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Economic And Social Council Turns 75; President Reaffirms Mandate To Tackle Pandemic, Development Challenges
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 2:05 pm | UN News
Marking its 75th anniversary amid the most serious economic and health crisis the UN has ever faced, the Organization’s Economic and Social Council “has the mandate and the responsibility to respond to these challenges,” the body’s President, ... More >>
Healthier World Means ‘safer America’ Tedros Stresses, As UN-led Vaccine Initiative Announces Deal For 40 Million Doses
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 1:59 pm | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement securing up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, under the UN-led COVAX equitable vaccine supply programme. Commenting on the deal ... More >>
Mali In Transition: UN Peacekeeping Chief Takes Stock Of Political And Security Developments
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 1:56 pm | UN News
MINUSMA UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in centre with sunglasses, visited Ménaka, Mali, where he met with the Governor, President of the Interim Authority, armed groups signatories to the peace agreement, civil society and the local commander, ... More >>
Sudan: 250 Killed, Over 100,000 Displaced As Violence Surges In Darfur
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 8:19 am | UN News
A sharp uptick in intercommunal violence in Sudan’s Darfur region has forced more than 100,000 people to flee their homes in search of safety, including many into neighbouring Chad, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday. According to ... More >>
Guterres Hails Entry Into Force Of Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:04 am | UN News
The first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades, came into force just after midnight on Friday, hailed by the UN Secretary-General as “an important step towards a world free of nuclear weapons”. António Guterres said ... More >>
Senior Panel Probing Violations In Syria, Examining New Measures To Safeguard Humanitarians
Friday, 22 January 2021, 4:11 pm | UN News
The UN chief announced on Thursday that he has set up an independent Senior Advisory Panel on strengthening the mechanism whereby humanitarian workers and sites are better protected from attack in Syria, according to a statement released by his spokesperson. ... More >>
Colombia: Criminal Elements Use Violence And Intimidation To ‘Stamp Out’ Leaders’ Voices
Friday, 22 January 2021, 4:10 pm | UN News
Illegally-armed groups and criminal organizations in Colombia are determined to “drive out State institutions and stamp out the voice of social leaders” through violence and intimidation, the head of the UN mission in the country told the Security ... More >>
Fauci Announces US Intention To Resume Major Role In Global Health
Friday, 22 January 2021, 7:09 am | UN News
The United States’ top medical official said on Thursday that the US will now join the World Health Organization’s global initiative to help poorer nations overcome COVID-19, in addition to a raft of new measures in support of access to universal ... More >>
Guterres Urges World To 'Work Together In Solidarity’ As US Moves To Re-join WHO
Friday, 22 January 2021, 7:05 am | UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday welcomed the announcement by President Joe Biden that the United States will re-engage with the World Health Organization (WHO) and play a full role in advancing global health and health security. In a statement ... More >>
‘Complex’ Emergency Unfolding In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, Warn UN Agencies
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 6:15 pm | UN News
UN agencies voiced deep concern on Wednesday over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, where attacks by armed groups have forced more than 565,000 to flee their homes. According to the agencies, growing insecurity ... More >>
Over 1.9 Billion People In Asia-Pacific Unable To Afford A Healthy Diet: UN Report
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 6:12 pm | UN News
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and surging food prices are keeping almost two billion people in Asia and the Pacific from healthy diets, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday. According to the 2020 Regional Overview of Food Security ... More >>
UN Calls For Resumption Of Mediterranean Rescues, After 43 Die In Libya Shipwreck
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 6:10 pm | UN News
Frontex/Francesco Malavolta Migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea are rescued by a Belgian ship (file) Following another deadly shipwreck off the coast of Libya that claimed 43 lives on Monday, the UN migration and refugee agencies have called ... More >>
Two UN Peacekeepers Killed In Central African Republic Ambush, As 2021 Death Toll Rises To Nine Worldwide
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7:58 am | UN News
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed after their convoy was ambushed by members of the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups in southern Central African Republic (CAR), the UN Mission in the country said on Monday, bringing the overall toll of 'blue ... More >>
WHO Chief Warns Against ‘Catastrophic Moral Failure’ In COVID-19 Vaccine Access
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 6:31 pm | UN News
A “me-first approach” to COVID-19 vaccines on the part of some countries and manufacturers is putting equitable access to these lifesaving treatments at risk, the head of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) warned on Monday. Addressing the ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For Protection Of Civilians As Violence Spikes In Sudan’s West Darfur
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 6:23 pm | UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General has voiced deep concern over escalating violence in West Darfur and called on the Sudanese authorities to “expend all efforts” to end the fighting and protect civilians. According to media reports, at least 83 ... More >>
Child Labour ‘Robs Children Of Their Future’, Scourge Must End Urges UN
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 5:07 pm | UN News
Although child labour has decreased significantly over the last decade, one-in-ten children are still caught up in harmful work, the UN’s labour agency said on Friday, kicking off a year-long bid toeradicatethe practice. “There is no place for ... More >>
As COVID Deaths Pass Two Million Worldwide, Guterres Warns Against Self-Defeating ‘Vaccinationalism'
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 5:04 pm | UN News
With more than two million lives now lost worldwide to COVID-19, the UN Secretary-General appealed on Friday for countries to work together and help each other to end the pandemic and save lives. In a video statement , Secretary-General António Guterres ... More >>
Pandemic Curbs Trend Towards Ever-Increasing Migration
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 4:56 pm | UN News
IOM/Muse Mohammed Syrian refugees in Jordan are being resettled in Canada Travel restrictions and other curbs to movement put in place in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, have put a significant dent in migration figures, but the overall trend ... More >>
Central African Republic: Displacement Reaches 120,000, As Another Deadly Attack Leaves One UN Peacekeeper Dead
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 4:47 pm | UN News
© UNHCR/Ghislaine Nentobo Central Africans fearing electoral violence are fleeing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo “Worsening” election violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced 120,000 people from their homes, the UN ... More >>
UN Steps Up Support For Thousands Left Homeless After Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 4:41 pm | UN News
UN agencies have stepped up efforts to help thousands of Rohingya refugees left without shelter after a devastating fire tore through a crowded refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh on Thursday. WFP Bangladesh A devastating fire broke out on 14 January ... More >>
