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Humanitarian Crisis Looms In Madagascar Amid Drought And Pandemic
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 7:32 am | UN News
In southern Madagascar, “famine-like conditions” have doubled the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance compared with last year, to more than 1.3 million. Successive droughts and a lack of jobs linked to COVID-19 restrictions are ... More >>
UNICEF Chief: Closing Schools Should Be ‘Measure Of Last Resort’
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 7:12 am | UN News
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored on Tuesday that “no effort should be spared” to keep children in school, as the coronavirus pandemic continues into a second year. “Despite overwhelming evidence of the impact of school ... More >>
UN Agencies And Partners Establish Global Ebola Vaccine Stockpile
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 6:59 am | UN News
In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners announced on Tuesday, the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile, to help control future epidemics by ensuring timely access to ... More >>
COVID-19 Recovery Offers ‘Chance To Change Course’, Guterres Tells One Planet Summit
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 6:46 am | UN News
The process of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic offers the chance to change course, and put humanity on a path on which it is not in conflict with nature, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Monday, urging greater efforts by everyone ... More >>
Vaccinating Equitably ‘saves Lives, Stabilizes Health Systems’ – WHO Chief
Saturday, 9 January 2021, 4:31 pm | UN News
Two billion doses of “safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines” have been secured by the international equitable vaccine alliance COVAX , and they will be ready for distribution as soon they are delivered, the UN health agency chief said on Friday. ... More >>
Citizens Globally Affirm Belief In International Cooperation
Saturday, 9 January 2021, 6:27 am | UN News
People worldwide have overwhelmingly highlighted their faith in multilateralism to address global challenges, the results of a year-long survey by the United Nations have shown. The UN75 initiative was launched by Secretary-General António Guterres ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: UN Rights Expert Welcomes ‘positive First Step’ Toward Détente In Gulf
Friday, 8 January 2021, 4:37 pm | UN News
Saudi Arabia’s action in lifting sanctions against Qatar is a “positive first step” towards normalized relations in the Gulf region, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday, urging the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt ... More >>
Food For Mozambicans Struggling Amidst Violence And COVID-19, ‘Will Be Compromised’ Without More Funding: WFP
Friday, 8 January 2021, 7:24 am | UN News
Despite increased insecurity and limited funding, the UN food relief agency is continuing to supply food for hundreds of thousands of people affected by conflict in northern Mozambique. Since 2017, some half a million people have fled the gas and mineral ... More >>
FROM THE FIELD: The Genocide Survivor Helping Others Avoid Starvation
Friday, 8 January 2021, 7:13 am | UN News
During the 1994 Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda , Liberee Kayumba avoided starvation thanks to emergency rations from the World Food Programme (WFP). Today, she is helping to ensure that Burundian refugees in the country have enough to eat. WFP 's Liberee ... More >>
Hong Kong: UN Human Rights Office Urges Immediate Release Of Arrested Activists
Friday, 8 January 2021, 7:04 am | UN News
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Thursday voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over 50 individuals under the new National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, and called for their immediate release. Fifty-three ... More >>
Top UN Officials Saddened By Violent Scenes At US Capitol Building
Thursday, 7 January 2021, 5:45 pm | UN News
Top UN officials, including the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly have expressed sadness over the violence that erupted on Wednesday when supporters of President Trump stormed the US Capitol building, temporarily bringing ... More >>
Central African Republic: Respect Final Results Of The Election, UN And Partners Urge
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 7:24 am | UN News
Senior officials from the United Nations and regional organizations have called on all political actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) to respect the final results of the recent presidential elections, and to settle any disputes peacefully ... More >>
World Bank Expects Global Economy To Expand By 4% In 2021
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
The World Bank Group on Tuesday issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year, saying that a four per cent overall expansion was likely, although the recovery will likely be a “subdued” one. Policy makers must move decisively, ... More >>
Guinea-Bissau: UN Chief Commits To Continued Support As Peacebuilding Office Closes
Friday, 1 January 2021, 7:19 am | UN News
ONU News/Alexandre Soares Headquarters of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea Bissau, Uniogbis United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment to the people of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, ... More >>
Iran Execution Of Child Offender Breaks International Law: UN Rights Office
Friday, 1 January 2021, 7:12 am | UN News
The execution of an Iranian man for a crime allegedly committed when he was 16 years old has been condemned by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and raised concerns over violations of his right to a fair trial. In a statement released on Thursday, ... More >>
Netherlands Violates Nationality Rights: UN Rights Committee
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 3:58 pm | UN News
The Netherlands has violated a child’s rights by registering children under the category “nationality unknown” as opposed to Stateless – leaving them ineligible to access international protections, the UN Human Rights Committee declared on ... More >>
Vaccination No Guarantee Of Virus Eradication: WHO Officials
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 12:18 pm | UN News
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading ... More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Migrant Lives At ‘immediate Risk’, Warn UN Agencies
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 7:37 am | UN News
United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners have called on authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to act urgently to help hundreds of migrants, stranded and without shelter, amid freezing winter temperatures. The migrants and asylum seekers ... More >>
25,000 Refugees In Unsettled Tigray Region Receive Urgent UN Food Supplies
Tuesday, 29 December 2020, 7:36 am | UN News
Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October. "Families, women, men, children — even new-borns — have been cut off from ... More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Thousands Of Migrants Lose Shelter, After Camp Destroyed In Fire
Friday, 25 December 2020, 8:36 am | UN News
The closure and subsequent fire, on Wednesday, at a migrant camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina has left thousands of migrants without shelter and protection, amid plummeting winter temperatures, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported. ... More >>
