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Top Economists Call For ‘Radical Redirection’ Focusing OnHealthcare
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 4:53 pm | UN News
The WorldHealthOrganization ( WHO ) body advancing public health for all is asking for ambitious investments in healthcare spending, reframing it asa long-term investment and not a short-term cost. Released on Tuesday, the WHO Economic Council’s ... More >>
Guterres Calls Again For Detained Leaders’ Release After Sudan Coup
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 4:52 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday renewed his call for the immediate release of all those detained in the military coup in Sudan, as the Security Council meets behind closed doors in New York to discuss the crisis. Pro-democracy demonstrations ... More >>
General Assembly Debate Underscores Need To Deliver On Climate Action
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 7:13 am | UN News
26 October Bridging the financial and technical gaps that will limit global warming, is the focus of a high-level debate in the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. The day-long meeting comes just ahead of the COP26 climate change conference ... More >>
‘No Time To Lose’ Curbing Greenhouse Gases: WMO
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 8:28 pm | UN News
Last year, heat-trapping greenhouse gases reached a new record, surging above the planet's 2011-2020 average, and has continued in 2021, according to a new report published on Monday by the UN weather agency. The World Meteorological Organization ... More >>
Afghanistan On ‘Countdown To Catastrophe’ Without Urgent Humanitarian Relief
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 8:27 pm | UN News
The combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan, have left more than half the population facing a record level of acute hunger, according to a new UN assessment published on Monday. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For China Commitment To ‘Ambitious’ Climate Goals
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 8:15 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on China to present an “ambitious” Nationally Determined Contribution in the run-up to the UN Climate Conference, COP26 , starting in Glasgow at the end of this week. António Guterres commended the ... More >>
First Person: Earthquake Brings Out 'Heartwarming Resilience' Of Haitians
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 5:22 pm | UN News
Haitians who were affected by the devastating earthquake which struck the south-west of the country in August have demonstrated their “heartwarming resilience” according to a staff member of the International Organization for Migration ( IOM ), who has ... More >>
Ethiopia: UN Forced To Abort Humanitarian Aid Flight Into Tigray
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 5:13 pm | UN News
A UN humanitarian aid flight destined for the capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, was forced to return to Addis Ababa due to airstrikes on Friday, raising “serious concerns” for the safety of staff working on the ground, said the UN’s ... More >>
Conditions Worsen For Stranded Migrants Along Belarus-EU Border
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 6:36 am | UN News
At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have been stranded for weeks in increasingly dire conditions. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR , appealed ... More >>
Libyan Government Plan Needed To End ‘Dire Situation’ Of Asylum Seekers, Refugees
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 6:35 am | UN News
The Libyan government must immediately address the dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees, in a humane manner, consistent with international human rights law, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. According to UNHCR , authorities carried ... More >>
Government Scrambles To Save Summer Event Vaccine Carrot
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 6:33 am | UN News
“The Government is now scrambling to erect a major events insurance scheme, with reports of MBIE seeking advice from Wellington brokers over the past week,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Jacinda Ardern has promised youth summer events as a ... More >>
'Landmark Decision’ Gives Legal Teeth To Protect Environmental Defenders
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 6:32 am | UN News
A 46-strong group of countries across the wider European region has agreed to establish a new legally binding mechanism that would protect environmental defenders, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said on Friday. “I remain deeply concerned ... More >>
UNICEF Sounds Alarm Over Abductions Of Women And Children In Haiti
Saturday, 23 October 2021, 5:29 pm | UN News
The number of children and women abducted in Haiti until the end of August, has already surpassed last year’s total, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) warned this Thursday. According to UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the ... More >>
$667 Million Funding Call To Help Afghans Through Economic Crisis
Friday, 22 October 2021, 7:28 pm | UN News
Afghanistan’s economy is imploding, with all but three per cent of households expected to fall below the poverty line in coming months, the UN said on Thursday. To help ordinary Afghans, the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) has announced the ... More >>
Up To 180,000 Health Workers May Have Died From COVID-19
Friday, 22 October 2021, 7:27 pm | UN News
Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. That grim estimate features in a new WHO working paper based on the ... More >>
Women In Leadership ‘Must Be The Norm’, Security Council Hears
Friday, 22 October 2021, 7:25 pm | UN News
We can no longer exclude half of humanity from international peace and security matters, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, emphasizing the need to fully address the challenges and gaps that continue to prevent women having an ... More >>
Rush For New Profits Posing Threat To Human Rights, UN Experts Warn
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 9:01 pm | UN News
The finance industry’s demand for new sources of capital worldwide to satisfy investors, is having a serious negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights, a group of UN-appointed independent rights experts have warned . Among the rights ... More >>
Humanitarian Assistance Stepped Up On Yemen's West Coast, Amid Clashes
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:58 pm | UN News
Humanitarian assistance has been ramped up on Yemen's west coast where ongoing violence has increased the needs of communities displaced by years of conflict, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. The response has primarily been ... More >>
‘Overzealous’ Security Services Undermining South Sudan Peace: Rights Experts
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:56 pm | UN News
State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country’s most prominent civil society leaders, issuing “credible” death threats that have undermined peace efforts, ... More >>
UN’s Top Envoy Warns Great Lakes Region Is ‘At A Crossroads’
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 5:20 pm | UN News
Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa’s Great Lakes region on Wednesday, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Huang Xia, told ambassadors that the countries concerned now stand “at a crossroads”. For Mr. Xia , the ... More >>
