Despite efforts to break the global cycle of panic and neglect seen throughout multiple disease outbreaks, the UN health agency chief said on Friday that the new coronavirus has shown... read more →
The global hunger crisis caused by conflict – and now compounded by COVID-19 – is moving into a dangerous phase, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said... read more →
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty – deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, or water – a new UN study has found.... read more →
WHO, through a donation by the Robert Koch Institute in Germany, has provided the I.R. of Iran with more than 67,500 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay tests. The World Health Organization (WHO),... read more →
UNICEF has procured pulse oximeters, digital gun thermometers, latex gloves, N95 masks, boxes of diapers, and surface sanitizers. “We are really happy that we now have a fingertip pulse oximeter... read more →
The 75th session of the UN General Assembly opened on Monday with a moment of silence against the unprecedented backdrop of the COVID pandemic, as the new president told delegates that the coronavirus had driven home the value of multilateralism “to address our... read more →
The erosion of trust in public institutions, unequal access to health care, and tensions around delicate peace negotiations, are among the risks amplified by COVID-19, which if not mitigated, could... read more →
The Security Council on Thursday demanded a halt to attacks on schools, together with students and teachers in conflict zones around the world, in a presidential statement coinciding with the first International Day to... read more →
Global leaders, including more than 30 Heads of State and Ministers, have underlined their commitment towards fast-tracking the development and production of COVID-19 tests, medicines, and vaccines, that will be... read more →
An independent UN human rights investigator called the overturned verdict of Saudi Arabia’s prosecutor in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey a "parody of justice" that spared... read more →