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Ease Sanctions Against Countries Fighting COVID-19: UN Human Rights Chief
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 10:44 am | UN News
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an easing of sanctions against countries such as Iran to allow their medical systems to fight the disease and limit its global spread. Michelle ... More >>
WHO And World Football Launch ‘kick Out Coronavirus’ As Millions Sign Up To WhatsApp Helpline
Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 9:04 am | UN News
A new awareness-raising campaign, led by the world’s top football stars, called ‘Pass the message to kick out coronavirus’, was launched on Monday by the UN health agency, WHO, and international football’s governing body, FIFA. The campaign ... More >>
World Water Day: Often Overlooked, Water Resources Are Essential Part Of Solution To Climate Change
Monday, 23 March 2020, 8:12 am | UN News
On World Water Day , the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change will require major shifts in the way we use and reuse the Earth’s limited water resources. The new global ... More >>
Swift Policy Action, Strong Leadership Can Save Millions Of Jobs, ‘avert The Worst’ Amid Pandemic
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 2:55 pm | UN News
As dire forecasts about the global economy add to the anxiety surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN’s labour agency (ILO) on Thursday offered a range of urgent measures, which, if governments act quickly, can help to protect workers in the workplace, ... More >>
Women Plough The Way To Peace In South Sudan Resettlement Project
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 10:44 am | UN News
Women who had been displaced by fighting in South Sudan are sowing seeds of peace, with support from the UN mission in the country, UNMISS . They have been given ox ploughs to work the land, as part of a campaign to resettle returnees in the Rumbek ... More >>
COVID-19: Mental Health In The Age Of Coronavirus
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 10:07 am | UN News
Since January when the World Health Organization (WHO) determined the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, to be a “public health emergency of international concern”, stress levels everywhere have continued to mount. As WHO and health authorities ... More >>
Educate Children In Their Mother Tongue, Urges UN Rights Expert
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 9:43 am | UN News
Children from linguistic minorities should be taught in their own mother tongue, said the UN independent expert on minority issues, presenting his latest report on Wednesday to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. According to Fernand de Varennes, ... More >>
Coronavirus: Pandemic Alert Should Be Trigger For Countries To Do More Against COVID-19
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 9:12 am | UN News
Countries must “double-down” on their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, after announcing that the global emergency can now be described as a pandemic. Speaking in Geneva , World Health Organization ... More >>
Sudan Prime Minister Survives Attempted Assassination
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 9:48 am | UN News
Sudan’s Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was “safe and in good shape”. Briefing reporters, the UN’s Spokesperson , Stéphane Dujarric, said UN chief António ... More >>
Amid COVID-19 Constraints, UN Women’s Commission Meets To Push Gender Equality Forward
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 9:45 am | UN News
Despite constraints imposed by the new coronavirus disease, activists for gender equality gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday for the latest session of the Commission on the Status of Women ( CSW ), to reinforce the message that women’s rights are ... More >>
International Women's Day: Progress On Gender Equality Remains Slow
Friday, 6 March 2020, 11:50 am | UN News
Women's Rights in Review, 25 years after Beijing takes stock of how the landmark gender equality plan, the Beijing Platform for Action , is being implemented and calls for greater parity and justice. The report finds faltering progress and notes ... More >>
As Children Freeze To Death In Syria, Aid Officials Call For Major Cross-border Delivery Boost
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 2:22 pm | UN News
Humanitarian assistance needs to be scaled up significantly to more than a million people displaced by fighting in northwest Syria, a senior UN aid official said on Monday, amid reports that children are freezing to death on the Turkish border. “People ... More >>
COVID-19: More New Virus Cases Outside China Than In, ‘no Time For Complacency'
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 9:13 am | UN News
The number of new COVID-19, or coronavirus, infections outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “The sudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and ... More >>
As Libya Talks Resume In Geneva, UN Negotiator Seeks To Overcome Sticking Points
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 11:30 am | UN News
Talks to end fighting in Libya have resumed in Geneva, where UN negotiator Ghassan Salamé said that ongoing clashes must end for there to be a chance for progress. Speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Mr. Salamé, the UN Secretary-General’s ... More >>
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 >>
