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Cyberbullying A Top Concern On Safer Internet Day
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 8:26 pm | UN News
With more children and young people spending time online, cyberbullying is the top concern for their safety when using the internet, according to a survey carried about by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on two social media platforms. ... More >>
Tragic Death Of Venezuelan Baby Highlights Need For Greater Migrant Protection
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 8:23 pm | UN News
Following the death of a baby during an interception at sea off the southeast coast of the island of Trinidad on Sunday, UN agencies have expressed their deep sadness and called for stronger measures to protects refugees and migrants. The vessel carrying ... More >>
Severe Drought Threatens 13 Million With Hunger In Horn Of Africa
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 8:20 pm | UN News
An estimated 13 million people are waking up severely hungry every day in the Horn of Africa, as the region grapples with a major drought caused by the driest conditions since 1981, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday. Three consecutive failed ... More >>
More Support Needed For Women And Girls In Super Typhoon-ravaged Philippines
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 8:23 pm | UN News
As the debris clears, the scale of destruction is laid bare. When Super Typhoon Rai - Odette as it’s known locally - barrelled down on the Philippines on 16 December, its 195km/h winds and torrential rain tore through hundreds of thousands of homes, ... More >>
Madagascar: Cyclone Batsirai Leaves At Least 10 Dead, Thousands Displaced
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 8:18 pm | UN News
Tropical Cyclone Batsirai wrought havoc across Madagascar over the weekend, the second deadly storm to batter the African island nation since the beginning of the year. Batsirai made landfall on Saturday night local time, with wind speeds of up ... More >>
Guterres Says Africa Is ‘Source Of Hope’ For The World
Sunday, 6 February 2022, 8:29 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday said that Africa was “a source of hope” for the world, highlighting the examples of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Decade of Financial and Economic Inclusion for African Women. António ... More >>
New WHO Platform Promotes Global Cancer Prevention
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 8:04 pm | UN News
With one in five people worldwide developing cancer during their lifetimes, prevention of the disease has become one of the most significant public health challenges of the 21st century. To mark World Cancer Day , the World Health Organization’s ( ... More >>
Madagascar: Recovering From One Deadly Cyclone, Bracing For Another
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 8:02 pm | UN News
Lives, livelihoods, and vital crops are at risk across Madagascar with Tropical Cyclone Batsirai expected to make landfall within hours. Meanwhile, the island nation off the coast of East Africa is still reeling from the impact of Storm Ana last month, ... More >>
Guterres: 'Let Us Build Bridges Between The Faiths'
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 8:00 pm | UN News
Marking the International Day of Human Fraternity on Friday, the United Nations’ Secretary-General issued a stark warning over rising hate speech, intolerance, discrimination and physical violence. According to António Guterres, the hateful attacks are ... More >>
Daughters Of Somalia, A Continuous Pledge To End Female Genital Mutilation
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 7:47 pm | UN News
In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to female genital mutilation, or FGM. Despite the practice having devastating health ramifications for women and girls - including pain, bleeding, permanent disability ... More >>
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 >>
