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‘Highest Standards Of Conduct’ Required For Successful UN Peacekeeping
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 4:06 pm | UN News
Successful peacekeeping requires the “highest standards of conduct” by civilian and uniformed peacekeepers, the UN chief told a High-Level Meeting this week on Strengthening the Conduct of Peacekeeping Personnel. Therefore, “strengthening accountability ... More >>
WHO Guidance On Artificial IntelligenceTo Improve Healthcare, Mitigate Risks Worldwide
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 6:20 pm | UN News
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds “enormous potential” for improving the health of millions around the world if ethics and human rights are at the heart of its design, deployment, and use, the head of the UN health agency said on Monday. “Like all ... More >>
UN Rights Office Highlights Policing Reforms To Address Systemic Racism
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 6:18 pm | UN News
Radical policing reforms are needed to address systemic racism affecting people of African descent around the world, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday, as her Office published a series of recommendations prompted by the killing of George ... More >>
The Trillion Dollar Climate Finance Challenge (and Opportunity)
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 5:36 am | UN News
It’s overwhelmingly accepted that climate change is a very significant threat to humanity and while there are countless solutions to tackling what has been described by the UN as the “existential threat” of our times, it is still not fully clear ... More >>
Syria’s Last Cross-border Aid Lifeline Must Stay Open, Insist UN Humanitarians
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 5:40 am | UN News
The imminent closure of the last cross-border aid lifeline to northwest Syria must be postponed beyond the 10 July deadline, UN humanitarians said on Friday, noting that no cross-line supplies had reached Idlib from Damascus, in 11 months. World ... More >>
Prevention, Only ‘Sustainable Solution’ To Conflict, Deputy UN Chief Tells Nigerian Law Students
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 5:36 am | UN News
Speaking in Nigeria, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has emphasized the importance of prevention as “the only real, sustainable solution” to resolving the challenges thrown up by conflict. Prevention will help us “flatten the curve” ... More >>
Tigray: UN Condemns Murder Of 3 MSF Humanitarians As ‘Appalling Violation’ Of International Law
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 5:31 am | UN News
Three employees of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) agency have been killed by unknown attackers in the restive Tigray region of Ethiopia, drawing swift condemnation from UN Secretary-General António Guterres who said on Saturday he was “deeply ... More >>
On Climate Change Frontline, Indigenous Provide Pointers To Save Planet
Saturday, 26 June 2021, 3:51 pm | UN News
Indigenous people living on the frontline of climate change could offer potentially ground-breaking insight into biodiversity protection and sustainability, but they urgently need help to withstand a growing number of threats to their way of life, ... More >>
COVID-19 Delta Variant Has Potential To Make ‘Epidemic Curve Exponentially’
Saturday, 26 June 2021, 3:49 pm | UN News
The head of the UN health agency expressed concern on Friday over the COVID-19’s delta variant, which he called “the most transmissible” mutation to date. TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-Generalof the World health Organization ( WHO ) told journalists ... More >>
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 >>
