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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 >>
Peacekeepers Under Attack Again In Mali, As One Egyptian Blue Helmet Dies, Another Seriously Injured
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 4:32 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned another fatal attack carried out against a peacekeeping convoy that left a ‘blue helmet’ from Egypt dead, and another seriously injured on Friday. An explosive device (IED) detonated ... More >>
First Person: Cheese Proves Key To Survival For Syrian Refugee Family Amid Pandemic
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 4:29 pm | UN News
Syrian refugee Fatima Hussein Al Ahmad, a mother of four, lives on a farm with 50 other workers in Sahba, Jordan. COVID-19 travel restrictions meant that they didn’t work for two months in 2020, and feeding her family became a daily struggle. Ms. ... More >>
Guterres Welcomes Palestinian Announcement Of Elections As ‘crucial Step’ Towards Unity
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 2:10 pm | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has welcomed Friday’s announcement from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the first full parliamentary and presidential elections in 15 years, scheduled to begin in May. “The holding of elections in the occupied West Bank, ... More >>
UN Officials Fear US Terrorist Designation Will Hasten Famine In Yemen
Friday, 15 January 2021, 4:08 pm | UN News
Senior UN officials have expressed concern over the potential impact of the decision by the United States to designate Yemen’s Ansar Allah, more commonly known as the Houthi movement, a terrorist group, the Security Council heard on Thursday. Briefing ... More >>
Ethiopia: Safe Access And Swift Action Needed For Refugees In Tigray
Friday, 15 January 2021, 4:06 pm | UN News
The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including its impact on Eritrean refugees hosted there. The conflict between the Ethiopian Government ... More >>
2020, One Of Three Warmest Years On Record: World Meteorological Organization
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7:36 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020. In terms of climate change, the year was also one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday. ... More >>
Step Up Action And Adapt To 'New Climate Reality', UN Environment Report Urges
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7:31 am | UN News
Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage where they provide real protection against droughts, floods and rising sea levels, a new UN environment ... More >>
UN Reports Major Progress Towards Eradicating Sheep And Goat Plague
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7:24 am | UN News
The world is moving closer to stamping out a highly contagious disease that affects sheep and goats, but also the livelihoods of millions of families who depend on these animals for food and income, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) said ... More >>
Step Up Surveillance Of Emerging Coronavirus Variants, WHO Urges
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7:12 am | UN News
Efforts should be stepped up to quickly identify and study emerging variants of the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, UN World Health Organization (WHO) scientists said on Tuesday. Alongside monitoring, virus and serum samples should be shared via ... More >>
Fewer Protections, Lower Wages, And Higher Health Risks: Homeworking In The COVID Era
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7:08 am | UN News
The UN’s labour agency (ILO) called on Wednesday for greater recognition and protection for the hundreds of millions of people who work from home, accounting for almost eight per cent of the global workforce even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Since movement ... More >>
Humanitarians Seek $1.3 Billion To Help Millions In War-weary Afghanistan
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 8:27 am | UN News
The UN and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are seeking $1.3 billion to assist almost 16 million people in need of life-saving assistance as a result of decades of conflict, recurrent natural disasters, and the added impact of the continuing ... More >>
