Diabetes increasing COVID risks, showing need to strengthen health systems
As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at “increased risk of severe…
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COVID-19: Consequences of ‘chronic under-investment in public health’ laid bare: Tedros
A global chronic under-investment in public health has been exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, which…
South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’ – UN health agency
Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health…
Measles cases hit 23-year high last year, killing 200,000 as vaccination stalls, WHO says
Measles killed an estimated 207,500 people last year after a decade-long failure to reach optimal…
Thailand: More than 100 companies pledge to strengthen women’s economic empowerment
Chief executives of 110 companies in Thailand on Wednesday, have signed up to a new…
News in Brief 30 September 2020
Earth’s web of life must be protected, UN chief Guterres tells biodiversity summit Older persons…
Guterres urges more countries to step up and fund global COVID-19 vaccine effort
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds…
Listen to older people’s ‘suggestions and ideas’ for more inclusive societies, urges UN chief
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is reckoning with the disproportionate and severe impact that…
News in Brief 29 September 2020
Millionth COVID death is an ‘agonizing milestone’ says UN’s Guterres Flooding leaves South Sudan facing…
PODCAST: Waste not, want not
Hunger is often associated with developing countries, but food insecurity is also present in higher…
Redouble efforts against ‘global scourge’ of gender-based violence, intensified by pandemic: Guterres
From domestic violence to sexual abuse, online harassment and increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV) is “a…
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COVID-19: ‘Legitimate concerns’ must be heard, and fears addressed over misinformation
Amid continuing uncertainty, fear and anxiety around the world over the COVID-19 pandemic, senior UN…
One millionth death from COVID-19 ‘an agonizing milestone’: UN Secretary-General
With over one million lives having succumbed to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said…
Nobel laureate Nadia Murad denounces lack of will to end sexual violence as a war tactic
With one in three women around the world affected by gender-based violence – a crime…
News in Brief 28 September 2020
Delhi track dwellers must not be evicted, warn rights experts Rapporteurs’ investigations hit by UN…
Most countries failing to protect women from COVID-19 economic and social fallout
The COVID-19 pandemic is “hitting women hard”, but most nations are failing to provide sufficient…
‘Eyes and ears’ of Human Rights Council facing funding crisis
The work of UN-appointed independent rights experts is at risk from a critical lack of…
Rights experts denounce death sentence against Nigerian singer who posted on WhatsApp
Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release…
India: UN expert raises alarm over mass evictions of Delhi railway track dwellers
An independent UN human rights expert has voiced concern over an Indian Supreme Court order…
Yemen’s warring parties agree to free more than 1,000 prisoners
At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in…
News in Brief 25 September 2020
Give influenza vaccine to elderly and health workers first: WHO Rights chief Bachelet warns over threat to…
‘Don’t forget’ to let activists know their work counts, urges youth climate adviser
With high level meetings on-going to address the climate and biodiversity crisis centre stage at UN Headquarters, one of the Secretary-General’s Youth…
Conflict, climate crisis, threaten fragile gains to advance women and children’s health
Fragile gains made over the past decade to advance women and children’s health are threatened…
Inclusion and more public participation, will help forge better government policies: Guterres
Not only COVID-19, but climate protests, struggles for more inclusive politics, human rights and waning…
Updated influenza vaccine advice targets protection of elderly and health workers
Amid a potential global shortage in influenza vaccines and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN…
Belarus must release opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, stress independent rights experts
A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Belarus to release prominent…
News in Brief 24 September 2020
UN chief’s concern for mariners’ ‘humanitarian and safety’ crisis Flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence Colombia’s indigenous…
UN Secretary-General’s remarks to High-level Roundtable on Climate Ambition
UN Secretary-General António Guterres makes the opening remarks at the key climate action event of…
News in Brief 23 September 2020
Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO Mali: independent rights expert calls for ‘immediate…
Guterres advocates for digital world that ‘strengthens human rights, advances peace’
Amidst a technological era that “beckons with vast opportunity”, new risks exist to global peace,…
Countries urged to act against COVID-19 ‘infodemic’
The UN and partners have urged countries to take urgent action to address what they…
Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO
COVID-19 has had a “catastrophic” impact on workers, the head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on…
Mali: Rights expert calls for ‘immediate release’ of former officials detained during coup
An independent UN human rights expert has called on Mali’s coup leaders to release former…
News in Brief 22 September 2020
Mozambique insurgency fuels fears of humanitarian crisis UN health agency insists that any vaccine it…
UN Secretary-General’s address to the Opening of the General Debate of UNGA75
UN Secretary-General’s address to the Opening of the General Debate of the 75th Session of…
Sign of the times: COVID-19 response and recovery must be accessible says Guterres
This year’s International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a…
Myanmar: Mounting child death toll during Rakhine village assaults must end, urges rights expert
The assaults by security forces in Myanmar on villages in Rakhine state “need to stop”,…
‘Enhance solidarity’ to fight COVID-19, Chinese President urges, also pledges carbon neutrality by 2060
The Chinese President Xi Jinping called for enhanced international solidarity to fight the coronavirus on…
Unlike neoliberalism, coronavirus does not favour the ‘richest one per cent’, Cuban President tells world leaders
Faced with a global pandemic that has infected millions, killed thousands, forced borders to close,…
Renew ‘collective commitment to multilateralism’, urges Assembly president
The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented world leaders coming to New York to address the…
News in Brief 21 September 2020
UN’s Yemen negotiator calls for ‘courage’ to end fighting Spain ‘did not ensure that Down’s child’s school needs were met’, says UN panel UN’s…
PODCAST SPECIAL: Nations United, hosted by Julia Roberts
In the midst of COVID-19, we have an historic opportunity to look at the world…
The world must not be ‘neutral’ on enforced disappearances
The international community “should not be neutral” on enforced disappearance, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday, calling…
Global solution to COVID-19 in sight, ‘we sink or we swim together’ – WHO chief
COVID-19 is an “unprecedented global crisis that demands an unprecedented global response”, the chief of…
Spain violated inclusive education right of child with disabilities, independent committee finds
Spain violated the right to inclusive education of a child with disabilities, an independent UN…
Survival of wildlife reserves under threat in Namibia
After six months of lockdown, the Namibian government ended travel restrictions and curfews on Friday,…
An uncertain future for migrant workers, in a post-pandemic world
The COVID-19 pandemic has largely put a freeze on migration. But will the movement of…
Sustainable Development goals are ‘the future’ Malala tells major UN event, urging countries to get on track
The Global Goals represent the future for millions of girls who want education, women who…
Equal pay essential to build a world of dignity and justice for all, UN says, commemorating first International Equal Pay Day
The United Nations is marking the first ever International Equal Pay Day, on Friday, drawing…
News in Brief 18 September 2020
Belarus debate in spotlight at Human Rights Council Syria: potential war crimes in Turkish-affiliated armed group areas …