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‘Time To Rethink, Transform, And Safely Restart Tourism’, Says UN Chief
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 7:57 am | UN News
Tourism “touches almost every part of our economies and societies”, enabling the historically marginalized, and “those at risk of being left behind, to benefit from development”, declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday, marking ... More >>
Iran Nuclear Programme At ‘Critical Point’, Israeli Prime Minister Warns
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 7:56 am | UN News
With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday in his inaugural speech to the UN General Assembly. Iran’s “great goal” ... More >>
Yemen Asks International Community To Exert Pressure On Houthi Coup Leaders And Their Sponsors To ‘End Bloodshed’
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 7:55 am | UN News
The war in Yemen has caused a human catastrophe, torn society apart, and triggered “waves of mass displacement, repression and enforced disappearance”, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Monday, the final day of the UN General Assembly’s ... More >>
Security Council Marks 25th Anniversary Of Test Ban Treaty With Call For Nuclear Weapons-free World
Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 7:53 am | UN News
The Security Council on Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty , with calls for its entry into force and the elimination of nuclear weapons everywhere. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of ... More >>
WHO Backs Regeneron COVID-19 Drug Cocktail - With Equal Access, Price Cut
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 7:03 am | UN News
The Regeneron antibody drug cocktail – casirivimab and imdevimab – has been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of treatments for COVID-19 patients, the UN agency said on Friday, before underscoring the need for lower prices ... More >>
Cyprus President Determined To Get Negotiation With Turkey Process Back On Track
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 7:01 am | UN News
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told UN Member States on Friday that he is determined “to set the negotiation process” with Turkey “back on track”, on the basis of the UN framework and the agreement reached in 2019. Cyprus has been divided for ... More >>
Afghanistan: Girls’ Education Must Be A Given, Urges Deputy UN Chief
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 6:59 am | UN News
Ensuring all Afghan girls can be educated must be “a zero condition” for the Taliban, before international recognition of their de facto authority, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Friday. Ms. Mohammed was speaking during ... More >>
With Region ‘at A Crossroads’, Palestinian President Calls On UN’s Guterres To Convene International Peace Conference
Sunday, 26 September 2021, 6:57 am | UN News
The President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called on the UN Secretary-General to convene an international peace conference and said that to ensure that this initiative is not open-ended, Israel must withdraw from the West Bank, ... More >>
South Sudan ‘Determined To Never Go Back To War’
Saturday, 25 September 2021, 5:52 pm | UN News
South Sudan is “ready to turn a new page” towards greater peace, development and prosperity, Vice-President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior said in her speech in the UN General Assembly on Friday. A decade after gaining independence from Sudan, the ... More >>
South Sudan Plagued By Violence And Corruption, Human Rights Council Hears
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:30 am | UN News
South Sudan continues to be “plagued” by violence and corruption, the Human Rights Council heard on Thursday, jeopardizing the young nation’s efforts to establish lasting peace and put it on the road towards sustainable development. Delivering ... More >>
Human Rights ‘Catastrophe’ In Myanmar: UN Calls For Urgent Action
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:29 am | UN News
Urgent action is needed to prevent the situation in Myanmar from escalating into a “full-blown conflict”, the UNHigh Commissioner for Human RightsMichelle Bachelet warned on Thursday. Ms. Bachelet’s alert came in a new report from ... More >>
No Denying It Episode 5: Jane Goodall Introduces Xiaoyuan "Charlene" Ren
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:28 am | UN News
In the fifth episode of the UN climate action podcast No Denying It , United Nations Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, known for her groundbreaking scientific work studying chimpanzees, interviews Xiaoyuan "Charlene" Ren. Ms. Ren is the founder ... More >>
Afghanistan’s Healthcare System On Brink Of Collapse, As Hunger Hits 95 Per Cent Of Families
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:26 am | UN News
Afghanistan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, the head of the World Health Organisation, WHO, warned on Wednesday, while on the streets of Kabul, the hunger families are suffering is as acute in urban areas as the drought-stricken ... More >>
Decades Of Development Efforts Undermined By Pandemic – FAO Report
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:25 am | UN News
COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). "It's an alarming picture, in which progress ... More >>
First Person: The ‘Bravery’ Of Afghanistan's Girls And Women
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:23 am | UN News
Afghanistan’s girls and women are showing “bravery” in the face of real “fears and pressures” following the formation of the new, de-facto authorities in Afghanistan, according to a UNICEF member of staff, one of the few westerners to remain in Kabul. ... More >>
Support Developing Countries With Climate Mitigation: Bosnia And Herzegovina
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
Financial support will be critical if developing countries are to meet global climate goals, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željko Komšić, said in the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. The climate issue is closely linked ... More >>
UNICEF: Haiti’s Children Vulnerable To ‘Violence, Poverty And Displacement’
Friday, 24 September 2021, 6:20 am | UN News
As Haiti continues to reel from the “triple tragedy” of natural disasters, gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern on Thursday that two-thirds of Haitian migrants expelled from the United States border ... More >>
Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ Fear Of ‘Brutal And Systemic Repression’ Of Women Grows
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 4:20 pm | UN News
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” those promises, the UN rights chief told a side event of the General Assembly on ... More >>
Somali President Underscores Need For COVID-19 Vaccines For All
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 4:19 pm | UN News
Despite the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia has continued on the path to economic reform, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said in a pre-recorded speech to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Not only did reform ... More >>
On Afghanistan, Qatar Calls For Separating Aid From Political Differences
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 6:49 am | UN News
The international community must continue to support Afghanistan, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, warning against potential boycott in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Qatar ... More >>
