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Meningitis Outbreak Declared In Democratic Republic Of The Congo: WHO
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 9:11 pm | UN News
A deadly outbreak of meningitis has been declared in a northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the World Health Organization ( WHO ) have been supporting health authorities to deploy an initial emergency response team. ... More >>
Human Activity The Common Link Between Disasters Around The World
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 9:09 pm | UN News
WB State Inter Agency Group on Disaster Management. Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India on Wednesday afternoon local time. Disasters such as cyclones, floods, and droughts are more connected than we might think, and human activity is the common ... More >>
Climate Action: Guterres Hails Latin American And Caribbean Leadership
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 9:03 pm | UN News
The UN chief on Wednesday commended the leadership of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on climate action. Secretary-General António Guterres said he was counting on these nations to send a strong signal to the 26th UN Climate Change ... More >>
COVID-19: ‘Unacceptable’ Deals And Delays, Hampering Lifesaving COVAX Deliveries
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 3:30 pm | UN News
While 80 per cent of citizens in high and upper-middle income nations have had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, that figure stands at just 20 per cent for those living below the top tiers, according to a joint statement issued by UN and partner agencies, ... More >>
General Assembly President Calls For Halt To Nuclear Tests
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 3:29 pm | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, on Wednesday called for an end to nuclear tests, as ambassadors gathered to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests , observed annually on 29 August. Despite recent developments ... More >>
Make Mental Health A Priority Across The Board, UN Chief Urges
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 3:27 pm | UN News
Mental health and psychosocial support must be seen as integral to all humanitarian, peacebuilding and development programmes across the UN, the Secretary-General said on Wednesday . António Guterres was speaking at a high-level event on Mental Health ... More >>
Critical Gaps In Refugee Education, Only 34 Per Cent Attend Secondary School: UNHCR
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 4:28 pm | UN News
Two-thirds of refugee children might never get to secondary school, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday, as it called for an international effort to confront “critically low” levels of school and university enrolment. Recent progress “is ... More >>
Climate Action Essential To Cool ‘Season Of Fire And Floods’ Worldwide: Deputy UN Chief
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 6:31 am | UN News
With extreme weather events increasingly impacting countries across the world, the deputy UN chief on Monday underlined the importance of limiting temperature rise to the internationally agreed goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. ... More >>
Drop Coal Or Climate Change Will ‘Wreak Havoc’ Across Australian Economy
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 6:29 am | UN News
Climate change will “wreak havoc” across the Australian economy if coal is not rapidly phased out, a senior UN official warned on Monday. In a pre-recorded speech to an Australian National University forum, UN Special Adviser on Climate Change ... More >>
Air Quality Improvements From COVID Lockdowns Confirmed
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 5:56 am | UN News
COVID-19 lockdowns brought rapid and “unprecedented” improvements in air quality in some parts of the world - but not enough to halt climate change caused by global warming, UN weather experts said on Friday. According to the World Meteorological ... More >>
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 >>
