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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 >>
Ethiopia: Mass Arbitrary Arrests Target Tigrayans, Says UN Rights Office
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 8:32 pm | UN News
Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and elsewhere, the UN rights office said on Tuesday. The alert from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ( ... More >>
‘We Cannot Lose Hope’, UN Chief Tells Media Seminar On Peace In The Middle East
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 8:27 pm | UN News
Sensitizing public opinion to the question of Palestine, and promoting a peaceful settlement to the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, are among the goals of the 2021 UN International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, ... More >>
Iran Death Penalty Threat For Abortion Unlawful: UN Rights Experts
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 8:25 pm | UN News
A new Iranian law that raises the prospect of the death penalty for abortion has been condemned by independent human rights experts, who have declared that is in “clear contravention of international law”. In a statement released on Tuesday, ... More >>
Investing In UNRWA Is ‘An Investment In Peace And Hope’
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 8:22 pm | UN News
At a “critical conference” supporting the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Secretary-General António Guterres outlined on Tuesday, the “essential role” it continues to play in generations of lives. Thanking the Governments of Jordan ... More >>
Climate Action Can Deliver A Sustainable Future For All: UN Deputy Chief
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 6:44 am | UN News
Climate action can be the driver for a green and equitable future for all, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said at the TED Countdown Summit, urging people everywhere to demand that leaders deliver on their promise to limit global warming. ... More >>
Conviction Of US Journalist Symbolic Of Media Repression In Myanmar: UN Rights Chief
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 5:43 pm | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately release all journalists who have been jailed for practicing their profession. Rights chief Michelle Bachelet said the conviction and harsh sentencing ... More >>
Syria: Conflict, COVID And Rising Costs, ‘pushing People Beyond Their Limits’
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 5:42 pm | UN News
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley concluded a three-day visit to Syria on Friday, warning that more people there are in the grips of hunger than at any time during their country’s decade-long conflict. Blaming a deadly ... More >>
Europe Hits Highest Weekly COVID-19 Cases Since Pandemic Began
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 7:28 am | UN News
Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single week in that region since the pandemic started, according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ). Almost 27 thousand deaths were reported in the continent ... More >>
Afghanistan: Girls At Increasing Risk Of Child Marriage
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 7:04 am | UN News
The United Nations Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for a dowry. In a statement released on Friday, the agency’s Executive ... More >>
COP26: Promises ‘Ring Hollow’ When Fossil Fuels Still Receive Trillions In Subsidies - UN Chief
Friday, 12 November 2021, 7:53 am | UN News
COP26: Promises ‘Ring Hollow’ When Fossil Fuels Still Receive Trillions In Subsidies; UN Chief Calls On Negotiators To Pick Up The Pace Governments need to show the necessary ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and finance in a balanced way, and they can’t ... More >>
