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WHO Virtual press conference
17 March 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Dr Alejandro CRAVIOTO, Chair, Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization
Dr Joachim HOMBACH, Executive Secretary SAGE, WHO
Dr Kate O’BRIEN, Director, Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO
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WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) presenting its interim recommendations on the use of Johnson…
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South Asia: Sharp rise in child and maternal deaths due to COVID-19
17 March 2021
Severe disruptions in health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia last year, United Nations agencies said on Wednesday.
In a new report, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said that the impact also included sharp drops in the number of young children…
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Fast-track women’s participation in public life ‘for everyone's benefit’
16 March 2021
The UN rights chief said on Tuesday that empowering women and girls to participate fully in public life is both the right and “smart thing to do”, speaking on a day that saw history being made with the first ever address to the UN by a woman Vice President of the United States.
“Speaking up, and contributing to decision-making, is the right of every human being – women, just as…
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UN envoy warns of ‘dramatic’ deterioration in Yemen conflict
16 March 2021
The UN’s top official in Yemen has warned of a “dramatic” deterioration in the country’s ongoing conflict, telling the Security Council on Tuesday that fighting has expanded on several fronts amid the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Special Envoy Martin Griffiths reported that “the war is back in full force”, with Ansar Allah, commonly referred to as the Houthis, continuing an offensive in…
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Gender equality means business, Secretary-General tells corporate leaders
16 March 2021
The UN Secretary-General has urged corporate leaders to achieve gender equality, highlighting the benefits for the private sector and society at large.
António Guterres made the appeal in a video message to the ‘Target Gender Equality LIVE’ event, held on Tuesday during the latest session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
Target Gender Equality is an initiative by…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras
16 March 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras.
The following civil society organizations took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Panama: Centre for International Environmental Law, Alliance Defending Freedom, Action Canada for Population and Development, International Lesbian and Gay Association, Centre for Global Nonkilling, and Asociacion HazteOir.org.
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Women must be ‘front and centre’ of pandemic recovery, UN chief says
16 March 2021
Women need to be “front and centre” of the pandemic recovery as a matter of economics, efficiency, effectiveness and social resilience, the UN chief told the women’s commission on Tuesday.
“Male-dominated teams will come up with male-dominated solutions”, Secretary-General António Guterres warned a virtual town hall with women civil society during the 65th session of the Commission on the…
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South Sudanese ‘one step away from famine', as UN launches humanitarian response plan
16 March 2021
As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, climate change and COVID-19, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people – including 350,000 refugees - with life-saving assistance and protection.
The plan asks for $1.7 billion in funding to enable UN aid agencies and…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
16 March 2021
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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UNCTAD Virtual press conference
16 March 2021
Press Conference Announcement
Richard Kozul-Wright, UNCTAD, Director Division on Globalization and Development Strategies
Nelson Barbosa, Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia
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New UNCTAD analysis - Update on the Global Economy
Embargoed 18 March at 6 a.m. GMT, 7 a.m. CET
