Childhood cancer care in Africa hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
Nearly 30,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have died from cancer during the…
Category: UN
UN health agency urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries “to put differences aside” in order…
Afghanistan: UN chief following escalation in fighting ‘with deep concern’
With Taliban fighters continuing to gain ground in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General is following events…
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UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Mental health counselling for displaced kids in Tigray
In this week’s show, efforts to reassure thousands of children traumatised by fighting in Tigray,…
News in Brief 12 August 2021
UN weather agency WMO seeks to confirm 48.8C ‘record’ heat spike in Sicily Afghanistan seeks…
Youth need ‘seat at the table’ to lead struggle for better future: Guterres
Young people are on the “frontlines of the struggle to build a better future”, the…
Spyware: Rights experts push for surveillance technology moratorium
A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of…
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News in Brief 11 August 2021
Somali hunger crisis leaves 800,000 children on the brink Human rights protection call for Yezidi…
UNHCR alarmed over US ‘expulsion flights’ to southern Mexico
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concern on Wednesday over a new policy by the United States, using public health orders linked to COVID-19, to expel some asylum-seekers and…
Arrests of Palestinian rights defenders part of ‘wider crackdown’
Israel must safeguard human rights activists in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and within its borders,…
Rohingya refugees receive first COVID vaccinations in Bangladesh
More than 4,000 Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh have received their…
WHO supports Guinea after detection of first-ever case of Marburg disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Guinea following a confirmed death from Marburg virus disease, the…
WHO announces three new drugs for latest COVID-19 ‘Solidarity’ clinical trials
Three new candidate drugs are being tested in the latest phase of global Solidarity trials…
News in Brief 10 August 2021
Afghanistan emergency: Bachelet condemns floggings, violations by Taliban Tigray food aid needs to step up…
UK plan thwarts access to truth over Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’
Two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressed serious concern…
News in Brief 9 August 2021
‘Code red for humanity’ in new UN global heating report Nagasaki survivors 76 years on,…
Climate change affects everyone, but we can still hold back global warming: IPCC report
As preparations gear up for this November’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the leading scientific…
End inequalities, recognize abuses, UN chief says on International Day of Indigenous People
Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous people,…
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade…
Former ‘Mr. Speed’, Jean Todt, looks to cut road death ‘pandemic’ in developing world
More than a million people die on the roads each year, and up to 50…
Cyprus communities weaving closer ties through UN-backed project
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in…
PODCAST: Formula E, the motorsport dedicated to fighting the climate crisis
When it started, less than a decade ago, Formula E, the fully electric car racing…
News in Brief 6 August 2021
Tigray ceasefire more urgent than ever, says UN relief chief Griffiths Myanmar’s third COVID-19 wave…
Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns UN human rights expert
Rapidly spreading violence in Mali is threatening the State’s very survival, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Friday. Read…
Myanmar: COVID-19 third wave has hit like a ‘tsunami’, warns WFP
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it is facing a 70 per…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Ultrarunner Fernanda Maciel talks World Humanitarian Day
In this week’s show, an inspiring encounter with an ultrarunner who’s moving mountains to save…
‘Exceptional’ times could secure indigenous people seat ‘at the table’
While the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequalities faced by the world’s indigenous people, such as…
News in Brief 5 August 2021
ASEAN Myanmar mediator appointment welcomed by UN chief Guterres COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Africa set…
COVID-19 vaccine equality, ‘most pressing issue of our times’ – UN chief
The remarkable and rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines offers “great hope” that the devastating pandemic can be overcome, the UN chief…
Somalia: Call for urgent action following ‘alarming’ 80 per cent rise in sexual violence
An “alarming” 80 per cent increase in sexual violence in Somalia, as documented in two…
News in Brief 4 August 2021
UN humanitarian chief ends Ethiopian mission amidst ‘heart-breaking’ devastation COVID-19 data shows global rise for…
Beirut’s youth rebuild the Lebanese capital, brick by brick
Young people in Beirut, which was devastated by an explosion in a warehouse at the…
WHO calls for moratorium on COVID-19 booster jabs
The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19…
Latest COVID-19 data confirms infections have risen globally for four consecutive weeks
COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in…
News in Brief 3 August 2021
UN human rights chief urges accountability for Beirut blasts, one year on Wide impact of…
Iraq: Put torture prevention laws into practice, urges UN human rights chief
Although laws in Iraq criminalize torture and set out procedural safeguards to prevent it, a new report…
700-plus healthcare workers and patients killed in attacks on facilities: WHO
More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been…
Introducing No Denying It, the UN climate action podcast
Debuting August 26, 2021. No Denying It, the UN climate action podcast, brings you the…
News in Brief 2 August 2021
Libyan coastal road reopening welcomed by UN chief UN envoy concerned by increased violence in…
General Assembly creates new Permanent Forum of People of African Descent
Capping years of deliberations, the UN General Assembly on Monday established a new platform to improve the…
WHO backs football body FIFA’s #ReachOut campaign for mental health
The world football body, FIFA, launched a UN-backed campaign on Monday designed to raise awareness…
Breastfeeding central to eliminating child malnutrition: Agency chiefs
Two senior UN officials are urging Governments to make breastfeeding-friendly environments a priority, in line…
News in Brief 30 July 2021
100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF Mercenaries must leave Libya…
Six months since the coup, UN remains committed to Myanmar’s citizens: top aid official
Six months since the military coup in Myanmar, the UN and partners are doing their…
Six months after coup, Myanmar’s political, rights and aid crisis is worsening
It’s been six months since the military coup in Myanmar where there’s grave concern over…
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly…
Mercenaries ‘impede’ peace, must leave Libya to allow elections
The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace…
First Person: ‘I’m not old enough to be a woman’ says trafficked teen
A teenage girl who was sold for sex for the price of a few beers…
UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva – Deal to end plastic waste, COVID vaccines in Africa, sustainable food call
In this week’s show, a global deal to help get rid of plastic waste that’s…
News in Brief 29 July 2021
More action against human trafficking needed urgently: UN chief Guterres Beirut: One year after blast, UNESCO…