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Alert: Amidst turmoil, displacement and plunging economy, Afghanistan’s future ‘very difficult…to see’
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 9:39 am | UN News
A crisis of incredible proportions is unfolding in Afghanistan as conflict, combined with drought and COVID-19, is pushing Afghans into a humanitarian catastrophe, the UN food relief agency said on Wednesday. The World Food Programme ( WFP ) reported ... More >>
‘Solutions Must Be Found’ For Millions Displaced From Sudan And South Sudan
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 6:58 am | UN News
Finding solutions based on peace and development is crucial for the future of the nearly seven million forcibly displaced people from Sudan and South Sudan, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said following a three-day visit ... More >>
COVID, Natural Hazards And Climate Crisis In Asia And The Pacific Expand ‘Riskcape’
Thursday, 26 August 2021, 6:52 am | UN News
The convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic with natural hazards, made worse by climate change, has reshaped and expanded the disaster “riskscape” in Asia and the Pacific, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s regional commission ... More >>
No End To Yemen Civil War On The Horizon, Senior UN Official Briefs Security Council
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 3:21 pm | UN News
No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which is now in its seventh year, a senior UN official for the Middle East region told the Security Council on Monday. “It is imperative to ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Agencies Sound Alarm Over Emergency Aid Supply Logjam
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 3:20 pm | UN News
UN humanitarian agencies are warning that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and are calling for a “humanitarian airbridge” to be set up immediately, to allow the unimpeded delivery of medicines and other ... More >>
Burkina Faso: UN Chief Condemns Deadly Attack On Northern Town, 80 Reported Dead
Saturday, 21 August 2021, 6:38 am | UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an armed attack on a convoy near the town of Arbinda, in the north of Burkina Faso, on Wednesday, which has reportedly led to the death of some 80 people. According to media reports, the ... More >>
Deadly Journeys Through Bay Of Bengal And Andaman Sea Threaten 'tragic And Fatal Consequences'
Friday, 20 August 2021, 3:24 pm | UN News
Last year was the deadliest on record for Rohingya refugees journeying through the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a new report on Thursday, highlighting that some two-thirds of those attempting the perilous voyages ... More >>
Ethiopia: UN Chief Gravely Concerned Over ‘unspeakable Violence’ In Tigray
Friday, 20 August 2021, 3:23 pm | UN News
Speaking outside the Security Council chamber on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres told journalists that he is gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia, particularly the “unspeakable violence” against women and others in Tigray. The Secretary-General’s ... More >>
UN launches strategy for digital transformation of peacekeeping
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 12:58 pm | UN News
The Organization and its 12 peacekeeping missions around the world must fully embrace new technology in the face of ever-changing challenges, the UN chief said on Wednesday as he outlined to the Security Council his Strategy for the Digital ... More >>
Afghanistan: Medical Lifeline To Millions Must Not Be Cut, Warns WHO
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 6:40 am | UN News
The delivery of lifesaving aid and medical supplies to millions of Afghans must not be cut, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, citing a more than threefold rise in the number of trauma cases. According to the UN health agency, ... More >>
Afghanistan: ‘Now Is The Time To Stand As One’, UN Chief Tells Security Council
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 7:03 am | UN News
As desperate Afghans were trying to escape the Taliban and board planes, during chaotic scenes at Kabul airport on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for international unity on Afghanistan, in a briefing to an emergency session ... More >>
Cote d’Ivoire confirms first Ebola case in 25 years
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 5:52 am | UN News
A case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in Cote d’Ivoire for the first time since 1994, the country’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating the delivery of vaccines to the country. More >>
Afghanistan: Guterres Urges Restraint As Taliban Reach Kabul; UN Security Council Set To Meet Monday
Monday, 16 August 2021, 3:32 pm | UN News
As the crisis in Afghanistan deepens by the hour, with reports that insurgent forces reached the country’s capital, Kabul, earlier on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Taliban and all other parties “to exercise utmost restraint ... More >>
DR Congo: violence linked to clashes over gold
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:59 am | UN News
Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday. More >>
Afghanistan crisis: hallmarks of humanitarian catastrophe
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:54 am | UN News
Afghanistan is on course to witness its highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since records began, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. More >>
WHO urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:50 am | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed up efforts to understand where and how the COVID-19 virus started – including the unproven suggestion that it was manufactured in a laboratory. More >>
Afghanistan: UN Chief Urges Taliban To Halt Offensive Immediately, Negotiate ‘In Good Faith’
Saturday, 14 August 2021, 4:45 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in good faith, “in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people.” António Guterres ... More >>
Youth Need ‘Seat At The Table’ To Lead Struggle For Better Future: Guterres
Friday, 13 August 2021, 5:21 am | UN News
ICAN/Lucero Oyarzun | The active engagement of youth is central for stable societies and to avert the worst threats to sustainable development, including the impacts of climate change. Young people are on the “frontlines of the struggle to build ... More >>
UN Weather Agency Seeks To Confirm 48.8°C ‘Record’ Heat Spike In Sicily
Friday, 13 August 2021, 5:17 am | UN News
UN weather experts said on Thursday that they’re “actively looking” into a possible record temperature for Continental Europe of 48.8 Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) near the town of Syracuse in Sicily, amid devastating wildfires in Mediterranean ... More >>
UNHCR Alarmed Over US ‘Expulsion Flights’ To Southern Mexico
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 4:04 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concern on Wednesday over a new policy by the United States, using public health orders linked to COVID-19, to expel some asylum-seekers and migrants by flying them to southern Mexico. Calling on the Biden Administration ... More >>
