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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 >>
Four Children Killed On Their Way To School In Northwest Syria
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:09 am | UN News
Four children – three boys and a girl - were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest Syria, along with a teacher, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, ... More >>
In Highly Uneven Recovery, Global Investment Flows Rebound
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:07 am | UN News
After a big drop last year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, global foreign direct investment (FDI) reached an estimated $852 billion in the first half of 2021, showing a stronger than expected rebound. That’s according to the latest Investment Trends ... More >>
Business Leaders Join UN Chief To Step Up Action For Sustainability
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:05 am | UN News
Business leaders joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, to step up delivery of critical investment, for a ‘sustainable, net zero, resilient and equitable world’. The Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance ... More >>
Over-compliance With US Sanctions Hurting Iran’s ‘Butterfly Kids’
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:03 am | UN News
Over-compliance with United States-imposed sanctions against Iran is harming the right to health, and people with a rare skin disease are among those affected, many of them children, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Tuesday. ... More >>
Build Consensus Or Face ‘Increasingly Desperate Reality’, Warns Middle East Envoy
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 8:01 am | UN News
Political stagnation is “fuelling tensions, instability and a deepening sense of hopelessness”, the top UN official working towards peace in the Middle East warned the Security Council on Tuesday. “We should have no illusions ... More >>
Only ‘Real Equality’ Can End Vicious Cycle Of Poverty
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 7:49 am | UN News
Although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles”, it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Wednesday. Presenting his report , The ... More >>
UNHCR Responding To Worst Flooding In Decades In South Sudan
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 5:39 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst flooding there in decades. Weeks of heavy rain have caused unrelenting floods, affecting more than 700,000 people across the country, ... More >>
UN-backed Show Highlights Lifesaving Benefit Of ‘edutainment’ In South Africa
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 5:36 pm | UN News
Young people in South Africa changed their attitudes significantly and adopted safer sexual behaviour, after watching a TV show called Down South – which the UN initiative behind it describes as a tribute to the power of “edutainment”. A new report, ... More >>
UNHCR Chief Urges Better Support For 13 Million 'Exhausted' And Displaced Syrians
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has urged greater international support for the more than 13 million Syrians who’ve been displaced in the past 10 years. Currently, around 6.7 million have been displaced inside the country and ... More >>
UN Chief Urges Lifesaving Transformation Of Food Systems
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 6:48 am | UN News
World Food Day is not only a reminder of the importance of what we eat to everyone on the planet, but also “a call to action to achieve food security around the world”, the UN chief said in his message marking the day on Friday. Commemorated annually ... More >>
