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Monkeypox Becoming Established In Non-endemic Countries Warns Tedros; Calls For More Testing, Vaccines To End COVID
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 5:34 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed the 1,000 mark and the risk of it becoming established in some is “real”. At a press conference in Geneva updating on both the current ... More >>
Terrorist Groups ‘exploiting Power Vacuums’, UN Chief Warns
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 5:33 pm | UN News
While the number of deaths from terrorism has declined, the overall threat is far from over, particularly in Africa, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in New York on Wednesday. Mr. Guterres was addressing the latest meeting of the UN Global ... More >>
Act Now To End Food, Energy And Finance Crisis, Guterres Urges World Leaders
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 6:26 am | UN News
Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost-of-living crisis which no country or community can escape, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday at a press conference to launch the latest report on the conflict’s ... More >>
‘Revitalize Our Seas’ UN Chief Urges On World Oceans Day
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 6:24 am | UN News
Ensuring a healthy and productive ocean that serves the whole planet, is a “collective responsibility” that can only be fulfilled by working together, the UN chief told an celebratory event marking World Oceans Day on Wednesday. In his message , Secretary-General ... More >>
Nigeria: Guterres Condemns ‘Heinous’ Church Attack Which Left Dozens Dead
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 6:55 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has condemned “in the strongest terms” a brutal attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria at the weekend, which left at least 50 people dead and wounded dozens more. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, António ... More >>
Solidarity, Sustainability, Science, Will Guide New General Assembly President’s Agenda
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 6:54 am | UN News
A veteran Hungarian diplomat was appointed President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly during an official ceremony in New York on Tuesday. Ambassador Csaba Kőrösi, Director of Environmental Sustainability at the Office of the President ... More >>
Horn Of Africa Braces For ‘Explosion Of Child Deaths’ As Hunger Crisis Deepens
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 6:52 am | UN News
An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the international community takes immediate action to prevent a new hunger disaster, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. To illustrate continuing deep ... More >>
Bangladesh: ILO Calls For Workplace Safety Review Following Deadly Fire
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 7:39 pm | UN News
A fire and explosion in southeastern Bangladesh over the weekend which left more than 40 dead, has prompted the UN’s labour agency, ILO, to urge workplaces throughout the country to address safety shortcomings. ILO expressed its deep sadness over the ... More >>
‘We Can Do Better, We Must’ Declares Departing UN Climate Change Chief, As COP27 Looms Over Horizon
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 7:38 pm | UN News
The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due to take place in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, in November. Governments are meeting for the first ... More >>
Reports Of Sexual Violence In Ukraine Rising Fast, Security Council Hears
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 5:36 pm | UN News
Allegations of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine are mounting, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday, expressing regret over a stark discrepancy between that painful reality, and the global community’s ambition to end the use ... More >>
Ukraine: After 100 Days Of War, UN Works To Free Up Vital Food And Fertilizer Exports
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 12:27 pm | UN News
One hundred days since the 24 February Russian invasion of Ukraine, UN humanitarians on Friday issued a fresh alert about the enormous needs there, as the Organization has continued to push to secure food and fertilizer exports from Ukraine and Russia, ... More >>
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 >>
