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‘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 >>
76th General Assembly Gets Underway At UN Headquarters In New York
Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 4:08 pm | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be the most challenging period the world has seen since the Second World War, said the UN Secretary-General on Tuesday – as the 75th session of the General Assembly gave way to the new – deepening inequalities, ... More >>
INTERVIEW: Amid Disease And Destruction, New UN Assembly President Highlights Hope
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 4:03 pm | UN News
The President-elect of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid in the General Assembly hall. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The incoming President of the General Assembly says that hope is desperately needed for those billions around the world struggling with ... More >>
Support Afghans In Their Most Perilous Hour, Urges UN’s Guterres
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday. Leading the appeal in Geneva for $606 million to support emergency ... More >>
