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Wasting Food Just Feeds Climate Change, New UN Environment Report Warns
Friday, 5 March 2021, 7:39 am | UN News
More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030. Produced by the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) and partner organization ... More >>
20 Die After Human Traffickers Force Migrants Into Sea En Route To Yemen
Friday, 5 March 2021, 7:03 am | UN News
IOM/Alexander Bee | Migrants rescued from a vessel off the coast of Djibouti are accommodated at a rescue centre. (file) At least 20 people have drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard as they sailed from Djibouti to Yemen, UN migration ... More >>
Mental Health Alert For 332 Million Children Linked To COVID-19 Lockdown Policies: UNICEF
Friday, 5 March 2021, 6:58 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says the mental health of millions of children worldwide has been put at risk, with at least one in seven forced to remain at home under nationwide public health orders – or recommendations – during the COVID-19 ... More >>
Equality In Engineering Crucial To Achieving Sustainable Development: UN-backed Report
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 8:14 am | UN News
Regional disparities in engineering, especially in Africa, must be addressed if the world is to realize a common future where no one is left behind, according to a report issued on Wednesday by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ... More >>
South Sudan’s Transition From Conflict To Recovery ‘Inching Forward’ – UN Envoy
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 8:12 am | UN News
South Sudan’s transformation from conflict to recovery is underway, but much needs to be done before securing “a peaceful and prosperous future”, the UN Special Representative to the country told the Security Council on Tuesday. “Because of ... More >>
Rights Experts Condemn Ongoing Demolition Of Palestinian Bedouin Village
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 4:35 pm | UN News
Two independent UN human rights experts are urging Israel to halt efforts to demolish the Palestinian village of Humsa Al-Bqai'a, fearing it is part of a wider pattern of forcible removals and displacement. Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur for the situation ... More >>
Untreated Hearing Loss Threatens Nearly 2.5 Billion People Worldwide – WHO
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 4:33 pm | UN News
By 2050, around one-in-four people will be living with some degree of hearing loss, the UN health agency warned on Tuesday, in its first World Report on Hearing . The World Health Organization’s ( WHO ) report, launched ahead of World Hearing Day ... More >>
Equitable Vaccine Delivery Plan Needs More Support To Succeed: COVAX Partners
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 7:42 am | UN News
The equitable coronavirus vaccine delivery initiative COVAX that has delivered its first doses to West Africa and Latin America in the past few days, is a credit to international solidarity, but potential obstacles must be overcome if a fully global ... More >>
UN Agencies Appeal For $266 Million To Feed Refugees In Eastern Africa
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 7:39 am | UN News
A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR , and the World Food Programme ( WFP ) are appealing for $266 million as they have ... More >>
Abducted Girls Released In Northwest Nigeria, As Fresh Attacks Rock Country’s Northeast
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 5:48 am | UN News
While the release of more than 200 girls abducted from their school on Friday in northwest Nigeria is a welcome development said senior UN officials there on Tuesday, civilians and aid facilities have come under attack in the country’s northeast, ... More >>
COVID-19 Cases Rise For First Time In Seven Weeks: WHO
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 4:56 pm | UN News
After six consecutive weeks of decline, COVID-19 cases worldwide increased last week for the first time, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) said on Monday. Four of the agency’s six regions reported a rise in numbers, with Africa and the Western ... More >>
Fate Still Unclear Of ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Civilian Detainees In Syria
Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 7:17 am | UN News
The fate of tens of thousands of civilians being held in Syria’s “notorious” prisons or detention centres is still unclear, 10 years after the country’s civil war began, UN investigators said on Monday. According to the Commission of Inquiry ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Condemns Escalating Violence In Deadliest Day Of Protests So Far
Monday, 1 March 2021, 7:59 am | UN News
In response to the killing of at least 18 protesters demonstrating against Myanmar’s military coup, the UN human rights office ( OHCHR ) on Sunday together with the UN chief, strongly condemned the “escalating violence” and called for an immediate ... More >>
Palestinian Elections Raise Hopes For Two-State Solution, Middle East Coordinator Tells Security Council
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 4:26 pm | UN News
The holding of free and fair elections in the Occupied Palestinian Territory will help “clear the path” for restoring a legitimate political horizon to realize a long sought two-State solution, the leading UN diplomat for the region told the ... More >>
Pandemic Pushing People ‘even Further Behind’, UN Rights Chief Warns
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 4:24 pm | UN News
As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, people worldwide are “being left behind – or pushed even further behind”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on Friday. Delivering a global update to the Human Rights Council , Michelle Bachelet ... More >>
Myanmar Ambassador To UN Denounces Military Coup, As Envoy Warns Democratic Processes Have Been ‘Pushed Aside'
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 3:36 pm | UN News
As the democratically elected leader of Myanmar, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is still in detention following the military takeover that triggered country-wide protests, violence and arrests, the UN envoy for the country observed on Friday, ... More >>
Côte D'Ivoire Takes Delivery Of Latest COVAX Vaccine Shipment, In Further Boost For Africa
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 3:31 pm | UN News
Côte d'Ivoire received 504,000 doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine on Friday making it the second African nation in a week to benefit from the first shipments of shots from the UN-backed global COVAX initiative, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF ) has ... More >>
Condemnation Over New Attack On Nigeria School, ‘More Than 300’ Girls Missing
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 3:28 pm | UN News
An attack on a secondary school in northwest Nigeria on Friday in which several hundred girls are still missing, has been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General, and UN Children’s Fund , UNICEF. The UNICEF representative in the country, Peter ... More >>
UN Climate Report A ‘Red Alert’ For The Planet: Guterres
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 2:43 pm | UN News
Nations are “nowhere close” to the level of action needed to fight global warming, a UN climate action report said on Friday, urging countries to adopt stronger and more ambitious plans to reach the Paris Agreement goals, and limit the temperature ... More >>
Relief Programmes Hit By Ongoing Crisis In Myanmar, UN Humanitarian Office Says
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 2:29 pm | UN News
The political unrest in Myanmar has impacted the ability of humanitarians to respond to the needs of vulnerable communities, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country’s conflict-affected areas, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian ... More >>
