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Food Systems Transformation A ‘silver Lining’ In COVID Crisis: UN Deputy Chief
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 4:47 pm | UN News
A sustainable and prosperous planet can only be achieved through working together and in solidarity, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday at the end of a major global food security meeting. Amina Mohammed was speaking during her closing ... More >>
Cornerstone Treaty Of Refugee Protection Turns 70
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 6:01 am | UN News
© UNHCR/Roger LeMoyne | Refugees from Kosovo arrive in Blace, North Macedonia in 1999. (file) It has never been more urgent to recommit to the spirit and fundamental principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention , the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday ... More >>
COVID-19: Education Replaced By Shuttered Schools, Violence, Teenage Pregnancy
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 6:21 pm | UN News
A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ... More >>
Progress On Tobacco Fight, But New Nicotine Products Pose Increasing Threat
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 6:20 pm | UN News
While many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows some are failing to address the problem of emerging nicotine and tobacco products. Compared with 2007, more than four times ... More >>
Support Mangrove Conservation, UNESCO Chief Says
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 6:53 pm | UN News
The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on Monday, underscoring the need for everyone to support restoration and protection of these crucial habitats. Audrey Azoulay, Director General of the UN Educational, ... More >>
Afghanistan: Record Number Of Women And Children Killed Or Wounded
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 6:52 pm | UN News
More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009, a United Nations report revealed on Monday. A particularly sharp rise in casualties occurred ... More >>
Free, Fair Palestinian Elections, Must Include East Jerusalem: UN Experts
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 4:13 pm | UN News
Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem, three UN independent human rights experts said in a statement on Monday. The first parliamentary and presidential elections in 15 years were scheduled ... More >>
New ECOSOC President Aims To Maximize ‘Reach, Relevance And Impact’
Sunday, 25 July 2021, 5:13 am | UN News
UN Photo/Mark Garten Collen Vixen Kelapile of Botswana, the newly-elected President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The role of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in promoting development has become “even more critical” as ... More >>
Lebanon: Public Water System On The Verge Of Collapse, UNICEF Warns
Sunday, 25 July 2021, 5:08 am | UN News
The public water system in Lebanon is “on life support” and could collapse at any moment, putting 71 per cent of the population, or more than four million people, at immediate risk of losing access to safe supply, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF ... More >>
COVID-19: Africa ‘Third Wave’ Not Yet Over, While Vaccine Inequity Threatens All
Friday, 23 July 2021, 3:27 pm | UN News
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this “small step forward” could be short-lived, the Regional Office of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) said on Thursday. Cases on the continent fell by 1.7 ... More >>
Tigray: As Famine Looms, First WFP Humanitarian Flight Arrives
Friday, 23 July 2021, 3:25 pm | UN News
Lifesaving assistance arrived for the beleaguered Tigray region of Ethiopia on Thursday as the first UN World Food Programme (WFP) plane carrying humanitarian workers touched down in the capital Mekelle. It was the first UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) ... More >>
WHO’s Tedros Backs Tokyo Olympic Games ‘power To Inspire’
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 4:12 pm | UN News
The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”. Speaking in the Japanese capital Tokyo, he said the world must unite with ... More >>
Lifesaving Help Needed For Venezuela Cancer Patients Hit By US Sanctions
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 7:10 am | UN News
Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in the excessively strict application of United States sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company, Petroleum ... More >>
Liverpool’s Historic Waterfront Removed From World Heritage List
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 6:50 am | UN News
Unsplash / Conor Samuel Liverpool has been removed from UNESCO's World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee. Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the UN cultural body UNESCO’s list ... More >>
Iraq: Bomb Attack On Eve Of Eid Al-Adha, ‘Terrorism Knows No Bounds’
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 6:00 am | UN News
20 July 2021 Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the “horrific bomb attack targeting civilians” at a busy market in the north-east of the Iraqi capital, just before the Eid al-Adha holiday. In a statement issued on Monday night, ... More >>
Myanmar: ‘Brute Force Terror Campaign’ Targeting Rights Defenders, UN Experts Say
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 5:32 am | UN News
Human rights defenders in Myanmar are being targeted under a “brute force terror campaign” by the military junta, United Nations independent experts said on Monday, calling again for a stronger international response to the coup. In a statement , ... More >>
Rights Experts Condemn ‘Dramatic Rise’ In Attacks On So-called Slaves In Mali
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 5:31 am | UN News
Attacks against so-called slaves in Mali are on the rise and authorities must do more to prevent them, two independent UN human rights experts said on Monday. Although Mali outlawed slavery in 1905, a system of “descent-based slavery” persists, ... More >>
Fewer Women Than Men Will Regain Work During COVID-19 Recovery: ILO
Wednesday, 21 July 2021, 5:27 am | UN News
ILO Photo / Marcel Crozet : A garment worker inspects clothing in a factory in Nicaragua. Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study released on Monday by the UN’s labour agency. ... More >>
Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage, Have Risen In Sudan: UN-backed Study
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 4:44 pm | UN News
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. Voices from Sudan 2020, published this week, is the first-ever nationwide ... More >>
Pegasus: Human Rights-compliant Laws Needed To Regulate Spyware
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 4:43 pm | UN News
The UN human rights chief on Monday said the apparent widespread use of Pegasus spy software to illegally undermine the rights of those under surveillance, including journalists and politicians, was “extremely alarming” and confirmed “some of ... More >>
