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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 >>
Fears Of Desert Locust Resurgence In Horn Of Africa
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 9:09 am | UN News
The Desert Locust crisis which struck the greater Horn of Africa region earlier this year threatening food supplies for millions, could re-escalate as recent strong winds carried mature swarmlets from southern Somalia into eastern and northeastern ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For Urgent Action To End ‘Pandemic Of Femicide And Violence Against Women’
Tuesday, 24 November 2020, 3:55 pm | UN News
UN Women/Alfredo Guerrero Labels with the names of victims of femicide, as well as the 'unknown' represent the victims of femicide at an exhibition in Mexico. COVID-19 is overshadowing what has become a “pandemic of femicide” and related gender-based ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Chief Underscores Need To End Violence Following Deadly Rocket Attacks
Sunday, 22 November 2020, 6:17 pm | UN News
Photo UNAMA/Fardin Waezi Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan's political and social life (file photo). The UN Secretary-General has condemned rocket attacks in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Saturday which killed at least eight civilians and wounded many ... More >>
This World Children’s Day, ‘Reimagine A Better Future’, For Every Child
Saturday, 21 November 2020, 8:31 am | UN News
The global community is marking World Children’s Day on Friday, calling for societies to “reimagine a better future” for every child, where each one has the opportunity to thrive. In a joint message, President of the European Parliament David Sassoli ... More >>
UN Agencies Uphold Human Rights Considerations In COVID-19 Data Collection
Saturday, 21 November 2020, 8:29 am | UN News
The United Nations and 15 of its agencies have underlined their support for data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic which respects the right to privacy and promotes development. Mobility data derived from phones, emails and social media, for example, ... More >>
Heartbreaking Stories From Refugees Fleeing Ethiopia Violence
Friday, 20 November 2020, 4:03 pm | UN News
© UNHCR/Hazim Elhag Insecurity in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is driving people into Hamdayet in Sudan. In a briefing to journalists on Thursday, a senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing the border ... More >>
Refugee Resettlement Numbers Fall To Lowest In Two Decades: UNHCR
Friday, 20 November 2020, 8:44 am | UN News
Refugee resettlement numbers will be at a “record low” this year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, with only 15,425 people resettled in the first nine months of 2020, compared to more than 50,000 in 2019. In 2016, resettlement ... More >>
