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No time to waste, as Yemen inches towards famine: UN Children's Fund
23 November 2020
Raising alarm over “an imminent catastrophe” in war-ravaged Yemen, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reiterated the urgent need for combatants to stop the fighting.
Henrietta Fore, UNICEF's Executive Director, also appealed to the international community to step up and provide urgently needed funds for aid programmes.
“There is no time to waste. Children in Yemen…
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WMO virtual press conference
23 November 2020
Press Conference Announcement
Prof Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General
Dr Oksana Tarasova, WMO Chief of Atmospheric and Environment Research Division
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Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Annual report by WMO on atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other major greenhouse gases
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UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines
23 November 2020
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with more than 350 partners, including major airlines, shipping lines and logistics associations from around the world, to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries, as soon as doses become available, the agency said on Monday.
Etleva Kadilli, Director of UNICEF’s Supply Division, highlighted the importance of the partnership to ensure…
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First Person: Four years on, hopes of return still distant for refugee pianist
22 November 2020
When UN News first interviewed award-winning Palestinian pianist Aeham Ahmad in 2016, he was a recent arrival in Germany, having fled a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria. Four years on, he wants to return home, but accepts that his chances are slim.
Mr. Ahmad, a recipient of the International Beethoven Prize for Human Rights in 2015, became known around the world for a video in…
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Afghanistan: UN chief underscores need to end violence following deadly rocket attacks
22 November 2020
The UN Secretary-General has condemned rocket attacks in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Saturday which killed at least eight civilians and wounded many more.
The rockets reportedly were fired from vehicles, hitting several densely populated areas. The ISIL affiliate in the country has claimed responsibility, according to media reports which cited intelligence sources…
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Appointment of AU envoys for Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis an 'initiative for peace': UN chief
21 November 2020
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the African Union’s (AU) appointment of three high-level envoys to help resolve the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, calling it an "initiative for peace.”
Former President Joachim Chissano.
The envoys are Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former Liberian…
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‘We see the sparks before they turn into fires’: training women to avoid conflict in Sierra Leone
21 November 2020
In the West African country of Sierra Leone, the UN is supporting a government programme, training women and men to take on leadership roles in areas such as peacebuilding, with the aim of promoting peace and non-violence.
"We have learned how to see the sparks before they turn into fires, metaphorically speaking," says Susan Pessima, from Selenga Chiefdom,…
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COVID cases surge amid growing threat from antimicrobial resistance – WHO chief
20 November 2020
More cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past four weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic, the UN health agency chief told journalists on Friday as he launched a new report on the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.
“Across Europe and North America, hospitals and ICU units are filling up or are full”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of…
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UN chief to press G20 for greater solidarity and support during pandemic
20 November 2020
When he addresses leaders of the world’s richest countries at the G20 summit this weekend, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will deliver a simple message on the COVID-19 pandemic: “We need solidarity and cooperation. And we need concrete action now — especially for the most vulnerable.”
Speaking in New York on the eve of the virtual meeting, the UN chief told reporters that…
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Guterres pledges support for sustainable industrial development in Africa
20 November 2020
The COVID-19 crisis was impacting Africa “well before the pandemic spread across the continent”, the UN chief said on Friday, marking Africa Industrialization Day, arriving at a point when many economies were expanding and “poverty was in decline”.
“Technology and innovation were being embraced across the continent, and progress had been made in unity and economic integration”,…
