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Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same
16 May 2025
[from left to right] Margarita Castrillón, Wuxi People's Hospital, UNDP India, Alejandra Crail, Leila Erdman, Taily Terena
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many unsung heroes stepped up in extraordinary ways. Five years later, their voices still carry the lessons the world must not forget.
As…
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New Permanent Representative of Rwanda Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
16 May 2025
Presentation of Credentials
Urujeni Bakuramutsa, the new Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment…
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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Commend Indonesia on Child-Friendly Cities, Raise Questions on Mandatory Hijab Rules in Some Schools and the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation
15 May 2025
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Indonesia, with Committee Experts commending the State on child-friendly…
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WHO Press Conference
15 May 2025
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of World Health Statistics 2025
Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics and Delivery for ImpactDr Haidong Wang, Unit Head, Health Data and AnalyticsDr Bochen Cao, Statistician, Health Data and Analytics
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Over 60 per cent of the Arab world still outside the banking system
15 May 2025
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Cover page for the Annual SDG Review 2025: Financial Inclusion in the Arab Region.
Between 2016 and 2024, the number of Egyptians with a bank account – which experts say is essential for financial inclusion - tripled, from 17.1 million to over 51 million…
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UN needed ‘more than ever before’ says Germany’s candidate to head General Assembly
15 May 2025
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
Former Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock of Germany speaks during the General Assembly informal interactive dialogue with the candidate for the position of President of the General Assembly for the eightieth session.
The former Foreign Minister of Germany outlined her vision…
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‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO
15 May 2025
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India administered over 2 billion COVID-19 vaccines in less than 18 months.
In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years – the largest fall in recent history according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
15 May 2025
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Sung Eui Lee (left), daughter of Jong Ryung Lee, and Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, address the Security Council.
Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from…
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Gaza: New displacement orders force thousands to flee as famine looms
15 May 2025
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Two children in Gaza City. Humanitarian partners have also witnessed soaring malnutrition levels among children.
Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA)…
