Month: April 2020

5 reasons the world needs WHO, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO), the UN’s health agency, has played a crucial role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, ever…

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Children vulnerable to abuse and violence during coronavirus lockdowns, UN experts warn

Independent UN human rights experts have called on States to boost child protection measures to help safeguard the welfare of millions of…

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UNICEF sends 18.5 tons of protective aid supplies to Iran to contain Covid-19 outbreak

Thanks to the generous financial support of the Government of Japan, UNICEF was able to fly into Iran the fourth…

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‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, marking 26 years since genocide in Rwanda

Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda,…

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UN chief calls for domestic violence ‘ceasefire’ amid ‘horrifying global surge’

UN chief António Guterres is calling for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women…

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From landmines to pandemics, on Mine Awareness Day UN chief says milestones reached by ‘working together’

Decades ago, millions of landmines were buried in countries around the globe, and today the world is in the throes…

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UN chief urges unity in mobilizing ‘every ounce of energy’ to defeat coronavirus pandemic

There should be only one fight in our world today, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Friday, issuing a loud…

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