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UN makes progress on 'greening the blue'
10 December 2020
In 2019, the UN system continued to make steady progress towards reducing its environmental footprint, recording decreases in emissions and implementing advanced environment management systems.
According to the latest edition of the Greening the Blue report 2020, from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN system with its 310,000 personnel spread across some 60 entities, also found innovative ways…
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Non-communicable diseases killing more people than ever before: UN health agency
10 December 2020
Non-communicable diseases account for 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, a sharp increase from two decades ago, and heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, a new UN World Health Organization (WHO) study has found.
The 2019 Global Health Estimates, released on Wednesday, “clearly highlight” the need for increased attention on preventing and treating…
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Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East concludes amid calls to stem spread of misinformation
10 December 2020
A UN International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East concluded on Wednesday, with a vibrant online panel discussion exploring how the systematic spread of untruths has changed the way traditional news outlets cover the Israel-Palestine conflict, and created avenues for citizen journalists to quickly push out stories to express their lived realities.
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Fund COVAX to reduce COVID vaccination distribution inequity – UN chief
09 December 2020
With so-called vaccine nationalism spreading “with full speed”, the Secretary-General told a journalists, following the fourth annual African Union-UN conference, that the continent must be “effectively supported” to fight the pandemic everywhere.
The COVAX international vaccine initiative requires $4.2 billion over the next two months to ensure that “sooner rather than later”, World…
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Human rights must be ‘front and centre’ of COVID-19 response: Secretary-General
09 December 2020
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for human rights to be put “front and centre” of COVID-19 response and recovery globally in order to achieve a better future for people everywhere.
The UN chief made the appeal in his message for Human Rights Day, observed on Thursday.
“People and their rights must be front and centre of response and recovery. We need…
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World Press Freedom Conference spotlights dangerous job of separating ‘truth from falsehood’
09 December 2020
Prominent journalists and champions of press freedom from across the world are examining ways to overcome increasing challenges facing the media during a two-day online conference organized jointly by the UN’s cultural and educational agency, UNESCO, and the Netherlands.
The World Press Freedom Conference 2020, which began on Wednesday, features interactive…
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Widespread regional challenges pervasive in Central Africa
09 December 2020
Insecurity continues to plague Central Africa, the UN envoy for the region told the Security Council on Wednesday, highlighting concern for cross-border violence.
Special Representative François Louncény Fall cited recent visits to Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo in updating ambassadors on the Secretary-General’s semi-annual report covering the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (…
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More uprooted, fewer return, pushing forcibly displaced above 80 million
09 December 2020
The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and is estimated to have passed 80 million in mid-2020, as few could go home and more were uprooted, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a report published on Wednesday.
That total, roughly equivalent to the population of Germany or Turkey, includes people displaced within their own country,…
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UN’s Bachelet slams ‘reprehensible’ political leadership during pandemic, sees hope in new US administration
09 December 2020
Some political leadership during the pandemic has been “reprehensible”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday, while holding out hope of a better 2021 as US President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
In a wide-ranging press conference to mark Human Rights Day, Ms. Bachelet said it was astounding that some…
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‘Green recovery’ from COVID-19 can slow climate change: UN environment report
09 December 2020
Despite a brief dip in global carbon dioxide emissions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the planet is still heading for a global temperature rise in excess of 3 degrees Celsius this century, a new United Nations report has revealed.
Speedy and strong climate action can, however, change the temperature trajectory, according to UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Emissions…
