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Use COVID-19 Recovery To Make Inclusion ‘A Reality’, UN Chief Says On World Day
Saturday, 3 April 2021, 8:08 pm | UN News
Building a more inclusive and accessible world that recognizes the contributions of all people, including persons with disabilities must be a “key goal” as countries work to recover from COVID-19 pandemic, United Nations Secretary-General said on ... More >>
Many Countries Spending More On Debt Than Education, Health And Social Protection Combined
Friday, 2 April 2021, 6:19 pm | UN News
Around one in eight nations spends more on debt than on social services, according to a new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched on Thursday, calling for debt service relief and restructuring to enable countries to bounce back from ... More >>
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout ‘Unacceptably Slow’ In Europe, WHO Warns
Friday, 2 April 2021, 6:12 pm | UN News
Rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Europe is “unacceptably slow” as new cases increase among practically all age groups there, according to the regional office of the World Health Organization ( WHO ), which covers 53 countries and territories. Most countries ... More >>
UNHCR Urges Greater Protection For Sahel Communities After Deadly Attack
Friday, 2 April 2021, 6:11 pm | UN News
Ten days after armed groups carried out a deadly attack on three villages near the western Niger town of Tillia, UN humanitarians have repeated their call for greater protection of civilians and all those displaced by violence in the Sahel. The UN ... More >>
Vaccine Equity: ‘Race Is On’ To Inoculate Health Workers And Those Most At Risk Globally
Friday, 2 April 2021, 6:08 pm | UN News
As the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues to be a major concern, the UN health chief said on Thursday that with just over a week remaining until the deadline for vaccinating health workers and those at-risk in all countries is reached, ... More >>
Protect All Those Fleeing Myanmar, UN Offices Urge Countries In The Region
Friday, 2 April 2021, 8:08 am | UN News
The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) have called on Myanmar’s neighbouring countries to offer refuge and protection to all those fleeing violence and persecution, as the crisis in Myanmar enters its ... More >>
More Climate Action Needed During ‘Make-Or-Break Year’ For People And Planet
Friday, 2 April 2021, 8:05 am | UN News
The world needs “a major breakthrough” to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most vulnerable from increasingly severe and frequent climate impacts, the deputy UN chief told a crucial high-level meeting on Wednesday, ... More >>
Yemen: Arrival Of COVID-19 Vaccines A ‘Gamechanger’
Friday, 2 April 2021, 8:03 am | UN News
The arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in Yemen on Wednesday has been hailed by health experts as a “gamechanger” in the fight against coronavirus spread in the war-torn country. The 360,000 doses were shipped through the COVAX ... More >>
UN Agencies Ramp Up Response For Rohingya Refugees In Wake Of ‘Unprecedented’ Fire
Friday, 2 April 2021, 8:02 am | UN News
United Nations agencies have stepped up their efforts to assist thousands of Rohingya refugee families left homeless after last week’s devastating fire at the Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh. The blaze destroyed about 9,500 shelters and ... More >>
COVID-19 Origins Report Inconclusive: We Must ‘Leave No Stone Unturned’ – WHO Chief
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published on Tuesday, and was described by the UN health agency’s chief as a welcome start, ... More >>
Action For Peacekeeping: Progress Made, But The Work’s ‘Far From Done’
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 5:20 am | UN News
Three years since the UN Secretary-General launched his Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative to strengthening peacekeeping operations worldwide, “significant progress” has been made “but our work is far from done”, the peacekeeping chief ... More >>
Gender Equality, The ‘Unfinished Human Rights Struggle Of This Century’: UN Chief
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 5:16 am | UN News
Achieving equal rights for women is “the unfinished human rights struggle of this century”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to the Generation Equality Forum which began online from Mexico City on Monday. Although acknowledging ... More >>
$29 Billion A Year By 2025 Needed To Get Back On Track To Tackle AIDS, Say UNAIDS
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 5:15 am | UN News
A new report from the UN agency dedicated to ending HIV and AIDS ( UNAIDS ) has shown that investing $29 billion a year to HIV response in low and middle income countries by 2025, will put the world back on track to eradicate the virus as a public ... More >>
Guterres Urges ‘Decisive Action’ To Stave Off Debt Crisis In Developing World
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 5:12 am | UN News
Though significant steps have been taken to prevent debt crises across the world sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, they have not been sufficient to restore economic stability in many developing countries, according to a policy brief issued by the ... More >>
UN-Habitat Report Calls For Cities Post-pandemic To Lead The Way To A Fairer, Greener, Healthier Future
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 6:19 pm | UN News
A new report on pandemics and cities from UN-Habitat, points the way to how hard-hit urban centres can reduce the impact of future outbreaks and become more equitable, healthy and environmentally friendly. ‘ Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, More >>
Syria’s Decade Of ‘death, Destruction, Displacement, Disease, Dread And Despair’
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 5:14 pm | UN News
Now is not the moment to reduce humanitarian aid to Syria, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator told the Security Council on Monday, stressing that after 10 years of conflict, more support was needed to avoid further “dramatic and widespread” ... More >>
Deep Concern For Thousands Of Eritrean Refugees ‘Scattered’ In Ethiopia’s Tigray
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 6:10 pm | UN News
In Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region there’s deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees whose camps have been found burned to the ground, confirming satellite imagery and testimony from those who have fled attacks. UN humanitarians reported ... More >>
100 Million More Children Fail Basic Reading Skills Because Of COVID-19
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 6:08 pm | UN News
A new study released on Friday by the UN cultural agency, revealsthat more than 100 millionmore children than expected, are falling behind the minimum proficiency level in reading, due to COVID-related school closures. According to the study ... More >>
Earth Hour: ‘Make Peace With Nature’ – UN Chief
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 5:55 am | UN News
The world began to ripple to darkness on Saturday as countries globally dimmed their lights at 8:30 pm local time for Earth Hour – an event that, according to the UN, encourages individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric ... More >>
Drug Use Among Older Persons A ‘Hidden Epidemic’, Narcotics Experts Warn
Friday, 26 March 2021, 8:03 am | UN News
Drug use among older people globally has risen in recent years and countries must act to address this “hidden epidemic”, the International Narcotics Control Board ( INCB ) said in its annual report, issued on Thursday. The independent expert body ... More >>
