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Oceans Under Threat Like Never Before, Warns World Meteorological Organization
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:09 am | UN News
Climate change has hit the world’s oceans hard, UN weather experts said on Monday, in a call for lifesaving monitoring and early warning services that were interrupted by COVID-19 to be ramped up again, to protect shipping and coastal communities at ... More >>
Recognize ‘True Value’ Of Water, UN Urges, Marking World Day
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 7:06 am | UN News
22 March 2021 The UN is marking World Water Day on Monday with a global conversation on how people value the lifegiving resource in different parts of the world, according to local needs. “For me, water means protection”, Secretary-General António ... More >>
UN Chief ‘Profoundly Concerned’ Over Rise In Violence Against Asians
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 5:13 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a statement expressing his profound concern over the rise in violence against Asians, and people of Asian descent, during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compounding the general scourge of racism ... More >>
UN Agencies Urge Turkey Not To Abandon International Accord Protecting Women
Monday, 22 March 2021, 5:51 am | UN News
United Nations agencies on Saturday called on Turkey to reconsider its withdrawal from a key regional treaty on preventing violence against women, including domestic violence, and bringing the perpetrators to justice. Dubbed the Istanbul Convention, ... More >>
Forest Restoration Provides A Path To Pandemic Recovery, Greener Future
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 6:23 am | UN News
Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic should lead to stronger action to safeguard the world’s forests, a senior UN official said on Friday, highlighting how these natural resources have helped to protect health and well-being during the global ... More >>
No ‘Fix’ To Police Violence, Without Tackling Scourge In Society, Says Rights Chief
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 6:03 am | UN News
The Human Rights Council embarked on a discussion over police violence against people of African descent on Friday, with a warning from UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet that “brutality and discrimination against people of African descent continue to ... More >>
Scores Of Schools ‘Reportedly Occupied’ By Security Forces In Myanmar, As Guterres Condemns Continuing Brutality
Saturday, 20 March 2021, 5:54 am | UN News
Security forces in Myanmar have reportedly occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses across the country, marking a further escalation of the crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. In a statement issued later in ... More >>
No Winners But Fewer Losers In Global Economy From COVID Than Expected
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:21 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic seriously impacted all economies around the world last year, with trillions of dollars of lost earnings, UN trade and development experts UNCTAD said on Thursday, before highlighting how several countries also showed unexpected ... More >>
Natural Disasters Occurring Three Times More Often Than 50 Years Ago: New FAO Report
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:19 am | UN News
New and unprecedented forms of natural disasters are most heavily felt in the agricultural industry, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. At no other point in history have agri-food systems faced more hazards such as megafires, ... More >>
Do Not Use Weather As A Basis To Relax COVID-19 Control Measures, UN Agency Urges
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:18 am | UN News
The UN weather agency on Thursday cautioned that the current onset of warmer temperatures in the northern hemisphere should not be used as a trigger to relax measures to halt the spread of coronavirus. In a new report , the UN World Meteorological Organization ... More >>
Secretary-General Appoints Jean Arnault As His Personal Envoy On Afghanistan
Friday, 19 March 2021, 6:16 am | UN News
UNIC Bogotá | Jean Arnault, then Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, speaks to the press in Bogota. (file photo) The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday announced the appointment of seasoned mediator Jean Arnault as his new ... More >>
UN Leaders Speak Out Against Islamophobia And Anti-Muslim Hatred
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:13 am | UN News
Underlining that “diversity is a richness, not a threat”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for greater investment in promoting social cohesion and tackling bigotry in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day to Combat ... More >>
Health Experts Give Green Light To Janssen COVID Jab, Allay Clotting Concerns
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:10 am | UN News
The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine was publicly approved for international use on Wednesday by UN health agency expert advisory board, SAGE , which allayed concerns over clotting events being associated by some countries, without definitive evidence, with coronavirus ... More >>
South Asia: Sharp Rise In Child And Maternal Deaths Due To COVID-19
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 8:09 am | UN News
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. In a new report , UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ... More >>
UN Envoy Warns Of ‘Dramatic’ Deterioration In Yemen Conflict
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 5:26 pm | UN News
The UN’s top official in Yemen has warned of a “dramatic” deterioration in the country’s ongoing conflict, telling the Security Council on Tuesday that fighting has expanded on several fronts amid the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Special ... More >>
Fast-track Women’s Participation In Public Life ‘For Everyone's Benefit’
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 5:25 pm | UN News
The UN rights chief said on Tuesday that empowering women and girls to participate fully in public life is both the right and “smart thing to do”, speaking on a day that saw history being made with the first ever address to the UN by a woman ... More >>
Syria’s Decade Of Conflict Takes Massive Toll On Women And Girls
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 7:39 am | UN News
This week, Syria marks a grim anniversary: 10 years since the start of the country’s grinding conflict. Today, one decade into the catastrophe, about half the country’s population has been uprooted, with some 12 million people internally displaced or ... More >>
Women Must Be ‘Front And Centre’ Of Pandemic Recovery, UN Chief Says
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 7:38 am | UN News
Women need to be “front and centre” of the pandemic recovery as a matter of economics, efficiency, effectiveness and social resilience, the UN chief told the women’s commission on Tuesday. “Male-dominated teams will come up with male-dominated ... More >>
South Sudanese ‘One Step Away From Famine', As UN Launches Humanitarian Response Plan
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 7:36 am | UN News
As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people – including 350,000 refugees ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Rights Office ‘Deeply Disturbed’ Over Intensifying Violence Against Protesters
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 7:35 am | UN News
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday it is “deeply disturbed” that the crackdown on peaceful protesters in Myanmar “continues to intensify”, with a soaring death toll on the streets, increasingly aggressive use of lethal force, ... More >>
