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Battle ‘not Yet Over’ Against Locust Invasions In East Africa And Yemen
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 7:48 am | UN News
A wave of desert locusts has formed swarms in parts of South Sudan. WFP/Peter Louis Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust encroachment in East Africa and Yemen, with an estimated 720,000 ... More >>
COVID-19 Causes Some Illegal Drug Prices To Surge, As Supplies Are Disrupted Worldwide
Friday, 8 May 2020, 10:15 am | UN News
Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread disruption of trafficking routes for illegal drugs, mainly by air and on land, upping some prices, according to a new UN report published on Thursday. ... More >>
African Artists Take Creative Approach To Fighting The COVID-19 Pandemic
Friday, 8 May 2020, 10:14 am | UN News
Top artists from across Africa and throughout the African Diaspora have joined forces with the UN cultural agency, UNESCO , to save lives and counter misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are creating public service announcements, songs and ... More >>
COVID-19: UN And Partners Launch $6.7 Billion Appeal For Vulnerable Countries
Friday, 8 May 2020, 8:06 am | UN News
The updated Global Humanitarian Response Pl an, launched on Thursday, provides help and protection that prioritize the most vulnerable in society, such as older people, people with disabilities, and women and girls. Speaking ahead of the launch event, ... More >>
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Thousands Stranded In Bay Of Bengal ‘unable To Come Ashore'
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 8:47 am | UN News
Rohingya refugees walk ashore at Shamlapur beach in Cox's Bazar district in Bangladesh, after crossing the Bay of Bengal. (File) UNICEF/Patrick Brown In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,United Nations agencies called on Wednesday for South-East Asian ... More >>
Senior UN Official Calls For Universal Basic Income To Tackle Growing Inequality
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 8:28 am | UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis, but it is also proving to be an economic disaster for huge numbers of people worldwide. A senior UN official with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) is calling for countries to provide citizens ... More >>
Vaccine Bottlenecks From COVID Lockdown Put Children’s Lives At Stake: UNICEF
Saturday, 2 May 2020, 7:40 am | UN News
Two men from the Eñepa ethnic group transport vaccines to the rural outpatient clinic of San José de Kayamá, Bolivar state, Venezuela, inFebruary 2020. © UNICEF/Alejandra Pocaterra Help is needed urgently to distribute vaccines worldwide amid ... More >>
COVID-19 Can’t Stop The Music On International Jazz Day
Friday, 1 May 2020, 7:29 am | UN News
South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela performs at the inaugural International Jazz Day Concert at UN Headquarters in New York, on 30 April 2012. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine As people worldwide remain in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are being ... More >>
Greta Thunberg Launches Campaign To Support UNICEF Protection Efforts Against COVID-19
Friday, 1 May 2020, 7:00 am | UN News
Swedish youth climate activist, Greta Thunberg, at a demonstration calling for global action to combat climate change in New York in September 2019. © UNICEF/Radhika Chalasani Climate activist Greta Thunberg along with Danish NGO Human Act, on Thursday ... More >>
How Can Schools Open Up Again Safely? The UN Has Some New Guidelines
Friday, 1 May 2020, 6:39 am | UN News
As countries grapple with severe disruptions to education caused by COVID-19, several UN agencies – as part of the Global Education Coalition – issued new guidelines on Thursday to help Governments make decisions on safely reopening schools for the ... More >>
Coronavirus Lockdown Casts Harsh Light On Our Data And Privacy Online
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 8:11 am | UN News
Code displayed on a computer monitor. Unsplash/Markus Spiske A third of all nations lack laws to protect their citizen’s online data and privacy, despite an 11 per cent uptick in the global adoption of data protection and privacy legislation since ... More >>
UN Leads Bid To Help 135 Countries Get Vital COVID-19 Medical Kit, Amid Severe Global Shortages
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 10:01 am | UN News
A major UN-led initiative is under way to secure supplies of key medical equipment for 135 low to medium-income countries facing down the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The COVID-19 taskforce initiative follows ... More >>
COVID-19 Could Lead To Millions Of Unintended Pregnancies, New UN-backed Data Reveals
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 7:35 am | UN News
Outreach workers in Syria say they are worried about the vulnerability of women and girls under curfew. © UNFPA Syria Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in seven million unintended ... More >>
Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties Down, But Hundreds Still Killed, Despite US-Taliban Deal
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 10:14 am | UN News
In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by nearly a third from the same period a year earlier, representing the lowest first quarter figure since 2012, according to a UN report released on Monday. Despite that ... More >>
Millions More Children At Risk With Immunisation Services Disrupted Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday, 27 April 2020, 6:58 am | UN News
A health worker vaccinates a 4-year-old girl against polio at the door of her house in Bhatti gate area of Lahore Punjab Province, Pakistan. UNICEF/Asad Zaidi Last year, over 13 million children received no vaccines at all, and the UN Children’s Fund ... More >>
‘No Evidence’ That Recovered COVID-19 Patients Cannot Be Reinfected, Says WHO
Sunday, 26 April 2020, 6:18 pm | UN News
UN Photo/Evan Schneider Ambulances line up outside Bellevue Hospital in New York City as part of the coronavirus response. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that there is currently no evidence that people who ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Rejects Killings Acknowledged By Cameroon, And Iran’s Execution Of Child Offenders
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 9:14 am | UN News
The UN’s human rights chief has been weighing in on recent killings committed by State authorities, or by rogue members of State military forces, emphasizing that all Governments must strictly abide by international law and hold those who serve, ... More >>
Still ‘a Long Way To Go’ In Coronavirus Battle, WHO Chief Warns
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 7:33 am | UN News
A lone pedestrian in Piazza Del Duomo, a space normally crowded with thousands of visitors. © UNICEF/Francesco Spighi / The Florentine The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency as countries continue to confront ... More >>
Fall In COVID-linked Carbon Emissions Won’t Halt Climate Change - UN Weather Agency Chief
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 7:05 am | UN News
The World Meteorological Organization says above average temperatures are expected in many parts of the world in the first months of 2020. Photo: WMO/Kabelo Tamocha An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis ... More >>
Startling Disparities In Digital Learning Emerge As COVID-19 Spreads: UN Education Agency
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 8:17 am | UN News
With most of the world’s students now at home due to COVID-19, the pandemic is revealing startling divides in digitally-based distance learning, data from the UN education and cultural agency, UNESCO, and partners has revealed. They found that ... More >>
