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70 Per Cent Of COVID Cases Located In Just 10 Countries, WHO Reports
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 4:03 pm | UN News
UN Women/Louie Pacardo Wearing a full protective suit, a women doctor who leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation at a community hospital in the Philippines. While COVID-19 has ... More >>
Countries Face ‘Critical Moment’ In COVID Response: UN Health Agency Chief
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 2:42 pm | UN News
© UNICEF/Dhia Al-Adimi A volunteer guides and instructs girls in a town in Yemen, on the proper way to wash their hands. With strong leadership and comprehensive strategies it’s never too late for countries to change the trendlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, ... More >>
Mediterranean Sea: ‘Cycle Of Violence’ For Fleeing Migrants Must Be Addressed
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 2:39 pm | UN News
IOM Libya Migrants who have been returned to shore in Libya after attempting to cross the sea to Europe are supported by aid workers from the IOM. The UN human rights office OHCHR, called on Friday for urgent action to address the “unimaginable horrors” ... More >>
Guterres: Only Way To Remove Nuclear Risk, ‘completely Eliminate Nuclear Weapons’
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 8:44 am | UN News
The elimination of nuclear weapons is vital to the “survival of life on this planet”, the UN chief told the final major event of the General Assembly’s high level week on Friday. Secretary-General António Guterres told delegates gathered to commemorate ... More >>
Sudan Alert: Flooding And Surging Inflation Threaten Humanitarian Assistance
Saturday, 3 October 2020, 8:42 am | UN News
A flood-affected village in Khartoum State, Sudan. Photo: UNOCHA Catastrophic flooding and rising food and health costs in Sudan, have driven up the number of people in need, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ) said on ... More >>
Central African Republic: Elections Are ‘Unique Opportunity’ For Peace - Guterres
Friday, 2 October 2020, 4:20 pm | UN News
MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio Voter registration in Bangui, Central African Republic. The UN Secretary-General has called for parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to prioritize national dialogue and consensus-building ahead of elections scheduled ... More >>
Annual Report: Pandemic Recovery Must Be Measured In ‘Human Rather Than Economic Terms’
Friday, 2 October 2020, 4:11 pm | UN News
WFP/Rein Skullerud A woman in Eastern Rwanda tends to crops in a field in where the UN agriculture agency, World Food Programme (WFP), is assisting small-scale farmers. In the Introduction , Secretary-General António Guterres said the international ... More >>
COVID-19 Underscores Need To Deliver On Promise Of Landmark Women’s Rights Conference
Friday, 2 October 2020, 9:22 am | UN News
Unless countries act now, the COVID-19 pandemic could erase recent “fragile progress” towards gender equality, the UN Secretary-General warned on Thursday, urging governments to put women at the centre of recovery and response. António Guterres issued the ... More >>
Guterres Urges More Countries To Step Up And Fund Global COVID-19 Vaccine Effort
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 8:12 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds – the equivalent of the total spent on cigarettes worldwide every two weeks – on behalf of global COVID-19 vaccine efforts to ensure that everyone, ... More >>
Listen To Older People’s ‘suggestions And Ideas’ For More Inclusive Societies, Urges UN Chief
Thursday, 1 October 2020, 8:06 am | UN News
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is reckoning with the disproportionate and severe impact that the virus has wrought on the “health…rights and well being” of older persons, the UN chief has said, marking the international day highlighting ... More >>
‘Our Political Leaders Demonstrated Their Commitment To Multilateralism,’ Says UN Assembly President
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 4:14 pm | UN News
As Historic Virtual Debate Wraps, ‘Our Political Leaders Demonstrated Their Commitment To Multilateralism,’ Says UN Assembly President For the first time in the history of the United Nations, global leaders were not able to meet in person for the General ... More >>
UN Middle East Envoy Urges Sides To Engage ‘Before It Is Too Late’
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 4:05 pm | UN News
UNDP PAPP/Abed Zagout A mosque in Gaza is cleaned to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and their international partners, must urgently resume peace efforts “before it is too late”, UN Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov ... More >>
Millionth Death From COVID-19 ‘an Agonizing Milestone’: UN Secretary-General
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 8:16 am | UN News
With over one million lives now lost to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that while the “agonizing milestone” is a “mind-numbing figure”, the world must never lose sight of each and every individual life. “They ... More >>
Flooding Leaves South Sudan Facing Threat Of ‘catastrophic’ Hunger Levels
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 8:15 am | UN News
Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. Some 700,000 people are in crisis after flood waters swept across the country, ... More >>
Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad Denounces Lack Of Will To End Sexual Violence As A War Tactic
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 4:07 pm | UN News
With one in three women around the world affected by gender-based violence – a crime that skyrockets more than 200 per cent in conflict settings – Nobel laureate Nadia Murad brought governments and UN leaders to task on Monday, for failing to ... More >>
Ahead Of Biodiversity Summit, UN Officials Call For Action To Preserve The Natural World
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:29 am | UN News
A sea turtle glides over the reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Coral Reef Image Bank/Tracey Jen Top UN officials working to preserve the natural world are urging “action now” ahead of a crucial biodiversity summit this week, where world leaders will reaffirm ... More >>
Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan Clashes Over Disputed Region, As UN Chief Urges An End To Fighting
Monday, 28 September 2020, 4:41 pm | UN News
Unsplash/Lora Ohanessian Shepherds herd sheep on the side of a road in Nagorno-Karabakh. The UN chief is “extremely concerned” over renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone ... More >>
Yemen’s Warring Parties Agree To Free More Than 1,000 Prisoners
Monday, 28 September 2020, 4:37 pm | UN News
Giles Clarke/UN OCHA A military guard sits in the former Assembly Hall of the Governor of Saada. Since the Yemen conflict escalated in 2015, much of the city's infrastructure has been destroyed (file photo) At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, ... More >>
Belarusian Min Denounces Western Attempts To Sow ‘chaos’, Says Threats Against His Country Must End
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 4:53 pm | UN News
Political and economic threats against Belarus “must end” the Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, accusing Western nations of trying to sow “chaos and anarchy” in the country. ... More >>
Sudan Ready To Return To International Role But First Needs Support, Prime Minister Says
Sunday, 27 September 2020, 4:47 pm | UN News
Sudan is eager to again contribute to the international community but will need assistance as it works to revitalize its tattered economy, Prime Minister Abdalla Adam Hamdok told the UN General Assembly on Saturday. The African country is continuing ... More >>
