia bombed on Saturday, just hours after signing a landmark deal to allow ... More >>
UN Delivers Aid Directly To Haitians Caught Up In Gang Violence
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 6:23 am | UN News
United Nations humanitarian agencies have started delivering aid directly to people in Haiti following a recent spike in violence between rival gangs which has fueled a worsening crisis across the capital, Port-au-Prince. Vulnerable inhabitants of ... More >>
New ECOSOC President Aims To Ease Crises Which Have ‘Engulfed Our Societies’
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 6:22 am | UN News
Bulgaria’s UN Ambassador banged the gavel as President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the first time on Monday with a vow to build on the “solid foundation” left by the outgoing head and his bureau to transform the world into ... More >>
Syria: Australian Teen’s Death In Prison Was ‘Utterly Preventable’, Rights Experts Say
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 6:19 am | UN News
Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of a Sydney teenager at a facility in the northeast, UN human rights experts said on Monday. ... More >>
Global Awareness Critical To Protect World’s Mangroves: UN Science Chief
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 6:08 am | UN News
Time is running out to protect the world’s mangroves which are not only home to many species but also an important hedge against climate impacts, the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Tuesday. Audrey ... More >>
WHO: ‘We Believe Monkeypox Outbreak Can Be Stopped’
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 6:06 am | UN News
The rapidly spreading Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, “with the right strategies in the right groups”. But “ time is going by and we all need to pull together to make that happen ”, warned ... More >>
‘Do One Thing’ To Save Lives On World Drowning Prevention Day: WHO
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 7:03 am | UN News
More than 236,000 people die annually from drowning - among the leading causes of death for those aged one to 24 years, and the third leading cause of injury deaths worldwide overall - the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, urging everyone ... More >>
Best Way To Protect Children Caught In Conflict Is To ‘Champion Peace’: Gamba
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 5:43 am | UN News
The best way to protect children and prevent violations against them during armed conflict is to “promote and champion peace,” the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict told the Security Council on Tuesday. In her formal presentation ... More >>
Afghanistan: Report Highlights Multiple Human Rights Violations And Abuses Under Taliban
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 5:41 am | UN News
A new report from the UN Mission in Afghanistan ( UNAMA ) released on Wednesday, confirms the erosion of basic human rights across the country since the Taliban takeover in August last year, pointing out they bear responsibility for extrajudicial killings, ... More >>
Black Sea Grain Exports Deal ‘A Beacon Of Hope’ Amid Ukraine War - Guterres
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 5:40 am | UN News
The UN plan, which also paves the way for Russian food and fertilizer to reach global markets, will help to stabilize spiralling food prices worldwide and stave off famine, affecting millions. Russian and Ukrainian Ministers signed the Black Sea Grain Initiative, ... More >>
UNHCR Alarmed By Growing Death Toll Among Displaced In Eastern DR Congo
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 5:37 am | UN News
As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll and suffering of displaced civilians through brutal attacks, is cause for serious concern said the UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday, which appealed for ... More >>
Monkeypox Declared A Global Health Emergency By The World Health Organization
Sunday, 24 July 2022, 5:23 am | UN News
Monkeypox is an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand ‘too little’, and which meets the criteria of an emergency under International Health Regulations. “For all of these reasons, ... More >>
Voluntary Repatriation Of Refugees From Angola To DR Congo Resumes
Friday, 22 July 2022, 7:12 am | UN News
After a two-year hiatus, the voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to their homeland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun again, after the programme was put on hold in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to long-term border ... More >>
WHO Calls For Action To Provide Migrant And Refugee Healthcare
Friday, 22 July 2022, 7:11 am | UN News
Millions of refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, which could jeopardize reaching the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for these populations. The warning from the World Health Organization ( WHO ... More >>
