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Guterres Strongly Condemns Arrest Of UN Personnel In Central African Republic
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 8:54 am | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the release of four members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) who were arrested in the capital, Bangui, earlier this week, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. Local ... More >>
‘Race Against Time’ As Madagascar Braces For 4th Tropical Cyclone In A Month
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:57 pm | UN News
The island nation of Madagascar is shoring up for its fourth tropical cyclone in a month, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday, as they outlined plans to help the authorities assist the most vulnerable. While tropical cyclone Emnati was ... More >>
First Person : I Don’t Want To Die In The Body Of A Man
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 7:23 am | UN News
A transgender woman in Haiti has said she does not want to die in a man's body, and hopes to leave her native country to fulfill her dream of transitioning from being a man to a woman. Semi Alisha Fermond works with transgender people at Kay ... More >>
WHO Reveals Countries To Produce First COVID-busting MRNA Vaccines In Africa
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 8:14 pm | UN News
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first countries on the African continent to receive the technology needed to produce game-changing mRNA vaccines, which have proved crucial to the fight against COVID-19, the head ... More >>
Time To ‘seriously De-escalate’ Tensions Over Ukraine, Guterres Tells Munich Conference
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 6:40 pm | UN News
With tensions continuing to mount over the Ukraine crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that he still believed military conflict in Europe “will not happen” – although if it did, “it would be catastrophic”. Addressing ... More >>
Conflict In Ukraine Disrupting Entire Generation Of Children, Says UNICEF
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 6:18 pm | UN News
Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 750 schools have been damaged. On ... More >>
Ukraine Crisis: UN Political Affairs Chief Calls For ‘maximum Restraint’
Saturday, 19 February 2022, 7:23 am | UN News
Amid competing narratives of events unfolding swiftly in and around Ukraine - one detailing the withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders and another proclaiming that an attack is imminent – the UN political affairs chief called on Thursday ... More >>
South Sudan: Sharp Decline In Violence Against Civilians
Friday, 18 February 2022, 7:44 pm | UN News
Reported incidents of violence against civilians fell by around 42 per cent in 2021 compared with the previous year, according to a new report released by the UN Mission in South Sudan ( UNMISS ) on Thursday. The UNMISS Human Rights Division’s annual ... More >>
Child Sex Abuse In Madagascar ‘Widespread And Tolerated’
Friday, 18 February 2022, 7:17 pm | UN News
In Madagascar, child sex abuse is “widespread and tolerated” in tourist hotspots, UN-appointed rights experts said on Thursday. In a call to the authorities to take action to protect youngsters from child prostitution and other ... More >>
South Sudan: ‘Violence Against Aid Workers Must Stop’, Humanitarian Coordinator Urges
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 9:00 pm | UN News
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan on Wednesday strongly condemned the continued violence across the country, which is affecting the safety of civilians and humanitarian workers, constraining humanitarian access, and disrupting the delivery ... More >>
Guterres Opens Global Disability Summit With Inclusivity Call
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 8:58 pm | UN News
The Global Disability Summit began on Wednesday in Oslo, where UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all countries to do more to put people living with disabilities “front and centre” of their post-COVID recovery plans. ... More >>
Concern Over Low Vaccination Rates As ‘Omicron Tidal Wave’ Floods Eastern Europe, Central Asia
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 7:43 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official in Europe on Tuesday called on governments and health authorities to “closely examine” why there is low demand and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines, as an “Omicron tidal wave” slams countries ... More >>
‘Historic Expansion’ Of Joint UN Fund To Boost Sustainable Development
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:44 am | UN News
TheUN Joint SDG Fund announced on Mondayan additional $54.5 millionininvestments for projects across five countries, to try and get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track. “The Fund is in a position to bridge the gap in ... More >>
WHO Alert Over Childhood Cancer Inequalities In Europe
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:42 am | UN News
Progress in the overall survival rate for children with cancer is uneven across Europe, with a significant proportion of the thousands diagnosed with cancer each year, still dying, the UN health agency WHO alerted on Tuesday. The new WHO report ... More >>
Number Of Internally Displaced In Myanmar Doubles, To 800,000
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 7:57 pm | UN News
The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Myanmar has doubled since February of last year, now crossing the 800,000 mark, the UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) announced on Friday. Speaking to journalists in Geneva, UNHCR spokesperson Matthew ... More >>
Stability For Libya Must Be 'Top Priority' Urges Guterres
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 7:35 pm | UN News
The UN chief is “following closely” the latest political crisis unfolding in Libya, which threatens to return the country to a stand-off position between two rival authorities, following the failure to hold presidential elections in December. ... More >>
World Pulses Day Empowers Youth, For Sustainable ‘Agrifood’ Systems
Friday, 11 February 2022, 7:43 pm | UN News
The UN marks World Pulses Day on Thursday, this year celebrating how these nutritious beans, grains and seeds, crucial to so many cuisines worldwide, can empower youth to help achieve sustainable commercial farming (agrifood) systems. ... More >>
Africa On Track To Control Pandemic This Year But Vigilance Is Key: WHO
Friday, 11 February 2022, 7:40 pm | UN News
Africa is on track to control the COVID-19 pandemic this year if current trends continue, but vigilance will remain key, the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional office said on Thursday. Since the first case on the continent ... More >>
World Leaders Call For $23 Billion To End Pandemic This Year
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 9:12 pm | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic could be defeated this year but only if vaccines, tests and treatments are made available to all people, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday. The UN chief was among world leaders calling for $23 ... More >>
‘Peace Is Indispensable’ Says UN Deputy Chief In Ethiopia, Hearing Stories Of Conflict And Hope
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 9:11 pm | UN News
From survivors of rape to young women entrepreneurs, the UN Deputy Secretary-General has spent the week meeting some of those whose lives have been upended by conflict in Ethiopia, but also hearing stories of hope that ... More >>
