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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 >>
Cotton Sustains More Than 100 Million Families Worldwide
Friday, 8 October 2021, 7:52 am | UN News
A single metric tonne of cotton provides jobs for five people on average, often in some of the world’s most impoverished regions; that adds up around 100 million families across the globe. To recognize these and other contributions, the United ... More >>
Children ‘Indoctrinated’ To Fight For Insurgents In Mozambique: UNICEF
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 8:12 pm | UN News
In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to fight with insurgents. The warning from UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF , came as aid access improved to previously ... More >>
Tigray: Food Aid Reaches Afar And Amhara, But Situation Still ‘Dire’
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 7:51 pm | UN News
The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethiopia has been completed, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. However, distributions of supplies into Tigray ... More >>
Violence, Aid Access Continues To Obstruct Humanitarian Effort In DR Congo
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 7:22 pm | UN News
Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one in three people need assistance, the senior UN official in the country told the Security Council ... More >>
Only 1 In 10 People Who Need Palliative Care, Receive It: WHO
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 5:10 pm | UN News
Only one in 10 people who need palliative care are receiving it, according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ). The UN health agency says that global demand for care for people with life threatening illnesses, will continue to grow as populations ... More >>
At UN Trade Meeting, Guterres Urges ‘Quantum Leap In Support’ For Vulnerable Nations
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 7:54 am | UN News
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must be sustainable and inclusive, Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to a major UN trade conference which opened on Monday in Barbados, unveiling “an urgent four-point debt crisis action plan.” ... More >>
Libya: War Crimes Likely Committed Since 2016, UN Probe Finds
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 7:27 am | UN News
War crimes and crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Libya by all parties to conflict since 2016 including by external actors, a Human Rights Council-appointed probe said on Monday. From arbitrary detention to torture, the recruitment of child ... More >>
Only Around 1 In 5 Space Industry Workers Are Women
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 7:26 am | UN News
The number of women employed in the international space industry represents just 20-22 percent of the workforce, according to figures released by the UN; roughly the same proportion as 30 years ago. To highlight this and other issues surrounding ... More >>
In Barbados, Guterres Highlights Power Of ‘Youth Voices’ Ahead Of Key Trade And Development Conference
Monday, 4 October 2021, 5:23 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the Organisation is a place where “youth voices are heard, and their ideas lead”, as he spent the day in Barbados which tomorrow hosts a major UN conference on trade and development, ... More >>
UN Chief Condemns Attack On UN Peacekeepers In Mali
Monday, 4 October 2021, 7:11 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. António Guterres expressed his deep condolences to the family of the victim, ... More >>
