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Mali: UN Condemns Second 'cowardly’ Attack In Three Days Against Peacekeepers
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 12:25 pm | UN News
Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday - the second fatal attack this week on a peacekeeping convoy in the West African country. The blue helmets were killed, and another injured, when their Armoured ... More >>
Make Mental Health Support Part Of Climate Action Plans: WHO
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 11:25 am | UN News
Mental health support must be included in national responses to climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new policy brief , launched on Friday at the Stockholm+50 environmental summit. Climate change poses serious risks to people’s ... More >>
Zero Waste: The Portuguese Business Turning Leftover Fish Into Dog Treats
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 11:24 am | UN News
There’s no doubt that food loss and waste, has been undermining the sustainability of our food systems. In an effort to counter this, some small businesses around the world are putting the focus on new sustainable waste management practices. UN News ... More >>
Stockholm+50 Issues Call For Urgent Environmental And Economic Transformation
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 11:20 am | UN News
The Stockholm+50 environment conference came to a close on Friday with a call for real commitments to urgently address global environmental concerns, and for a just transition to sustainable economies, that work for all. "We came to Stockholm ... More >>
Rescue Us From Our Environmental ‘Mess’, UN Chief Urges Stockholm Summit
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 6:59 am | UN News
Global wellbeing is at risk – and it’s in large part because we haven’t kept our promises on the environment – UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday. Although there have been successes in protecting the planet since ... More >>
World Environment Day: Earth ‘Cannot Keep Up With Our Demands’
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 6:57 am | UN News
“This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems “cannot keep up with our demands”. “It ... More >>
Somalia: ‘Dire And Grim’ Drought, Impacting More Than 7 Million
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 7:25 pm | UN News
Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa country warned on Tuesday of the devastating outlook for millions of affected Somalis, amidst heightened ... More >>
Pandemic Hampers Progress To Achieve Universal Energy Access By 2030
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 7:20 pm | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed progress towards universal access to electricity and clean cooking fuels and technology, and fallout from the war in Ukraine could result in further setbacks, according to a UN-backed report, published on Wednesday. ... More >>
Ukraine: ‘Perfect Storm’ Threatens Economic Devastation In Developing World
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 7:17 pm | UN News
Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine is causing immense suffering and devastation there, but also creating a “perfect storm” which could devastate the economies of “many developing countries”, the UN chief warned on Wednesday. UN Secretary-General ... More >>
Monkeypox Transmission May Have Gone Undetected ‘For Some Time’
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 6:56 am | UN News
Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. “Investigations are ongoing, but the sudden appearance of monkeypox in many countries at the same ... More >>
People For Peace: Dreaming Of A Mine-free Lebanon
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 7:27 pm | UN News
A young Cambodian woman says it is her dream to help remove all land mines from the south of Lebanon and improve living conditions for all people living under the threat of death or injury. Decades of civil conflict have left Lebanon with a legacy ... More >>
Ukrainian Refugees Arrive In Poland ‘in A State Of Distress And Anxiety’
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 7:10 pm | UN News
With more than 3.5 million people having fled to Poland since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to scale up its operations to provide aid to arrivals, the agency’s spokesperson said on Friday. ... More >>
Chile: Apology For Sterilizing HIV-positive Women In Moment Of ‘reproductive Justice’
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 6:41 pm | UN News
The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a public apology from Chile on a landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with HIV. “This settlement is a significant moment for women around the ... More >>
Rights Office Welcomes Zambia’s Pledge To Abolish The Death Penalty
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 6:40 pm | UN News
Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday in welcoming the decision. President Hakainde Hichilema announced the development on Tuesday in a ... More >>
5 Things You Should Know About The UN Ocean Conference, A Chance To Save The Planet’s Largest Ecosystem
Saturday, 28 May 2022, 6:17 am | UN News
The Ocean is the planet’s largest ecosystem, regulating the climate, and providing livelihoods for billions. But its health is in danger. The second UN Ocean Conference , due to take place in June, will be an important opportunity to redress the damage ... More >>
5 Ways UN Peacekeeping Partnerships Drive Peace And Development
Friday, 27 May 2022, 7:40 pm | UN News
Every day, United Nations peacekeepers work to protect millions of vulnerable people in increasingly dangerous places in the world’s most fragile political contexts. From protecting civilians in war-torn areas and building social cohesion, to ensuring ... More >>
UN Syria Commission: ‘Unconscionable To Consider Closing Last Border Crossing’
Friday, 27 May 2022, 7:37 pm | UN News
The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry said on Thursday that not extending current cross-border aid to Syria along the remaining route, would be a “failure of the highest order”. The warning to the Security Council comes as humanitarian needs throughout Syria ... More >>
Peacekeepers’ Day Ceremony Honours Service And Sacrifice Of UN Blue Helmets
Friday, 27 May 2022, 7:29 pm | UN News
The United Nations paid tribute to the men and women serving under its flag in some of the most dangerous places in the world during a ceremony in New York on Thursday to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Secretary-General António Guterres ... More >>
Disaster Prevention, Risk Reduction, Critical To Sustainable Future: UN Deputy Chief
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 6:43 pm | UN News
The world will experience 1.5 medium to large-scale disasters every day through the end of the decade, unless countries ramp up action on prevention and risk reduction, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday. ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Bachelet Holds ‘Valuable’ Meeting With China’s President Xi
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 6:54 am | UN News
On day three of her official mission to China, top UN rights official Michelle Bachelet described having a “valuable opportunity” to highlight rights issues and concerns with President Xi Jinping and other senior officials, the first such visit by a UN ... More >>
