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WHO Reports Largest Single Day Increase In COVID-19 Cases
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 8:08 am | UN News
The World Health Organization ( WHO ) reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases over the course of Sunday, registering more than 183,000 new infections in 24 hours, bringing the total to some 8.8 million cases worldwide, with more than ... More >>
Ending Violence Against Women - ‘Men And Boys — I Am Talking To You’, Says UN Deputy Chief
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 7:27 am | UN News
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed (centre), interacts with a young girl during a visit to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa in October 2019. Photo: United Nations Men and boys who “turn a blind eye” to violence against women, must accept ... More >>
FROM THE FIELD: The Plight Of Refugees Persecuted For Their Sexual Orientation
Sunday, 21 June 2020, 5:14 pm | UN News
Unsplash/ Tristan Billet | A Pride parade takes place in Marseille, France in 2018. Millions of people around the world are at risk because of their sexual orientation or sex characteristics. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has underlined the fact that, ... More >>
Without Funds, ‘No Choice’ But To Suspend Most Aid Flights, Warns WFP
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 7:33 am | UN News
A critical warning was issued by the UN’s World Food Programme ( WFP ) on Friday, declaring that it may soon have “no choice” but to suspend “most” of its critical aid flights, because of a lack of funding. WFP has been operating such flights ... More >>
UN Refugee Chief Laments Nearly 80 Million People Forcibly Displaced
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 5:49 pm | UN News
Global displacement reached a staggering 79.5 million people last year - almost double the number of people in crisis registered a decade ago – owing to war, violence, persecution and other emergencies, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday. ... More >>
Welcoming Results On Use Of Dexamethasone In Sickest COVID-19 Patients, WHO Warns It’s ‘No Cure-All’
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:02 pm | UN News
The UN World Health Organization ( WHO ) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a common steroid, dexamethasone, can potentially help save the lives of patients with severe cases of COVID-19, but it warned that it is by no means a ... More >>
‘I Am My Brother’s Keeper’, Philonise Floyd Tells UN Body, In Impassioned Plea For Racial Justice
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 9:07 am | UN News
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday heard powerful testimony from the brother of George Floyd, whose death, captured on video, while a police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes in Minneapolis, has sparked worldwide protest. ... More >>
‘New Contract’ Needed With Nature To Keep Drought And Deserts At Bay
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 8:28 am | UN News
A young girl cooks in a rural village in Ethiopia, where the land has been affected by recurrent droughts. © UNICEF/Tanya Bindra The UN Secretary-General has called for “a new contract for nature” to address ongoing global challenges connected ... More >>
Rights Experts Call For Global Opposition To Israel’s Annexation Plans
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 4:10 am | UN News
Nearly 50 independent human rights experts are calling for the international community to oppose Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank beginning as early as next month UN News/Reem Abaza Bethlehem: part of ... More >>
FROM THE FIELD: COVID-19 Restrictions Leave Migrant Workers Stranded
Saturday, 13 June 2020, 5:18 pm | UN News
In countries across the world, tens of thousands of migrant workers are finding themselves stranded through travel restrictions, in the hope of curbing the spread of COVID-19. IOM I OM assisted over 1,300 Nigeriens stranded in Burkina Faso after ... More >>
Child Labour Gains Since 2000 ‘could Be Wiped Out By COVID’, UN Warns
Saturday, 13 June 2020, 7:10 am | UN News
Huge gains made towards ending child labour over the last 20 years, risk being reversed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Friday, in an appeal for governments to continue investing in measures that have helped reduce the number of youngsters working, More >>
What Does ‘build Back Better’ Really Mean? One Of The World’s Top CEOs Give Us His Take
Friday, 12 June 2020, 4:22 pm | UN News
Unsplash/Dan Freeman A time-lapsed scene of a busy street at night in Bangkok, Thailand. UN chief António Guterres, has warned of an “unparalleled economic shock”, as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. So, going forward, can the private sector “build ... More >>
As Consumption Rises, Here’s Why Sustainable Fisheries Management Matters
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 7:36 am | UN News
Global consumption of fish hit a record high in 2018 and is set to rise in the decade ahead, highlighting the need to ensure sustainable fisheries management, according to the latest report by the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ). The State ... More >>
Bringing The Coral Reefs Back To Life
Monday, 8 June 2020, 7:38 am | UN News
Coral reefs surround Coconut Island where a research centre of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology is based. UN News/Daniel Dickinson Coral reefs are being killed by the climate crisis, which is leading to rising sea temperatures. “Cryopreservation”, ... More >>
First Person: Collecting The ‘Book Of Life’ For Coral Reefs
Saturday, 6 June 2020, 4:50 pm | UN News
ILO Photo/John Isaac | The UN estimates that estimates that about 25 to 50 per cent of the world's coral reefs have been destroyed and another 60 per cent are under threat. With the climate crisis threatening coral reefs around the world, a researcher ... More >>
First Person: Countering COVID-19 Misinformation In Venezuela
Saturday, 6 June 2020, 4:42 pm | UN News
UN OCHA/Marrero | OCHA's Gema Cortés (right) interviews and photographs a woman in Bolivar, Venezuela prior to the outbreak of COVID-19. The virus of false information and fake news which has proliferated globally as the COVID-19 pandemic continues ... More >>
WHO To Support DR Congo As Ebola Resurfaces In The Northwest
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 7:45 am | UN News
The World Health Organization ( WHO ) will assist the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as it confronts a new Ebola outbreak in the northwest amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and other challenges, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ... More >>
COVID-19 Disrupting Services To Treat Non-communicable Diseases, WHO Survey Finds
Tuesday, 2 June 2020, 6:53 am | UN News
The fight against COVID-19 has severely disrupted services to prevent and treat cancer, diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which kill more than 40 million people each year, according to a new survey published on Monday ... More >>
Why Business Needs To Address The Social Impacts Of COVID-19: An Interview With Lise Kingo
Monday, 1 June 2020, 5:30 pm | UN News
World Bank/Dominic Chavez | Factory workers in Accra, Ghana, producing shirts for international markets. (file) As businesses struggle to cope with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, they need to remain aware of their responsibilities as ... More >>
Peacekeepers Exemplify ‘service, Sacrifice And Selflessness’, In Face Of Pandemic
Saturday, 30 May 2020, 4:56 pm | UN News
To honour the more than 3,900 women and men who have lost their lives under the UN flag since 1948, Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath at the Peacekeepers’ memorial on Friday, International Day of UN Peacekeepers UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe ... More >>
