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Lebanon: Almost Three-quarters Of The Population Living In Poverty
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 5:54 am | UN News
Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year and now affects about 74% of the population, warned the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ( ESCWA ) on Friday. According to the new policy brief “Multidimensional Poverty ... More >>
Haiti Earthquake: Waterborne Disease Poses New Threat To Children
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 5:52 am | UN News
A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children in southwest Haiti at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. “The lives of thousands of earthquake-affected children ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Afghanistan’s New Rulers To Prohibit Torture ‘in Any Circumstances’
Friday, 3 September 2021, 4:26 pm | UN News
Experts serving on a UN human rights treaty body called on Thursday for the new Taliban-led authorities of Afghanistan to uphold “the international obligations of the State”, particularly in complying with all provisions of the Convention ... More >>
UNHCR Warns Of Unprecedented Displacement In Central America And Mexico
Friday, 3 September 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
Central America and Mexico are facing “unprecedented pressure” as the number of people seeking international protection rises and access to asylum and territory is being limited through troubling new border restrictions, the UN Refugee Agency ... More >>
Improving Air Quality ‘key’ To Confronting Global Environmental Crises
Friday, 3 September 2021, 7:18 am | UN News
With environmental events becoming increasingly interconnected, a new global report on air pollution published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday underscores that improved air quality is “key to tackling the triple planetary crisis of climate ... More >>
Afghanistan Crisis: Food Supply For Millions Could Run Out This Month
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 4:46 pm | UN News
Food stocks in Afghanistan could run out as soon as this month, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to step up support for the country. Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator ... More >>
4.1 Billion Lack Social Safety Net, Warns UN Labour Agency
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 7:13 am | UN News
More than four billion people live without any welfare protection today to cushion them from crisis, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, while highlighting how the COVID-19 crisis has pushed up government spending by some ... More >>
Climate And Weather Related Disasters Surge Five-fold Over 50 Years, But Early Warnings Save Lives - WMO Report
Thursday, 2 September 2021, 6:49 am | UN News
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ... More >>
UN Commits To Staying In Afghanistan, With Basic Services Close To Collapse
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 6:44 am | UN News
The flights evacuating civilians from Afghanistan may have come to an end, but a deepening humanitarian crisis remains, UN Secretary-General António Guterres declared on Tuesday, as several senior UN official restated their commitment to stay and deliver ... More >>
IAEA ‘deeply troubled’ by DPRK nuclear reactor development
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 11:35 am | UN News
The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) says it is “deeply troubled” by indications that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor. The 5-megawatt reactor is widely believed ... More >>
Israel-Palestine: Waste no opportunity for ‘serious’ political negotiation, envoy urges
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 11:32 am | UN News
The top UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the UN Security Council on Monday that three months after the deadly escalation in violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, the situation there remains tense. Special Coordinator ... More >>
End Of Leaded Fuel Use Globally A ‘Milestone For Multilateralism’
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 7:06 am | UN News
The global phase-out of leaded fuel represents a “milestone for multilateralism”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, marking the end of a 20-year campaign to eliminate a major threat to the health of people and the planet. “Lead ... More >>
Ensuring The Right To A Nationality, More Pressing Than Ever: UNHCR
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 6:41 am | UN News
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is more pressing than ever, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, as it marked the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. “New ... More >>
UN Health Agency Secures Life-saving Medical Supplies To Afghanistan
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 6:38 am | UN News
Lifesaving medical supplies reached Afghanistan by air on Monday, the first UN shipment to arrive since the Taliban takeover more than a week ago, as UN human rights experts called on the country's new rulers to live up to their promise to fully protect the ... More >>
Afghan Children ‘At Greater Risk Than Ever’, Top UNICEF Official Warns
Monday, 30 August 2021, 5:32 am | UN News
With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) appealed on Sunday after concluding a visit to the country. George Laryea-Adjei, Regional ... More >>
Reaffirm Commitment To Ban Nuclear Tests, UN Chief Says In Message For International Day
Sunday, 29 August 2021, 4:47 pm | UN News
Countries which have not yet ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ( CTBT ) are urged by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to do so without delay. The UN chief made the appeal in his message for the International Day Against Nuclear ... More >>
Vaccine Inequity Causes ‘Dangerous Divergence’ In COVID Survival Rates – UN Agency Heads
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 4:24 pm | UN News
The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at “two alarmingly different speeds”, UN agency leaders said in a statement on Friday, noting that less than two per cent of adults are fully vaccinated in most low-income countries compared ... More >>
WHO ‘Exploring All Options’ To Get Medical Supplies Into Afghanistan
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 4:23 pm | UN News
With medical stocks dwindling in Afghanistan, and insecurity at the airport in the capital, Kabul, following a terrorist attack, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to examine ways to deliver much-needed supplies to the country, a senior ... More >>
WFP steps up support in Haiti
Friday, 27 August 2021, 9:18 am | UN News
The World Food Programme ( WFP ) is stepping up ongoing support to Haitians who are now facing destroyed homes, lost livelihoods and little or no access to food in the wake of the 14 August earthquake, the UN agency reported on Thursday. More ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Chief Condemns Terrorist Blasts Near Kabul Airport
Friday, 27 August 2021, 7:24 am | UN News
António Guterres condemned on Thursday the terror attacks around Kabul airport in Afghanistan and expressed his support for both the injured and the families of those who have been killed. “He condemns this terrorist attack which killed and ... More >>
