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Behind The Global Ceasefire Call: 75 Years Of UN Mediation, Preventing Conflict, Promoting Peace
Saturday, 24 October 2020, 8:36 am | UN News
When Member States signed the United Nations Charter 75 years ago, it was to prevent more existential conflicts and save succeeding generations from a third world war. Conflict prevention is part of the Organization’s DNA and remains a central priority ... More >>
Collapsing Consumer Demand Amid Lockdowns Cripple Asia-Pacific Garment Industry
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 9:05 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered government lockdowns, collapsed consumer demand, and disrupted imports of raw materials, battering the Asia Pacific garment industry especially hard, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the International ... More >>
Secretary-General Underscores Value Of UN Partnerships In Southeast Asia
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 9:04 am | UN News
At a time of global challenge and uncertainty, partnership between the United Nations and regional bodies remains indispensable, the UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during a virtual ... More >>
Kosovo: Show Solidarity In Face Of COVID, UN Mission Chief Urges
Thursday, 22 October 2020, 9:02 am | UN News
The top UN official in Kosovo, briefing the Security Council on Wednesday, called for solidarity as its new Government grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and a host of other challenges. “For places such as Kosovo, still suffering the consequences ... More >>
Safeguard Human Rights Defenders, Rights Of NGOs In India, Bachelet Urges
Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 8:38 am | UN News
Highlighting that India has long had a strong civil society at the forefront of “groundbreaking human rights advocacy within the country and globally", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, voiced concerns on Tuesday that “vaguely ... More >>
One In Six Children Living In Extreme Poverty, With Figure Set To Rise During Pandemic
Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 8:36 am | UN News
An estimated one in six children – or 356 million globally – were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis released ... More >>
Burkina Faso ‘one Step Short Of Famine’, Warns UN Food Relief Agency
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 8:55 am | UN News
Unless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the UN emergency food relief agency warned on Monday. Ahead of Tuesday’s High-Level Ministerial Conference ... More >>
COVID-19 Vaccine: UNICEF To Stockpile More Than Half A Billion Syringes By Year’s End
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 8:31 am | UN News
With countries and pharmaceutical companies around the world gearing up to distribute COVID-19 vaccines following trials, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery by buying and pre-positioning ... More >>
‘Biocups’, Electric Motorcycle Taxis And Recycling 500 Billion Bottles For A Sustainable Thailand
Tuesday, 20 October 2020, 6:39 am | UN News
‘Biocups’, electric motorcycle taxis and recycling 500 billion bottles for a sustainable Thailand: a UN Resident Coordinator blog © UNICEF/Patrick Brown Sanitation workers collect plastic waste from the canals in Bangkok, Thailand’s capital city. ... More >>
Both Sides Obliged To ‘Protect Civilians’ Over Nagorno-Karabakh Fighting Declares UN’s Guterres
Monday, 19 October 2020, 8:26 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday condemned “all attacks on populated areas” in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh zone of conflict, as Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly accused each other of violating the latest humanitarian ceasefire agreement. In a ... More >>
Twelve Migrants Dead, Others Missing Off The Coast Of Djibouti: IOM
Sunday, 18 October 2020, 8:11 am | UN News
Twelve migrants have died and others are missing after being thrown off a boat by smugglers off the coast of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported. The bodies of those who perished washed up on the ... More >>
Syria: Humanitarians ‘Very Concerned’ For Thousands Still Living In Al Hol Camp
Saturday, 17 October 2020, 2:39 pm | UN News
©UNICEF/Delil Souleiman A 12 year-old boy who fled to the Al- Hol camp in northeastern Syria says, “it’s very cold here and at night, the wind is so strong and cold that blankets are not enough to heat up”. Humanitarians are “very concerned” ... More >>
UN Chief Calls For Swift Action Following Attacks On Peacekeepers In Mali
Saturday, 17 October 2020, 8:35 am | UN News
Authorities in Mali are being urged to act swiftly to apprehend those responsible for two separate attacks on Thursday against peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA . An Egyptian peacekeeper was killed, and another blue helmet ... More >>
Bolivia Elections, An Opportunity To Defuse Extreme Polarization: UN Rights Chief
Saturday, 17 October 2020, 8:34 am | UN News
The UN’s top human rights official has called on everyone active in Bolivian politics, to ensure calm on the streets, and refrain from any action that could undermine the peaceful conduct of the general elections, taking place on Sunday. Michelle Bachelet, ... More >>
An ‘Airlift Of Hope’ In Yemen, UN Envoy Tells Security Council
Friday, 16 October 2020, 3:56 pm | UN News
Immense relief and comfort are forthcoming for families awaiting their loved ones as Yemen’s warring parties have begun releasing prisoners and detainees on Thursday, in what the UN envoy there called, “an airlift of hope”. With thousands poised ... More >>
COVID-19 Rise In Europe A Great Concern, Says WHO Regional Chief
Friday, 16 October 2020, 9:04 am | UN News
COVID-19 is now the fifth leading cause of death in Europe, where nearly 700,000 cases were reported this week: the highest weekly incidence since the pandemic began in March, the regional head of the UN World Health Organization ( WHO ) told journalists ... More >>
Continued Violence Strains Colombia Peace Process, Security Council Hears
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 4:02 pm | UN News
Enormous challenges remain on the road to lasting peace in Colombia, where despite ongoing attacks and stigmatization, the vast majority of former FARC-EP fighters who laid down their weapons under a 2016 peace agreement with the Government, remain ... More >>
Thousands Displaced By Fighting In Southern Afghanistan
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 9:08 am | UN News
Thousands of people have been displaced and critical health services interrupted, after fighting erupted last weekend between security forces and Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the UN humanitarian office has reported. ... More >>
Progress Against Tuberculosis ‘at Risk’: WHO
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 9:07 am | UN News
Urgent action and funding are needed to sustain progress in the global fight against tuberculosis (TB), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said, warning that global targets for prevention and treatment “will likely be missed”. According ... More >>
Myanmar: ‘Shocking’ Killing Of Children Allegedly Used As Human Shields
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 9:06 am | UN News
UN agencies in Myanmar have expressed ‘sadness’ and ‘shock’ over the killing of two boys, allegedly used as human shields by security forces in the country’s northern Rakhine province, earlier this month. The two boys were killed in a crossfire ... More >>
