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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 >>
Afghanistan: Reuniting Families On The Run Should Be Priority, Urges UNHCR
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 6:47 am | UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced across the region, as the humanitarian crisis in their homeland worsens. Spokesperson Shabia ... More >>
Portuguese Beaches Lead The Way During UN, EU Clean-up Campaign
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 6:46 am | UN News
In recent months, some 260 different clean-up operations have been undertaken across, aimed at protecting life under the sea, with the UN and European Union’s #EUBeachCleanUp campaign, managing to remove some 50 tons of trash from some of the EU’s finest ... More >>
Recent Kosovo-Serbia Tensions Could ‘Unravel Steady But Fragile Progress’
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 6:45 am | UN News
Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding trust among communities” in Kosovo and Serbia. ... More >>
Rising Poverty A ‘Moral Indictment Of Our Times’: Guterres
Sunday, 17 October 2021, 6:43 am | UN News
For the first time in two decades, extreme poverty is on the rise, the UN chief said in his message released on Friday, marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty , on 17 October. Describing current levels of poverty as “a moral indictment ... More >>
Nobel Laureate Dmitry Muratov Won’t Keep ‘a Single Cent’ Of His Prize Money
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 5:56 pm | UN News
Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year. He shares the prestigious award with Maria Ressa, another campaigning journalist from the Philippines. The pair received the award ... More >>
UN Condemns 'despicable' Suicide Attack At Mosque In Southern Afghanistan
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 5:54 pm | UN News
The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in the city of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, which killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more. The attack marked the second consecutive ... More >>
Step Up, Urges WHO As Figures Reveal 1 In 4 Adults Don’t Exercise Enough
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 7:33 am | UN News
Up to five million premature deaths a year could be prevented if the global population was more active, but many people live in areas with little or no access to spaces where they can safely walk, run, cycle or engage in other physical activities. Where ... More >>
Mali Maestro’s Message Of Peace To Sahel Region’s Youngsters Drawn To Extremism
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 7:31 am | UN News
An ambitious project to raise awareness about rising insecurity and mass displacement in the Sahel has resulted in an original musical score from Mali songwriter Vieux Farka Touré. In partnership with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ... More >>
Climate Action Is Now Officially About Defending Our Human Rights
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 7:21 am | UN News
The official countdown to COP26 is on! In two weeks, world leaders will get together in Glasgow, Scotland, to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Young people, environmental activists, indigenous ... More >>
Colombians Cling Tenaciously To Peace Gains, Security Council Hears
Friday, 15 October 2021, 5:40 pm | UN News
Five years after an historic Peace Agreement was reached in Colombia, the process continues to show the benefits of ending the conflict through negotiation and keeping victims at the heart of the discussion moving forward. That was the main message ... More >>
Sustainable Transport Key To Green Energy Shift: UN Secretary-General
Friday, 15 October 2021, 5:40 pm | UN News
With global transport at a crossroads, government leaders, industry experts, and civil society groups are meeting in Beijing, China, for a UN conference to chart the way forward to a more sustainable future for the sector, and greater climate ... More >>
Biodiversity Commitment Builds Hope For 'Living In Harmony With Nature'
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 8:51 pm | UN News
More than 100 countries on Wednesday committed to develop, adopt and implement an effective post-2020 global framework, that aims to put biodiversity on a path to recovery, by 2030 at the latest. The Kunming Declaration , adopted at the end of ... More >>
COVID-19 Deaths At Lowest Level In Nearly A Year, WHO Reports
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 8:49 pm | UN News
Although COVID-19 deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, again calling for greater support for developing countries. Agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported ... More >>
