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UNICEF Stresses Afghan Girls Must Not Be Excluded From School
Saturday, 18 September 2021, 4:51 pm | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday welcomed the news that secondary schools are due to reopen in Afghanistan on Saturday, after months of closure due to COVID-19, but stressed that girls must not be kept from the classroom. “We are deeply worried”, ... More >>
WHO Asks For Commitments On Maternal And Newborn Health
Saturday, 18 September 2021, 6:15 am | UN News
Every day, approximately 800 women and 6,700 babies lose their lives around the time of childbirth. In addition, nearly 5,400 babies are stillborn daily, with 40% of these deaths occurring in relation to labour and childbirth. Highlighting those ... More >>
Venezuela’s Justice System Aiding Repression Of Opposition: Rights Probe
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:36 am | UN News
The independence of Venezuela’s justice system has been “deeply eroded”, to such an extent that it plays a significant role in the State’s repression of government opponents, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday. In its second ... More >>
‘Tipping Point’ For Climate Action: Time’s Running Out To Avoid Catastrophic Heating
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:30 am | UN News
The temporary reduction in carbon emissions caused by global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. Greenhouse gas concentrations are at record levels, and the planet is on path towards dangerous overheating, a ... More >>
Act Now To Slow Climate Change And Protect The Planet, Urges UN Chief
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:28 am | UN News
The ozone layer – a fragile shield of gas that protects the Earth from the harmful rays of the sun – is “on the road to recovery”, the UN chief said on Thursday in his message for the World Ozone Day . Crediting the Montreal Protocol , which ... More >>
UN Women’s Feminist Roadmap Tackles Triple Crises Of Jobs, Care And Climate
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:27 am | UN News
The UN’s gender equality and empowerment organization on Thursday published a flagship feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation, which aims to learn the lessons of the past, and seize the opportunity to handle COVID-related crises ... More >>
Torture, Killings, Lawlessness, Still Blight Burundi’s Rights Record
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:24 am | UN News
The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, the majority committed by those with links to the ruling party, UN-appointed independent investigators said on Thursday. Despite a ... More >>
Annual Secretary-General’s Report Reveals A World Tested ‘To The Limit’
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:22 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be the greatest shared global challenge since the UN’s founding 75 years ago, according to the annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization , published on Thursday. “The global health, social, ... More >>
Africa Faces 470 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Shortfall This Year
Friday, 17 September 2021, 6:20 am | UN News
Africa needs around 470 million doses to accomplish the global of fully vaccinating 40 per cent of its population by the end of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. The international COVAX initiative aimed at guaranteeing ... More >>
UN Sends Gabon Peacekeepers Home From Central African Republic, Following Abuse Allegations
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 3:48 pm | UN News
The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, are to be sent home immediately, following credible reports alleging that unidentified ‘blue helmets’ ... More >>
$1 Billion Pledge A ‘quantum Leap’ In Commitment To Afghanistan: UN Chief
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 3:47 pm | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial $606 million flash appeal for the country. “Today, ... More >>
Gender Equality ‘champion’ Sima Sami Bahous To Lead UN Women
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 3:46 pm | UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres described Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan, as “a champion for women and girls”, announcing on Monday her appointment to lead the UN’s gender equality and empowerment entity, UN Women. The UN chief said she would ... More >>
Civilian Casualties Rise, Despite Progress In Eliminating Cluster Bombs
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 7:12 am | UN News
Casualties caused by lethal cluster munitions continued to increase in 2020, despite progress in efforts to eliminate these weapons, a UN-backed civil society report said on Wednesday. The hair-trigger devices have caused at least 360 recorded casualties ... More >>
COVID Crises Highlight Strengths Of Democratic Systems, Says Guterres
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 7:11 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General, on Wednesday, urged the world to “learn from the lessons of the past 18 months, to strengthen democratic resilience in the face of future crises.” In his message for the International Day of Democracy , António Guterres ... More >>
Eating Wild Meat Significantly Increases Zoonotic Disease Risk: UN Report
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 7:10 am | UN News
The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ), says a new report released on Wednesday, including increasing ... More >>
Most Agricultural Funding Distorts Prices, Harms Environment: UN Report
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 5:40 am | UN News
Around 87% of the $540 billion in total annual government support given worldwide to agricultural producers includes measures that are price distorting and that can be harmful to nature and health. That is the main finding of a new UN report calling ... More >>
First Humanitarian Flight To Kabul Marks 'turning Point' In Crisis: WFP
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 5:35 am | UN News
The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. More than 90 per cent of families are struggling to find enough to eat, and with ... More >>
Only 2% Of Covid-19 Vaccines Have Been Administered In Africa
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 5:34 am | UN News
More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday. The UN agency is urging every country to vaccinate at least ... More >>
UN Mission Responding To Evolving Needs In Sudan Transition Process
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 5:19 am | UN News
Despite setbacks and challenges, Sudan continues its transition towards democracy, the head of the UN special political mission in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday. Volker Perthes, head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission ... More >>
After 10 Years Of War In Syria, Siege Tactics Still Threaten Civilians
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 5:07 am | UN News
The future for Syria’s people is “increasingly bleak”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, highlighting escalating conflict in several areas of the war-ravaged country, a return to siege tactics and popular demonstrations linked ... More >>
