Month: November 2020

COVID-19 worsening gender-based violence, trafficking risk, for women and girls

With the COVID-19 pandemic heightening the dangers of gender-based violence and human trafficking, action on these two fronts is needed…

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Consign chemical weapons to history, UN chief urges, honoring victims

The United Nations Secretary-General has called for “renewed determination” to eliminate chemical weapons from the world. In a message commemorating the Day of…

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COVID-19: Testing still vital even as vaccines roll out

Testing will still be a critical tool against COVID-19, even as vaccines are deployed against the disease, the head of…

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UN official: the assassination of Iranian scientist could be a violation of human rights

Agnes Callamard, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions, has reacted to the assassination of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist…

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‎‘Foundational and necessary change’ needed to heal post-COVID world

With the COVID-19 pandemic precipitating one of the world’s worst health, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises in over a century, the…

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UN expert calls for urgent action to end ‘pandemic of femicide and violence against ‎women’ ‎

COVID-19 is overshadowing what has become a “pandemic of femicide” and related gender-based violence against women and girls, said independent UN human rights expert Dubravka Šimonović on Monday, calling for the universal establishment…

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No time to waste, as Yemen inches towards famine: UNICEF

Raising alarm over “an imminent catastrophe” in war-ravaged Yemen, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated the…

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UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 logistics partners, including major airlines, shipping lines, and logistics associations…

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Collective, conflict-sensitive responses vital to address COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout

The coronavirus pandemic has not only exacted a terrible toll on human lives, health, and economies, it has also exacerbated…

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This World Children’s Day, ‘reimagine a better future’, for every child

The global community is marking World Children’s Day on Friday, calling for societies to “reimagine a better future” for every…

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