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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 >>
When Disaster Strikes, Developing Countries Still Too Vulnerable
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 8:48 pm | UN News
Many developing nations remain unprotected against disaster, even though it is accepted that building community resilience has many benefits, beyond saving lives and livelihoods. That’s the alert from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who on Wednesday ... More >>
Paraguay Violated Indigenous Rights, UN Committee Rules In Landmark Decision
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 8:47 pm | UN News
Paraguay’s failure to prevent the toxic contamination of indigenous people’s traditional lands by commercial farming violates their rights and their sense of “home”, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a landmark ruling on Wednesday. ... More >>
First Person: Levelling The Gender Playing Field In Jordan
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9:12 pm | UN News
Discussing gender equality in Jordan can lead to difficult conversations, as Balqees Shahin, a volunteer for the UN Women gender equality campaign HeforShe , has discovered. Marking International Day of The Girl Child on Monday, Ms. Shahin told UN News that ... More >>
Yemen’s Future Recovery Hangs In Balance, Warns Senior UN Aid Coordinator
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9:09 pm | UN News
Ongoing conflict and violence across Yemen continue to impact heavily on the country’s people who desperately need the fighting to end, so that they can rebuild their lives, the UN’s senior humanitarian official in the country said on Monday. “ I’ve ... More >>
'It Will Help Me To Achieve My Dream': Helping Iraqi Girls Stay In School
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9:08 pm | UN News
When COVID-19 closed schools in Basra, southern Iraq, the academic prospects for many schoolgirls were put at risk. On International Day of The Girl Child , we look at a UN program which is helping girls in the region to keep learning. When COVID-19 ... More >>
Afghanistan Crisis Worsening As Temperatures Drop, Warns UNHCR
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9:06 pm | UN News
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. A month since the UN-led $606 million appeal for solidarity for ... More >>
Diversity, A ‘Source Of Strength’, UN Chief Tells Security Council
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9:05 pm | UN News
Inclusion is fundamental to rebuild societies in the wake of war and achieve durable peace, UN Secretary-General told world leaders, ambassadors and prominent global citizens meeting in the Security Council on Tuesday. The UN chief addressed an open ... More >>
Alert Over Spike In Security Operations Against Libya Migrants
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 9:03 pm | UN News
Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations, that have resulted in at least one death and a steep increase in detentions. In an alert on Tuesday, the UN human rights office ... More >>
With Clock Ticking, Sustainable Transport Key To Global Goals
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 8:44 pm | UN News
From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate change. But to be effective, they must ensure that transport strategies benefit everyone, ... More >>
WHO Advisory Group Recommends COVID-19 Booster Shot For Immunocompromised People
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 6:10 pm | UN News
People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory group to the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. The recommendation follows a four-day meeting of the Strategic Advisory ... More >>
WHO: Global Health Community Prescribes Climate Action For COVID Recovery
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 6:42 am | UN News
Ambitious national climate commitments are crucial for States to sustain a healthy, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UN health agency report launched on Monday in the lead-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, ... More >>
Pink Flamingos Return To Kazakhstan’s Capital In Time For World Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 8:51 pm | UN News
08 October Following five years of absence, pink flamingos have been flocking back to Kazakhstan’s capital, Nur-Sultan, much to the delight of residents who have flooded social media with photos of their return. The birds have been flocking to ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Chief Condemns ‘horrific’ Attack At Kunduz Mosque
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 5:43 pm | UN News
At least 100 worshippers have been killed or injured after a suicide bomber targeted a Shia mosque, in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, according to news reports, during Friday prayers. The UN chief condemned the “horrific” attack “in the ... More >>
Journalists Who ‘Speak Truth To Power’ Recognized With Nobel Peace Prize
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 7:05 am | UN News
Two campaigning journalists were awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said was recognition that a free press is “essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights – ... More >>
COVID-19: Global Vaccine Plan Aims To End ‘Two-track Pandemic’
Friday, 8 October 2021, 5:33 pm | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere. The Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy aims to inoculate 40 percent of people in ... More >>
WHO Endorses 'historic' Malaria Vaccine For At-risk Children
Friday, 8 October 2021, 8:00 am | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency’s chief described on Wednesday as “an historic day” for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease. ... More >>
Disarmament Chief Asks States To ‘Redouble Efforts’ To Enforce Arms Embargoes
Friday, 8 October 2021, 7:58 am | UN News
The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday that “States should redouble efforts” to enforce arms embargoes, saying the level of violations “remain concerning.” “And the Security Council should call on ... More >>
