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DR Congo: Grave Consequences For Children Witnessing ‘Appalling Violence’, UNICEF Reports
Friday, 25 June 2021, 5:40 pm | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF , appealed on Thursday for urgent resources to support thousands of people who have fled armed violence in two small towns in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the past two months. ... More >>
UN Chief Urges European Parliament To Support COVID Vaccines For All
Friday, 25 June 2021, 5:38 pm | UN News
The European Union (EU) must use its leverage to ensure people everywhere have access to COVID-19 vaccines, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday. In a wide-ranging multilingual speech to the European Parliament in Brussels, the UN ... More >>
COVID Pandemic Fuelling Major Increase In Drug Use Worldwide: UN Report
Friday, 25 June 2021, 5:35 pm | UN News
Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 per cent from 2010. That’s among the key findings of the latest annual report released on Thursday by the United Nations ... More >>
91 Countries Now Offer COVID-19 Vaccinations To Refugees, Says UNHCR
Friday, 25 June 2021, 5:33 pm | UN News
UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same. “Beyond the moral imperative, this is in our collective self-interest”, said Ann Burton, ... More >>
UN Pushes For Lasting Ceasefire, More Humanitarian Deliveries In Gaza
Friday, 25 June 2021, 3:45 pm | UN News
The cessation of hostilities negotiated last month between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, remains “very fragile”, the UN envoy there told the Security Council on Thursday. “The UN is working closely with all concerned parties ... More >>
Central African Republic Entrenched In ‘Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis’
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 5:28 pm | UN News
Defense forces, soldiers from nearby countries and other security personnel have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council ... More >>
Small Businesses Unprepared For Pandemic-sized Climate Shock ‘Every Decade’
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 6:28 am | UN News
Small businesses which make up more than half of the global workforce were 2.5 times more likely to go under than larger firms in the first months of COVID-19, the International Trade Centre (ITC) said on Wednesday, warning that the impact of climate change could ... More >>
Time Running Out To Prevent ‘Worst Case Scenario’ Arising In Afghanistan
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 5:08 pm | UN News
With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security ... More >>
Great Barrier Reef In Danger, UN World Heritage Committee Draft Report Finds
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 6:50 am | UN News
A United Nations body is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be included on a list of world heritage in danger, according to a draft report issued on Monday, a move which has been heavily criticized by the Australian Government. The World ... More >>
Famine Knocking At The Door Of 41 Million Worldwide, WFP Warns
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 6:49 am | UN News
Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme ( WFP ) warned on Tuesday, underscoring the need for urgent funding and humanitarian access to reach those in need. Recent analysis by the UN ... More >>
‘Invisible’ Stateless People Could Miss Out On COVID-19 Jabs, UNHCR Warns
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack identity papers and are essentially “invisible to the authorities”. That’s the warning from UN refugee agency, UNHCR , which on Tuesday published a ... More >>
Human Rights Council Urged To Support UN Chief’s Call For A ‘New Social Contract’ After COVID-19
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 5:14 pm | UN News
MONUSCO UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks to the Congolese press during a visit to Ituri, DRC (file photo). UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged UN Member States to promote a more inclusive post-pandemic recovery ... More >>
Grave Violations Against Children In Conflict ‘Alarmingly High’, Latest UN Report Reveals
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 5:10 pm | UN News
UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Two children, who recently returned home after they and their family fled fighting in 2017, look out over the Al Gamalia neighborhood of Taiz City. More than 19,300 boys and girls affected by war last year were victims of grave violations ... More >>
Slow Progress, Stubborn Cycles Of Violence, As South Sudan Turns 10
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 5:04 pm | UN News
South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told Security Council members on ... More >>
COVID-19: First MRNA Vaccine Tech Transfer Hub A ‘Great Step Forward’
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 5:03 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization ( WHO ) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub, the UN agency announced on Monday. The facility will allow manufacturers from developing countries ... More >>
Forced Displacement At Record Level, Despite COVID Shutdowns: UNHCR
Monday, 21 June 2021, 6:14 pm | UN News
The number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations, rose last year to nearly 82.4 million people, a further four percent increase on top of the already record-high of 79.5 million, recorded at the end of 2019. According ... More >>
Famine Risk Spikes Amid Conflict, COVID-19 And Funding Gaps: WFP
Monday, 21 June 2021, 6:09 pm | UN News
The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions more on the verge of famine than six months ago, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. In an appeal for $5 billion “to ... More >>
COVID-19: Vaccines Donated Next Year, ‘Too Late For Those Who Are Dying Today’
Saturday, 19 June 2021, 4:57 pm | UN News
Millions more COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key global target of having 70 per cent of all national populations vaccinated, by the middle of 2022. That was one of the main messages relayed to reporters ... More >>
António Guterres Secures Second Term As UN Secretary-General, Calls For New Era Of ‘Solidarity And Equality’
Saturday, 19 June 2021, 6:00 am | UN News
António Guterres was on Friday re-appointed to a second term as UN Secretary-General, pledging as his priority, to continue helping the world chart a course out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking the oath of office in the General Assembly Hall, Mr. Guterres ... More >>
One In Every 100 Dies By Their Own Hand, Each Suicide ‘A Tragedy’ – WHO
Friday, 18 June 2021, 4:57 pm | UN News
New research published by the UN health agency on Thursday revealed that suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide – taking more lives each year than HIV, malaria, breast cancer, war and homicide. Based on its estimates that more ... More >>
