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WHO Urges Effective And Fair Use Of COVID Vaccines
Saturday, 30 January 2021, 4:20 pm | UN News
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in scarce supply, the head of the World Health Organization ( WHO ) on Friday pressed governments to prioritize inoculation of health workers and older persons, and to share excess doses with other nations. "More ... More >>
Escalating Hostilities In Yemen’s Hudaydah Put Thousands Of Civilians At Risk
Friday, 29 January 2021, 6:39 pm | UN News
Civilians in Yemen’s Hudaydah Governorate, face a growing threat from escalating clashes, with shelling of residential areas ongoing, endangering thousands. The warning from the UN’s senior humanitarian official in the country, Auke Lootsma, follows ... More >>
Make 2021 A Year Of Possibility And Hope, UN Chief Tells General Assembly
Friday, 29 January 2021, 6:34 pm | UN News
Following an “annus horribilis” of death, disaster and despair, 2021 must be a year of transformation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN’s 193 Member States on Thursday. Outlining his priorities for the months ahead, Mr. Guterres ... More >>
Asylum Seekers Subject To Systematic Pushbacks At Europe’s Borders, Says UNHCR
Friday, 29 January 2021, 6:29 pm | UN News
UN refugee agency, UNHCR, called on Thursday for an end to “systematic” expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land and sea borders. Amid “continuous” reports that some European States are restricting access to ... More >>
UN Chief Receives COVID-19 Vaccine In New York
Friday, 29 January 2021, 4:25 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres , received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in The Bronx, a few miles uptown from UN Headquarters in New York. In a Tweet , Mr. Guterres expressed his ... More >>
Tigray’s Children In Crisis And Beyond Reach, After Months Of Conflict: UNICEF
Friday, 29 January 2021, 5:54 am | UN News
Three months since fighting began in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, there’s grave concern for the plight of youngsters there, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF has warned. In an alert on Wednesday, the agency’s Executive Director, Henrietta ... More >>
Climate Litigation Spikes, Giving Courts An ‘essential Role’ In Addressing Climate Crisis
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:05 pm | UN News
A rise in climate litigation cases has made courtrooms increasingly important as a venue for addressing climate change around the world, according to a report released on Tuesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The UNEP Global Climate Litigation ... More >>
UN Health Agency Panel Issues Key Guidance On Second COVID Vaccines
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 8:15 am | UN News
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, saying that it should ideally be given to people in two separate doses, 28 days apart. In exceptional circumstances this period could ... More >>
Scale Up Funding For Climate Adaptation Programmes, Guterres Urges
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 7:03 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and resilience building programmes, so they can offer real and lasting protection against the impact of major events such as droughts, floods and ... More >>
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 >>
