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Sudan At Critical Juncture In Path Towards Democratic Transition, Security Council Hears
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 3:55 pm | UN News
International support for Sudan is critical as the country continues on the path to democratic transition, amid challenges that include political disagreements, economic decline, and the COVID-19 pandemic, UN political affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo ... More >>
New WHO Campaign To Help COVID-era Quitters Kick The Habit
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 8:49 am | UN News
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, announced the start of a year-long global campaign to help people quit tobacco, with millions citing the threat of COVID-19 as a new incentive to give up the habit. Tobacco kills up to half of its users, claiming ... More >>
Developing Countries Raise Climate Ambitions To Plot Path Out Of Pandemic
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 8:47 am | UN News
Developing countries are building more ambitious plans to tackle climate change, with COVID-19 stimulus packages often serving as a springboard towards a greener recovery, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Tuesday. UNDP is ... More >>
‘Quickly Restore The Rule Of Law’ In Ethiopia’s Tigray, Urges Guterres
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 4:16 pm | UN News
© UNHCR/Will Swanson Refugees from Ethiopia sit in the shade to avoid the hot afternoon sun at the Hamdayet Border Reception Centre in eastern Sudan. The UN Secretary-General said on Monday it was “essential to quickly restore the rule of law” in Ethiopia’s ... More >>
Contribution Of Life In Soil ‘Remains Largely Underestimated’, Says UN Agriculture Agency
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 5:52 pm | UN News
© FAO/Manan Vatsyayana Local school children water a vegetable garden at their Primary School in Laos. Even though soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, and combating ... More >>
Amidst Positive Steps, Challenges In Africa ‘Loom Large’, UN Chief Tells Security Council
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 2:53 pm | UN News
UNAMID/Amin Ismail Peacekeepers from the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) provide protection to local women in Aurokuom village, Sudan. The United Nations-African Union (AU) partnership has yielded “significant results”, including ... More >>
Scientists Optimistic About COVID-19 Vaccines For All
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 2:45 pm | UN News
Scientists developing COVID-19 vaccines are optimistic that by the end of next year, all people everywhere will have access to safe and effective treatments against a disease which has disrupted the entire planet. Principals from BioNTech and Oxford ... More >>
Vanuatu Graduates From List Of Least Developed Countries
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 8:12 am | UN News
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has graduated from the official list of Least Developed Countries (LDC), becoming the sixth country to achieve the milestone since the development categorization was created in 1971. The graduation is “testimony ... More >>
UN Experts Call For Clemency For Lisa Montgomery, As US Reschedules Planned Execution
Friday, 4 December 2020, 4:41 pm | UN News
© UNICEF/Josh Estey Only in exceptional circumstances and with incontrovertible evidence of intentional murder does international law permit the death penalty. (file) UN independent human rights experts expressed serious concern on Thursday, after ... More >>
Amid ‘unprecedented’ Needs, UNICEF Asks For $6.4 Billion To Help 190 Million Children
Friday, 4 December 2020, 8:32 am | UN News
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, launched a $6.4 billion emergency funding appeal to reach more than 190 million children affected by humanitarian crises amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The appeal for 2021, which is a 35 per cent increase ... More >>
COVID-19 Could See Over 200 Million More Pushed Into Extreme Poverty, New UN Development Report Finds
Friday, 4 December 2020, 8:30 am | UN News
An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030, due to the severe longterm impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number to more than a billion, a new study from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has ... More >>
Ethiopian Government And UN Strike Deal For ‘Unimpeded’ Humanitarian Access In Tigray
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 4:01 pm | UN News
© UNICEF/Zerihun Sewunet Families fetch water from a UNICEF supported well in Kilte Awlalo in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The UN on Friday announced that agreement has been reached with the Ethiopian Government to allow “unimpeded, sustained and ... More >>
2020 May Be Third Hottest Year On Record, World Could Hit Climate Change Milestone By 2024
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 8:46 am | UN News
Global pressure on wages from COVID-19 will not stop with the arrival of a vaccine, the head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Wednesday, coinciding with a major report showing how the pandemic had slowed or reversed a trend of rising ... More >>
The Race To Zero Emissions, And Why The World Depends On It
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 5:11 pm | UN News
Maxime Pontoire | A person carrying a red sun brolly walks through a solar panel farm in France. A host of countries have recently announced major commitments to significantly cut their carbon emissions, promising to reach "net zero" ... More >>
UN Appeals For $35 Billion To Help World’s ‘Most Vulnerable And Fragile’ In 2021
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 6:31 am | UN News
UNOCHA/HFO A family flees the violence in Idlib, Syria. (file) A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near- 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from COVID-19”, the UN’s emergency ... More >>
UN Urges ‘Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility’ Against Pandemics, Marking World AIDS Day
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 6:27 am | UN News
UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker A HIV-positive woman and her baby take their medication on a daily basis at their home in Mbarara, western Uganda. The United Nations is commemorating World AIDS Day, on Tuesday, with a call for “global solidarity and ... More >>
First Of Four UN Humanitarian Airlifts For Ethiopia Refugees Lands In Khartoum
Saturday, 28 November 2020, 8:48 am | UN News
An airplane loaded with humanitarian supplies for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the UN refugee agency (UNCHR) said on Friday, in an appeal for international assistance to cope with the ... More >>
Global HIV Toll Likely To Be Far Higher Owing To COVID-19, Warns UNAIDS
Friday, 27 November 2020, 8:56 am | UN News
Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday. In its appeal, the specialised UN agency UNAIDS warned that ... More >>
A Child Infected With HIV Every 100 Seconds, New UN Report Reveals
Thursday, 26 November 2020, 8:51 am | UN News
Approximately once every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was infected with HIV last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, calling on governments to “protect, sustain and accelerate” efforts ... More >>
Iraq: Continued International Support Vital Amid ‘Multiple Storms’
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 3:54 pm | UN News
© UNICEF/Anmar UNICEF is working with partners to rebuild and rehabilitate schools and hospitals following the destructive conflict in Mosul, Iraq. As authorities in Iraq continue to operate “in the eye of multiple storms”, international support ... More >>
