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‘Mass Deaths’ Alert In Myanmar As 100,000 Flee Junta’s Heavy Weapons
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6:41 am | UN News
In Myanmar, international action is needed urgently to prevent “mass deaths” there, after civilians fled attacks by so-called “junta bombs”, a top independent UN rights expert has warned. “Mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure ... More >>
UN Court Upholds Ratko Mladić Convictions And Life Sentence
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 4:29 pm | UN News
A UN court on Tuesday upheld the life sentence imposed on former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladić for his role in the Balkan wars in the 1990s. The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals on Tuesday rejected his appeal against ... More >>
Step Up HIV Fight, To End AIDS ‘epidemic Of Inequalities’ By 2030
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 4:27 pm | UN News
Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, four decades ago, the UN General Assembly President said on Tuesday that the “tragic reality” is that the most vulnerable remain in jeopardy. “They ... More >>
Chilliest Spring In Years Is Cold Comfort As CO2 Emissions Rise: WMO
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 6:30 am | UN News
Confirmation that Europe has just had its chilliest Spring in years is cold comfort for the planet, amid rising greenhouse gas levels which will bring negative impacts for generations to come, UN weather experts said on Tuesday. “Europe had its coldest ... More >>
UNICEF And Celebrities Appeal To G7 Countries: Donate COVID Vaccinations ‘Now’
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, Ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other agencies, have signed an open letter to the upcoming G7 Summit of world leaders, underscoring the urgency of suppling vaccine ... More >>
Fragile Democratic Gains At Risk In Central Africa As Violence By Armed Groups Escalates
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 4:27 pm | UN News
Attacks by armed groups including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province pose grave threats to Central Africa’s fragile stability, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told the Security Council on Monday, while spotlighting crucial ... More >>
WHO Warns Of ‘Two-track Pandemic’ As Cases Decline But Vaccine Inequity Persists
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 4:25 pm | UN News
Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in his ongoing campaign to get more vaccines to developing countries. Tedros Adhanom ... More >>
Global Push Needed To Ensure ‘Clean, Affordable And Sustainable Electricity’ For All
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:14 am | UN News
During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than ever before. However, the number still not connected has grown in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, according to a new UN report on universal ... More >>
Protection Call For Burkina Faso Civilians After Terror Attack Leaves 132 Dead
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:12 am | UN News
Communities in rural Burkina Faso urgently need greater protection from violent extremists, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, insisted on Monday, in response to a deadly assault at the weekend that claimed the lives of at least 132 innocent people. ... More >>
UN Launches Decade On Ecosystem Restoration To Counter ‘Triple Environmental Emergency’
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 6:14 am | UN News
Heads of Government, religious leaders, activists and artists joined the United Nations on Friday in a rallying cry to heal the planet, launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration . It calls for stepping up efforts to prevent, halt and reverse ... More >>
UN Health Agency Urges Nations To Donate 250 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 6:07 am | UN News
Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) said ... More >>
UNRWA Chief Calls For ‘clear And Unequivocal Guarantees’ On Staff Safety In Hamas-controlled Gaza
Friday, 4 June 2021, 4:07 pm | UN News
The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has called for “clear and unequivocal guarantees” over the safety and security of staff working to restore critical services in Gaza, following last month’s conflict between ... More >>
Accountability Crucial To ‘truly Relegate’ Syria Chemical Weapons To History
Friday, 4 June 2021, 4:05 pm | UN News
Until those responsible for any and all chemical weapons use in Syria are held responsible, the global community will continue sending a message of impunity, the senior UN disarmament official warned the Security Council on Thursday. Izumi Nakamitsu , the UN High Representative ... More >>
Restoration Call For Area ‘The Size Of China’ To Protect Falling Biodiversity And Food Insecurity
Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:19 am | UN News
An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and UN Environment Programme’s ( ... More >>
Risk Of COVID-19 Surge Threatens Africa's Health Facilities
Friday, 4 June 2021, 6:18 am | UN News
Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency said on Thursday. The appeal to the continent’s authorities to boost lifesaving facilities comes as the World Health Organization ... More >>
Climate Change Threatens Winged Harbinger Of Spring
Friday, 4 June 2021, 5:09 am | UN News
A sure sign of spring in northern Europe is the arrival of the Arctic tern bird, but ahead of the UN’s World Migratory Bird Day experts fear the warming of the oceans in its nesting grounds in the northern Atlantic is threatening its very existence. ... More >>
COVID Crisis To Push Global Unemployment Over 200 Million Mark In 2022
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 6:55 pm | UN News
The economic crisis caused by the COVID pandemic is expected to contribute to global unemployment of more than 200 million people next year, with women and youth workers worst-hit, UN labour experts said on Wednesday. The International Labour Organization ... More >>
Invasive Pest Spread Another Fallout From Climate Change, UN-backed Study Finds
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 3:59 pm | UN News
Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found. The scientific review looks at 15 plant pests ... More >>
‘Simply No Scenario’ Where Humanity Can Survive On An Ocean-free Planet
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 5:59 am | UN News
The world must harness “clear, transformative and actionable solutions” to address the ocean crisis, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday, opening a meeting to generate momentum towards the 2022 UN Ocean Conference , when public ... More >>
Vaccine Equity At Heart Of New $50 Billion Plan To End Pandemic, Drive Recovery
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 5:53 am | UN News
Governments are being urged to finance a new $50 billion roadmap to end the COVID-19 pandemic and drive a fast recovery, announced on Tuesday by the heads of the world’s predominant global financing, health and trade agencies. The plan seeks to scale-up ... More >>
