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With Science ‘held Back By A Gender Gap’, Guterres Calls For More Empowerment For Women And Girls
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 2:35 pm | UN News
Fewer than 30 per cent of the world’s scientific researchers are women: that’s just one of the statistics showing how many challenges remain for women and girls in the scientific field, as the world marks the International Day of Women and Girls ... More >>
Act to prevent Desert Locust catastrophe in Horn of Africa
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 8:33 am | UN News
With the rainy season fast approaching, countries in the Horn of Africa are in a race against time to tackle a Desert Locust invasion amidst ongoing humanitarian challenges, the United Nations warned on Monday. More >>
Radioactive material ‘a magnet for malicious intent'
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 8:30 am | UN News
Government ministers and other high-level representatives from more than 140 countries, on Monday adopted a new declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism. More >>
Lasting Libya ceasefire: Some consensus, but talks needed
Monday, 10 February 2020, 9:48 am | UN News
The first round of UN-brokered talks between military representatives in Geneva aimed at forging a lasting ceasefire between Libyan Government and main opposition forces, has concluded without full agreement, despite reaching consensus in many areas. More >>
Female Genital Mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 2:04 pm | UN News
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it also exacts a crippling economic toll, according to the World Health Organization ( WHO ). More >>
2020: the year for action, to ‘rise up’ and safeguard ocean
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 1:22 pm | UN News
With the ocean in deep crisis, members of civil society and philanthropic organisations are urging governments and corporations to take bold action to safeguard the ocean. After a two-day preparatory meeting in New York ahead of June’s UN Ocean Conference ... More >>
Sahel: Act now before the crisis ‘becomes unmanageable'
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 1:21 pm | UN News
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is stepping up response in Africa’s Sahel region where escalating violence has forced a rising number of people to flee their homes. More >>
Refugee resettlement: ‘Tremendous gap’ persists
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 1:19 pm | UN News
Although around 1.4 million refugees are estimated to be in urgent need of resettlement worldwide, only 63,696 were resettled through the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) last year - that's only 4.5 per cent - due to a continuing shortage of offers of sanctuary ... More >>
Both sides in Libya agree need for lasting ceasefire
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 8:50 am | UN News
The UN negotiator leading talks in Geneva to secure an end to fighting in Libya said on Tuesday that high-ranking officials from both sides of the conflict have agreed on the need for a “permanent and lasting” ceasefire to replace an uncertain truce. More >>
Global initiative launched to keep top sports events safe
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 9:34 am | UN News
Representatives from international sporting federations and the private sector joined with ambassadors at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to launch a global programme aimed at safeguarding major sporting events from terrorism-related threats. More >>
Syria: UN health agency highlights 'critical health threats'
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 9:31 am | UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the alarm on Monday over critical health threats facing hundreds-of thousands of Syrians forced to flee due to intensified hostilities in Syria’s northwest, where health facilities and workers have increasingly ... More >>
Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop before it’s too late
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 10:14 am | UN News
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end “before it’s too late”. More >>
New UN finance panel to push Global Goals forward
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 10:13 am | UN News
The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday encouraged Member States to support a new panel that has been set up to help make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality, by 2030. More >>
UN HR report voices concern over conduct of ISIL fighters
Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 8:50 am | UN News
A new UN report published on Tuesday shows that while considerable effort has been made by Iraqi authorities to bring former ISIL terrorist fighters to justice, there are “serious concerns” about the fairness of the proceedings. More >>
Societies must unite against ‘global crisis of hatred'
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 9:05 am | UN News
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, and the six million Jews and others murdered on Nazi orders during the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a ceremony in New York on Monday that ... More >>
UN chief outlines solutions to defeat ‘four horsemen’
Thursday, 23 January 2020, 8:43 am | UN News
The start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday. More >>
Healthcare’s a human right, not ‘a privilege for the rich’
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:17 am | UN News
The UN agency devoted to ending AIDS as a public health threat is calling on top politicians and governments across the world to ensure the right to quality healthcare is upheld, and not just a privilege to be enjoyed by the wealthy. More >>
Lebanon: UN rights office calls for de-escalation
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:16 am | UN News
What had been largely peaceful demonstrations against Lebanon’s Government in the capital Beirut grew increasingly violent over the weekend, sparking the concern of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. More >>
UN health agency to gauge global threat of new Coronavirus
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:14 am | UN News
Following an announcement by China’s national health body that a new virus first identified there, can be transmitted from person to person, the World Health Organization (WHO) is to hold a meeting on Wednesday to decide if it should be declared a global ... More >>
UN ruling could boost climate change asylum claims----------
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 9:13 am | UN News
The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats. More >>
