Tue 22 September 2020: 70% of people had to cut meals for household start of novel coronavirus, Norwegian Refugee Council says in report More than three-quarters of displaced and conflict-affected people have lost income since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a humanitarian group said in a new report on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council’s […]
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Mon 21 September 2020: Veto power apart, 5 permanent members of UNSC, other western countries take lion’s share in UN jobs As global leaders start addressing the UN General Assembly from Tuesday to mark the 75th year of the world body, experts call for overhauling its bureaucracy to make it more representative and inclusive. More […]
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Fri 18 September 2020: Critical underfunding exacerbated by virus causes halt of many programs, essential humanitarian aid activities, says UNHCR Millions of displaced people are facing serious threat to fulfilling their need to be protected and aided, while their host communities are suffering massive underfunding amid the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said […]
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Mon 14 September 2020: The number of incidents of violence against journalists covering protests across the world has risen sharply, with police and security forces the main culprits, the United Nations cultural agency has said. UNESCO said on Monday that it had counted 21 protests between January and June this year in which journalists were […]
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Thu 10 September 2020: Pollution, climate change remain Europe’s top environmental threats to health, says European Environment Agency GENEVA – Air pollution remains Europe’s top environmental threat to health, with more than 400,000 premature deaths driven by air pollution every year in the EU, a report said Tuesday. Noise pollution comes second, contributing to 12,000 […]
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Wed 09 September 2020: The United Nations says disruptions caused to health services because of the pandemic could reverse decades of progress in reducing child mortality and put millions of lives at risk worldwide. New mortality estimates published by UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group show deaths of under-fives fell to their lowest […]
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Wed 2 September 2020: Unilever has said it will eliminate the use of fossil fuels in its cleaning products by 2030 as part of efforts to transition the entire firm over to net zero emissions. The consumer goods firm said that chemicals used in its cleaning and laundry products make up the greatest proportion of […]
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Tue 01 September 2020: Survey shows COVID-19 vaccination intent highest in China, lowest in Russia, common reason for not getting it, side effects A recent survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF) published Tuesday showed that only three out of four adults globally would accept a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, though this is still […]
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Sat 29 August 2020: ‘Virus, climate crisis raise fundamental questions about how to ensure health, well-being of people, planet,’ says Guterres UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that the use of renewables has to increase while coal consumption must end. His remarks came on the occasion of the 19th Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture, titled […]
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Sat 22 August 2020 Residents have mostly been sharing photos on social media of dead, oiled birds, sea turtles and ornate day geckos Tourism is an important source of foreign exchange for Mauritius, an island nation in East Africa which boasts UN world heritage sites, white sandy beaches, unique tropical marine plants and animals, and […]
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