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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 >>
UN Envoy Outlines Progress Towards Cooperation In Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 4:04 pm | UN News
Even as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region continue to improve political, security and economic cooperation in line with a 2013 Framework agreement, UN Special Envoy Huang Xia told the Security Council ... More >>
Stand In Solidarity With World’s Poor, UN Chief Says In Message For International Day
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 3:56 pm | UN News
© UNICEF/Fazel COVID-19 and its fallout has pushed millions around the world deeper into poverty. According to UNICEF, many families are experiencing levels of deprivation they have never seen before The UN Secretary-General has called for solidarity with ... More >>
IMF: ‘Less Severe’ But ‘still Deep’ Recession Predicted
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 9:14 am | UN News
In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact, the global economy could see a “somewhat less severe, though still deep” recession through 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected in its latest global economic ... More >>
Bad Situations ‘Only Get Worse’ Without Disaster Risk Governance, UN Chief Says On International Day
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 6:44 am | UN News
With nations facing multiple crises simultaneously and a dramatic rise in extreme weather events in recent decades, the UN Secretary-General has called for strengthening disaster risk governance, to build a safer, more resilient world. In a message commemorating ... More >>
Herd Immunity, An ‘Unethical’ COVID-19 Strategy, Tedros Warns Policymakers
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 4:37 pm | UN News
Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency chief warned on Monday. “Herd immunity is a concept ... More >>
New Report Highlights Value Of UN’s Human Rights Work In The Field
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 4:34 pm | UN News
The UN’s work in promoting dialogue between Arabic and Kurdish groups in Iraq is just one example of how human rights personnel are playing a critical role at the Organization’s peace operations around the world. The case is included in a ... More >>
‘Staggering’ Rise In Climate Emergencies In Last 20 Years, New Disaster Research Shows
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 9:03 am | UN News
The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness” caused by the ... More >>
Greater Equality A ‘prerequisite’ For Overcoming Global Crises: Bachelet
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 9:02 am | UN News
In reviewing, assessing and acknowledging the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, enslavement and colonialism, the groundbreaking Durban World Conference of 2001, represented a “milestone” in the common fight against racism, xenophobia ... More >>
New Agreement In Iraq Signals ‘A First And Important Step’ Toward A Better Future
Saturday, 10 October 2020, 3:46 pm | UN News
© UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie Holding a 13-day-old infant, an elderly Yazidi woman who fled Sinjar Mountain re-enters Iraq from the Syria. (file) An agreement between Iraq’s Federal and the Kurdish Regional governments on Friday paves the way for reconstruction ... More >>
China Joins Global Effort To Ensure COVID Vaccine Access For All
Saturday, 10 October 2020, 3:43 pm | UN News
China is among three additional countries to have signed on to a global initiative that aims to ensure fair and equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine once developed, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. The country, together with ... More >>
UN World Food Programme Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, As Hunger Mounts
Saturday, 10 October 2020, 8:16 am | UN News
A UN World Food Programme (WFP) helicopter delivers much-needed supplies to people in Udier, South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF/Peter Martell The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world – often ... More >>
Transitional President In Mali Appoints New Prime Minister, Top UN Official Tells Security Council
Friday, 9 October 2020, 4:13 pm | UN News
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Mahamat Saleh Annadif (on screen), Special Representative and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the country, the first in the chamber since March, due ... More >>
Guterres: UN Working ‘Relentlessly’ To Advance Women, Peace And Security Agenda
Friday, 9 October 2020, 4:10 pm | UN News
Armed conflict has a disproportionate impact on women and girls – a key reason why women’s “full, equal and meaningful participation” in UN peacekeeping is such a priority, the Secretary-General said on Thursday. At a virtual roundtable ... More >>
