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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 >>
COVID-19: WHO And European Medicines Agency To Meet On AstraZeneca Vaccine
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 4:45 pm | UN News
Health officials from the UN and the European Union will meet this week on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after several more countries suspended its use, the head of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) said on Monday. Agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ... More >>
Independent UN Expert Says ‘Tsunami Of Hate’ Targeting Minorities Must Be Tackled
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 4:42 pm | UN News
Social media has too often been used with “relative impunity” to spread hate, prejudice and violence against minorities, an independent UN human right expert said on Monday, calling for an international treaty to address the growing scourge. “The ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For ‘unconditional Release’ Of Abducted Students In Nigeria
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 5:37 pm | UN News
The UN chief on Friday, has strongly condemned the latest mass kidnapping of students in Nigeria, in the country’s northwestern region. Late Thursday night, some 30 female and male studentsand as well as several school staff, were reportedly abducted ... More >>
Latest Session Of UN Women’s Commission Focuses On Equality In Public Life
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 4:23 pm | UN News
Setting a global roadmap for achieving full equality at decision-making tables is among the objectives of the 65th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women ( CSW ), which opens in New York on Monday. For the first time in its history, ... More >>
WHO Backs AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Amid Clotting Concerns; Green Lights Johnson & Johnson Shots
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 4:22 pm | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was aware of blood clot concerns linked to “a specific batch” of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, but maintained that to date, no-one has died from any coronavirus vaccine. The development ... More >>
UN Agency Raises Alarm Over ‘Targeted’ Violence Against Women In Myanmar Protests
Saturday, 13 March 2021, 4:20 pm | UN News
The United Nations entity dedicated to protection of women’s rights has voiced deep concerns over “targeted and disproportionate” violence against women being recorded during the crackdown against peaceful protesters in Myanmar. In addition, ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Security Council Strongly Condemns Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
Friday, 12 March 2021, 7:16 pm | UN News
The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and voiced “deep concern” at restrictions on medical personnel, civil society, labour unions and journalists, as demonstrations continue ... More >>
