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UN chief and senior officials express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem,…
Cut methane emissions to avert global temperature rise, UN-backed study urges
Methane emissions caused by human activity can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade, thus helping to keep global temperature rise to…
UN chief welcomes return to electoral agreement in Somalia
The United Nations Secretary-General on Saturday welcomed the decision by the Lower House of Somalia’s Federal Parliament to nullify a special law and to return…
UN providing equipment and supplies to help India fight rapid COVID-19 surge
The United Nations is supporting India as the country battles a major surge in COVID-19 cases which on Wednesday saw the overall reported death toll…
Filipino investigative journalist to receive UN press freedom prize
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday named investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines as the recipient…
UN chief ‘realistic’ at start of fresh bid to resolve Cyprus stalemate
A fresh United Nations-led bid to seek to resolve decades of tensions in Cyprus began in Geneva on Tuesday, with Secretary-General António Guterres “realistic” about…
New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives
A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who have missed lifesaving jabs against diseases such as…
‘Careers have no gender’, connect girls to tech, for a brighter future UN urges
Despite information and communication technology playing such a key role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said that half the world remains offline, in…
Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’
A lack of new treatments for common infections has left people dangerously exposed to the “world’s most dangerous bacteria”, the UN health agency said on…
Hundreds of millions of women living lives ‘governed by others’, UN report shows
According to a 2021 UNFPA report, nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, placing them at higher risk of risk of gender-based…
Guterres calls for ‘paradigm shift’ to recover from COVID setbacks
A “paradigm shift” aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address the challenges of the future, including those triggered by COVID-19,…
Clarity still needed on effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine passports, says UN health agency
Being vaccinated against COVID-19 may not prevent transmission and vaccination passports may not be an “effective strategy” for restarting travel, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
How can we vaccinate the world? Five challenges facing the UN-backed COVAX programme
The aim of the UN-backed COVAX scheme is to get two billion vaccine doses into the arms of around a quarter of the population of…
Secretary-General welcomes US decision to lift sanctions against ICC officials
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the decision by the United States to lift sanctions and visa restrictions against officials with the International Criminal Court…
Climate change top challenge over the next decade, UNESCO global survey finds
Climate change and loss of biodiversity is seen as the most pressing challenge over the decade, according to the World in 2030 Survey report published…
Indonesia: UN experts denounce mega tourism project that ‘tramples on human rights’
UN rights experts, on Wednesday, raised alarm over forced evictions of locals and indigenous peoples, and threats against human rights defenders, to make way for…
COVID-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’ – WHO chief
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published…
UN staff must be protected, as they undertake life-saving work, Guterres says on International Day
The United Nations Secretary-General has called on all countries to support the international treaty protecting UN staff and associated personnel, to ensure all those who…
Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
As the living tissue of the earth, biodiversity is “intimately linked to human health” the head of the UN’s scientific agency told a global forum…
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