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Island States Must Bolster Resilience To Existential Climate Threats
Friday, 4 February 2022, 8:26 pm | UN News
The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga followed by another earthquake and aftershocks just days afterwards, has highlighted once again the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a meeting this week convened by the Food ... More >>
Africa Needs To Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Six-fold
Friday, 4 February 2022, 8:23 pm | UN News
The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa needs to increase six-fold for the continent to meet the 70 per cent target set for the middle of this year, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) said on Thursday. ... More >>
DR Congo: At Least 50 Dead Following Militia Attack On Camp
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 7:52 pm | UN News
At least 50 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack on Tuesday night at a site for internally displaced people in Savo, Ituri Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN said on Wednesday. According to the UN Mission ... More >>
Myanmar: ‘Meaningful Action’ Needed To Stop The Slaughter
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 6:03 pm | UN News
Marking the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the independent UN expert monitoring the country implored States on Tuesday to take more robust action, reiterating his call for an arms embargo to stop the killing of innocent people. ... More >>
UNICEF Providing Aid For Children Caught Up In Syria Prison Siege
Friday, 28 January 2022, 6:33 pm | UN News
Boys and girls caught up in intense fighting which raged for six days around a besieged prison in northeast Syria, need protection and assistance, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Thursday. ISIL fighters launched an assault on the Ghwayran/Sinai’i ... More >>
More Than 50 Million Worldwide Hit By Urban Conflict
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 6:16 pm | UN News
Opening a Security Council debate on how to protect civilians caught up in urban conflict,the UN Secretary-General on Tuesday said that more than 50 million people are currently impacted by fighting inside towns and cities. In fact, António Guterres ... More >>
UN Mission Calls For Probe Into Deadly Attack In South Sudan
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 7:42 am | UN News
Authorities in South Sudan must investigate a report of deadly intercommunal violence in Jonglei State earlier this week, the UN mission in the country, UNMISS, said on Tuesday. The attack reportedly occurred on Sunday when armed youth from the Murle ... More >>
Bachelet Deplores Military Coup In Burkina Faso
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 7:40 am | UN News
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet deeply deplores this week’s military takeover in Burkina Faso, her office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday. OHCHR has called for a swift return to constitutional order and urged the army to immediately release President ... More >>
‘Global Learning Crisis’ Continues Says Guterres; Millions Still Hit
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 7:38 am | UN News
Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic , school closures continue to disrupt the lives of over 31 million students, exacerbating what the United Nations’ Secretary General called “a global learning crisis.” “Unless we take ... More >>
‘No Free Ride’ For COVID, It's Here ‘For The Foreseeable Future’: Tedros
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 7:35 am | UN News
The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it is possible to end the acute phase of the pandemic this year, UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday. Speaking ... More >>
From Milan To Glasgow, Young Moroccans Commit To Fighting Climate Change
Monday, 24 January 2022, 8:26 am | UN News
A new way to recycle large amounts of coffee grounds; a platform connecting young African activists; technology to produce electricity from ocean waves or recycle plastic. A new energy-efficient construction method - an innovative carpooling app. ... More >>
Tigray: Eritrean Refugees ‘scared And Struggling To Eat’ Amid Aid Obstacles
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 9:10 pm | UN News
For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, only to find that some Eritrean nationals living there have likely died of preventable diseases, while others are “scared and struggling to get enough ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For Action To Put Out ‘5-alarm Global Fire’
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 9:09 pm | UN News
At a time when “the only certainty is more uncertainty”, countries must unite to forge a new, more hopeful and equal path, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Friday, laying out his priorities for 2022. ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Protect Vietnamese Workers Trafficked To Serbia
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:17 pm | UN News
Urgent action is required to assist and protect some 400 Vietnamese migrant workers who were allegedly trafficked to Serbia, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday. Eight companies, including Vietnamese labour recruitment ... More >>
UN Coordinator In Tonga: ‘Resources On The Ground Are Not Enough’
Saturday, 22 January 2022, 6:16 pm | UN News
As news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has a message to the outside world: Tonga’s people are going to need sustained support responding to a disaster ... More >>
Young People Must Have ‘A Seat At The Table’ In Peace Efforts: Guterres
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:29 pm | UN News
Although young people have been at the forefront of efforts to build and sustain peace, opportunities for them to make a meaningful contribution remain insufficient, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday. Addressing the opening of ... More >>
Top UN Colombia Official Calls For Greater Implementation Of Historic Peace Accord
Friday, 21 January 2022, 5:45 pm | UN News
Five years after its signing, the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia is setting down ever deeper roots, the Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Thursday, as he called on the Government, political parties, former combatants ... More >>
Rare Coral Reef Discovered Near Tahiti Is ‘Like A Work Of Art’, Says Diver
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:24 am | UN News
One of the largest coral reefs in the world has been discovered by a UN-supported scientific mission off the coast of Tahiti. Announcing the stunning find on Thursday, UNESCO said that divers had explored large rose-shaped corals spanning some three ... More >>
UNRWA Condemns Demolition Of Palestinian Home In East Jerusalem
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:22 am | UN News
The UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, on Thursday urged Israeli to immediately halt all evictions and demolitions in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, after an entire family was forced out of their long-term home the previous ... More >>
Palestine-Israel: UN Envoy Highlights Urgent Need For Reform
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 7:59 am | UN News
Urgent action is required to prevent further deterioration of the economic, security and political situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council on Wednesday. The fiscal situation ... More >>
