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Still ‘Not Clear’ Whether Omicron COVID Variant Is More Transmissible Or More Severe Than Delta: WHO
Monday, 29 November 2021, 8:24 am | UN News
The World Health Organization published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new coronavirus variant Omicron which is causing global concern and sparking increasing flight bans on Southern African countries. The experts of the UN health ... More >>
UN Refugee Agency Concerned About Indigenous Venezuelans In Guyana
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 2:18 pm | UN News
One meal a day, no shelter, and no drinking water are only some of the difficult living conditions that indigenous Warao families from Venezuela are facing in remote locations across Guyana, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned. More humanitarian ... More >>
WHO Urges Caution Over Travel Bans Linked To New COVID-19 Variant
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 6:36 am | UN News
The UN health agency has urged all countries to adopt a risk-based and scientific approach to travel bans linked to a new COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa and Botswana. The development on Friday came as a World Health Organization ( WHO ... More >>
Iran: Execution Of Juvenile Offender ‘Deeply Alarming And Shocking’
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 4:59 pm | UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday condemned Iran's execution of a young man who was a minor at the time he was charged with committing a crime. Arman Abdolali, 25, is the second juvenile offender to be executed in the country this year. OHCHR ... More >>
Arrested Development And Poverty Take A $57 Billion Economic Toll In Palestine
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 4:58 pm | UN News
Following Israeli closures, restrictions and military operations, the West Bank has suffered two decades of arrested development and poverty, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD. With an economic ... More >>
COVID-19: European Infection Spike Confirmed, Vaccine Advice For Kids
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:58 am | UN News
COVID-19 cases have increased in the last week with 3.6 million infections reported globally, as opposed to the 3.3 million over the previous seven days, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. In its weekly epidemiological update, the UN ... More >>
Antimicrobial Effectiveness Leaning To ‘Tipping Point’ Resistance – FAO
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:53 am | UN News
We may soon reach “a tipping point” when antimicrobial resistance (AMR) becomes the leading cause of death – surpassing heart disease and other so-called lifestyle illnesses, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday. The wide ... More >>
Libya At ‘Delicate And Critical Juncture’ Ahead Of Landmark Elections: UN Envoy
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:51 am | UN News
24 November 2021 With one month left until elections in Libya, it is important that the international community remains united in support of the process, UN Special Envoy Ján Kubiš told the Security Council on Wednesday. He reported that the political ... More >>
On International Day, UN Chief Says ‘Violence Against Women Is Not Inevitable’
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:49 am | UN News
24 November 2021 In a virtual event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , commemorated annually on 25 November, UN Women chief Sima Bahous described gender-based violence (GBV) as “a global crisis”. “In ... More >>
Poverty And Violence Push 378,000 Central Americans North Each Year
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 4:22 pm | UN News
For the past five years, poverty, food insecurity, climate shocks and violence have pushed, on average, some 378,000 Central Americans a year into the United States, according to a new report launched on Tuesday by the UN food relief agency. A joint ... More >>
Three Billion People Cannot Afford A Healthy Diet
Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 6:22 am | UN News
Approximately three billion people, almost 40 per cent of the world’s population, cannot afford a healthy diet and another one billion people would join their ranks should further unpredictable events reduce incomes by one-third, the UN food agency ... More >>
Feature: Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombian Town Of Llano Grande Is Forging A ‘Family’ Out Of Disparate Parts
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 7:39 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is headed to Colombia this week to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that ended 50 years of conflict in the country, and his activities will include travel to the village of Llano Grande, ... More >>
Current System Will Not Protect Us From The Next Pandemic, ‘which Could Happen At Any Time’
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:39 pm | UN News
Efforts to reform global pandemic preparedness and response are happening too slowly, the World Health Organization’s ( WHO ) Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said on Monday. Presenting the findings of a six-month accountability ... More >>
Call To Do More To Prevent Arms Trafficking, A ‘Defining Factor’ In Undermining Peace
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 7:53 am | UN News
Small arms trafficking is a “defining factor in undermining peace and security”, the Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research ( UNIDIR ) told the Security Council on Monday during a ministerial debate. Robin Geiss said that that diversion ... More >>
Smart, Sustainable Maritime Transport Critical To Global Recovery: UNCTAD
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 8:12 pm | UN News
Although the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on maritime trade last year was less severe than expected, the knock-on effects will be far reaching and could transform the sector, the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, said in its latest report, published ... More >>
Bachelet Condemns Killings Of Peaceful Protesters In Sudan
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 8:08 pm | UN News
At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the 25 October military coup, 15 of whom were reportedly shot dead on Wednesday, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. On Thursday, Michelle Bachelet condemned the ... More >>
Worsening Drought Affects 2.3 Million People In Somalia
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 8:05 pm | UN News
With about 2.3 million people already suffering with serious water, food and pasture shortages in Somalia, a rapidly worsening drought could lead to an “extreme situation” by April next year. The warning comes from the United Nations and the Somali Government. ... More >>
Afghanistan’s Farmers, Herders Desperate For Seed, Food And Cash
Saturday, 20 November 2021, 8:04 pm | UN News
“Catastrophic and famine-like conditions” hang over Afghanistan’s farmers and herders, whose needs continue to worsen with the onset of winter, UN humanitarians said on Friday. While humanitarian access has never been better, prices are soaring ... More >>
Interview: On Brink Of Humanitarian Crisis, There's 'no Childhood' In Afghanistan
Friday, 19 November 2021, 6:00 pm | UN News
For over 70 years, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has had a presence across Afghanistan – even as the Taliban secured power over the summer. UN News spoke withSamantha Mort, Chief of Communication, Advocacy and Civic Engagementat ... More >>
Anxiety In Afghanistan As Taliban Struggles For Legitimacy
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 5:13 pm | UN News
Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, it is taking halting steps to pursue international legitimacy, a senior UN official in Kabul told the Security Council on Wednesday. ... More >>
