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Avoid Starvation: ‘Immediate Priority’ For 3.5 Million Afghans
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 3:36 pm | UN News
Amidst “truly unprecedented levels” of hunger in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that as winter arrives, avoiding widespread starvation “is an immediate priority”. Launching a global fundraising winter campaign ... More >>
With 1.3 Million Annual Road Deaths, UN Wants To Halve Number By 2030
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 3:35 pm | UN News
Road accidents are still responsible for 1.3 million annual deaths and 50 million injuries all over the world, but the United Nations has a Global Plan to halve road deaths and injuries by 2030. The plan is a key part of the Decade of Action for Road ... More >>
UNHCR Chief Calls For Mechanism To Deal With ‘Unprecedented’ Displacement In Mexico And Central America
Friday, 3 December 2021, 8:56 pm | UN News
Lack of opportunities, gangs, organized crime, the ravages of the pandemic and climate change, have triggered the displacement of nearly one million people in Mexico and Central America in recent years. To deal with the problem more effectively, the UN ... More >>
Croatia: Decades After Balkan Wars, UN Expert Urges New Push For Justice
Friday, 3 December 2021, 4:55 pm | UN News
Following armed conflict from1991 to 1994 in Croatia and the rest of former Yugoslavia, that triggered increased radicalization and hate speech, an independent UN human rights expert urged the authorities on Thursday to redouble efforts towards full ... More >>
‘Unity’ Of Purpose And Action Needed: Guterres Tells AU-UN Conference
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:02 pm | UN News
For two decades, the African Union (AU) has been “a gold standard of regional co-operation”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the fifth UN-AU Annual Conference on Wednesday in New York. He highlighted the wide range of progress made ... More >>
Women And Girls At High Risk Of Being Pushed Into Modern Slavery
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:00 pm | UN News
Women and children are at high risk of being pushed into contemporary forms of slavery,UN-appointed independentrightsexperts said onWednesday. In an alertto coincide withthe International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on 2 December, they ... More >>
Despite COVID-19 Connectivity Boost, World’s Poorest Left Far Behind
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 6:59 pm | UN News
Some 2.9 billion people still have never used the internet, and 96 per cent live in developing countries, a new UN report has found. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the estimated number of people who have gone online ... More >>
Emergency Aid Needs Set To Rise By 17% To 274 Million, UN Humanitarians Warn
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 6:04 pm | UN News
A total of 274 million people worldwide will need emergency aid and protection in 2022, a 17 per cent increase compared to last year, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The amount is equivalent to “the world’s fourth most populous country”, Martin ... More >>
Burkina Faso Facing ‘multitude Of Challenges’ – Human Rights Chief Bachelet
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 5:56 pm | UN News
Concluding a four-day to visit Burkina Faso, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the country faces “a multitude of challenges with severe impacts on a wide range of human rights of its people”. She noted the landlocked ... More >>
World Trade Reaches All-time High, But 2022 Outlook ‘Uncertain’: UNCTAD
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 8:42 pm | UN News
This strong growth in demand – for goods, as opposed to services - is largely the result of pandemic restrictions easing, but also from economic stimulus packages and sharp increases in the price of raw materials. According to UN trade and development ... More >>
Workers With HIV-AIDS Continue To Face Stigma, Discrimination: ILO
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 8:33 pm | UN News
“Myths and misconceptions” about HIV and AIDS continue to fuel stigma and discrimination in the workplace, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday. Despite some improvement in people’s tolerance to the disease in the more than 40 years ... More >>
Series Of Appalling Deadly Attacks On Displaced People In DR Congo
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 8:32 pm | UN News
The UN refugee Agency, UNHCR, is “appalled by a series of deadly attacks” on displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the agency’s spokesperson told journalists on Tuesday in Geneva. In the latest incident carried ... More >>
COVID-19: WHO’s Tedros Criticizes ‘Blunt’ Omicron Measures
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 8:26 pm | UN News
The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of the Omicron variant. In a statement on Tuesday, the World Health Organization Director-General said that ... More >>
Battle To End HIV, COVID, Demands Greater International Solidarity
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 5:43 pm | UN News
The early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic were “plagued by confusion, fear, isolation, and discrimination” against those infected or at high risk, the President of the UN General Assembly reminded a commemorative meeting on Tuesday marking World AIDS ... More >>
Financing Sustainable Development Needed More Than Ever, Says UN Deputy Chief Mohammed
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 6:25 pm | UN News
Securing the funding needed for sustainable development by involving as many actors from different sectors as possible, is more urgent than ever, amid a widening “trust deficit” between the haves and the have-nots, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For Nuclear Weapons-free Middle East
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 7:30 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on all Middle East States to transform the vision of a region with no nuclear weapons, or other weapons of mass destruction, into a working reality. Antonio Guterres was speaking in New York at the second session ... More >>
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Cost Global Tourism $2 Trillion This Year
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 7:00 am | UN News
The coronavirus pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector $2 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN's tourism body said Monday, calling the sector's recovery "fragile" and "slow." According to the latest forecast ... More >>
IOM Scales Up Aid At EU-Belarus Border, As Migrant Hypothermia Deaths Tick Up
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 6:59 am | UN News
The International Organization for Migration ( IOM ) and partners, are scaling up aid along the border between the European Union and Belarus, amid worsening winter weather, which is leading to rising deaths due to hypothermia among asylum seekers ... More >>
Violations Of Palestinian Rights Puts Two-State Solution At Risk UN Chief Warns
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 6:56 am | UN News
The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, continues to pose a significant challenge to international peace and security, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Monday. In a message to mark International ... More >>
Omicron COVID Variant Underlines Need For Global ‘Pandemic Treaty’
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 6:54 am | UN News
The emergence of the threatening new Omicron variant shows how important it is for the world to end the current “cycle of panic and neglect” over the COVID-19 pandemic, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ... More >>
