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Protect Unaccompanied Children Fleeing Ukraine: UN Agency Chiefs
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 7:16 am | UN News
Unaccompanied and separated children fleeing the conflict in Ukraine must be protected, two senior UN officials said in a joint statement on Monday. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF , alongside the UN High Commissioner ... More >>
Two UN Peacekeepers Killed In Mali, Four Wounded
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 7:14 am | UN News
A convoy from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two ‘blue helmets’, from Egypt, and wounding four others. In a statement, MINUSMA said the peacekeepers were part ... More >>
Women Building A Sustainable Future: Green Business Begins To Sprout In Ukraine
Monday, 7 March 2022, 7:39 pm | UN News
In Ukraine, home to heavy industry and one of the largest coal mining operations in the world, passionate women entrepreneurs are adopting new approaches to business, putting environment and people first. Valentina and Tetiana Denysenko were forced ... More >>
Women Building A Sustainable Future: The Mexican Violinist Who Saved The Sierra Gorda
Sunday, 6 March 2022, 8:25 pm | UN News
Forty years ago, Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo, known as Pati, left the Mexican city of Querétaro with her family in search of a simple rural life. Instead, she ended up leading and inspiring a group of some 17,000 local environmental activists, devoted ... More >>
Over One Billion Obese People Globally, Health Crisis Must Be Reversed - WHO
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 6:38 am | UN News
On World Obesity Day, marked on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to do more to reverse what is a preventable health crisis. According to recent data , more than one billion people worldwide are obese , including 650 million ... More >>
Bachelet Leads Calls For Ceasefire In Ukraine During Urgent Debate At UN Rights Council
Friday, 4 March 2022, 5:25 pm | UN News
Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told an urgent debate on Thursday, leading calls for a ceasefire. Convened at the request ... More >>
UN Health Agency Updates Guidelines On COVID-19 Therapeutics
Friday, 4 March 2022, 5:24 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO), for the first time, included an oral antiviral drug in its COVID-19 treatment guidance. The updated “living guidelines” on related therapeutics now include conditional recommendations on the medication, molnupiravir, ... More >>
Canada Urged To Amend Transgenerational Discriminatory Indian Act
Friday, 4 March 2022, 5:23 pm | UN News
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday, for Canada to fully address long-standing gender-based discrimination in its Indian Act, which continues to affect tens of thousands of descendants of ... More >>
UNEP Combats Pollution, Restores Ozone And Protects Seas – UN Chief Tells 50th Anniversary Session
Friday, 4 March 2022, 7:20 am | UN News
For 50 years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has offered the world a way forward “based on a vision for a better, healthier Earth built on the pillars of international cooperation,” Secretary-General António Guterres told a landmark special session ... More >>
‘Senseless War’ Forces One Million To Flee Ukraine: UN High Commissioner For Refugees
Friday, 4 March 2022, 7:17 am | UN News
The “senseless war” in Ukraine has forced one million people to flee the country in just seven days, while countless others have been displaced within its borders, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday. “I have worked ... More >>
Women Building A Sustainable Future: The Kenyan Engineer Fighting For Equality
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 8:50 pm | UN News
Norah Magero, a Mechanical Engineer and Renewable Energy Expert from Kenya, is helping communities adapt to the changing climate, in the face of gender discrimination. “I grew up in a society that did not value women. Our rights to education, expression, ... More >>
Ukraine Crisis: UN Agencies Support Rising Tide Of Refugees
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:52 am | UN News
The number of people fleeing the Russian onslaught in Ukraine surpassed 874,000 as of Wednesday morning New York time, data from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has revealed. More than half have headed west to Poland, according to a new ... More >>
Ukraine: Oxygen Shortage Putting Lives In Danger
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:51 am | UN News
On day seven of the Ukraine crisis, UN-led efforts to ramp up support to the country’s embattled health workers have continued, with the first shipment of lifesaving supplies due to arrive in neighbouring Poland in the coming hours. Initial concerns about ... More >>
Push For ‘More Caring, Thoughtful’ Relationship With Nature: UN Chief
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:49 am | UN News
Everyone must commit to preserving the Earth’s “invaluable and irreplaceable wildlife,” the UN chief said on Wednesday in his message for World Wildlife Day. “Each year…we celebrate the beauty and wonder of our planet’s wild plants and ... More >>
Ukraine: $1.7 Billion Appeal Launched To Help Refugee Exodus, Host Countries
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 6:53 pm | UN News
Rockets have been “raining down” on Ukraine’s cities and hundreds of people have been killed or injured since the Russian military offensive began, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, at the launch of a $1.7 billion flash appeal to provide ... More >>
COVID-19: Germany First To Contribute ‘fair Share’ For Vaccine Equity Push
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 6:02 pm | UN News
Germany has become the first country to answer a call for wealthy nations to contribute their “fair share” towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday. The country has committed to provide $1.22 billion to ... More >>
UN Humanitarians Call On Combatants To Spare Ukraine Civilians As Aid Ramps Up
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 7:07 am | UN News
Well over 600,000 people have fled Ukraine in under a week, since Russia’s military offensive began, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as they issued an appeal to protect civilians from further bloodshed. “We know that children have been killed, we know ... More >>
South Sudan: Condemnation For Attempted Ambush On Food Convoy
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 7:04 am | UN News
A peacekeeper is in stable condition a day after being shot during an attempted ambush on a UN convoy in South Sudan, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, and the World Food Programme (WFP) reported on Tuesday. The interagency convoy of 59 ... More >>
Scrap Harmful Laws That Increase Discrimination, UNAIDS Urges
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 7:03 am | UN News
Everyone has the right to live a healthy, full, and productive life with dignity, regardless of their HIV or other medical status, the UN agencyleading the fight against HIV/AIDS said on Tuesday, Zero Discrimination Day. “People most ... More >>
IPCC Adaptation Report ‘A Damning Indictment Of Failed Global Leadership On Climate’
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 8:05 pm | UN News
UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the "unavoidable multiple climate hazards” ... More >>
