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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 >>
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 >>
