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WHO virtual press conference (under embargo)
14 May 2021
Press Conference Announcement
The embargo lifts on Monday, 17 March at 02:01 Geneva time.
A paper to be published in Environment International breaks new ground and systematically analyses and quantifies the disease burden of long working hours. The paper also highlights some key recommendations.
Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO
Frank Pega, Technical Officer, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO
Professor Jian Li, Professor of occupational health at UCLA. Lead Reviewer of the systematic review on the effect of exposure to…
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In Moscow visit, Secretary-General and President Putin discuss importance of multilateralism
13 May 2021
UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed the importance of renewed commitment to multilateralism during talks held on Thursday.
Mr Guterres is in Moscow, at the invitation of the Russian Government, where he is meeting with senior officials.
It was a pleasure to speak with students of the Moscow State Institute of…
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UN condemns killing of aid worker in South Sudan
13 May 2021
The top UN humanitarian official in South Sudan has called for law enforcement along roads following the first killing of an aid worker in the country this year during an ambush in Budi, East Equatoria, on Wednesday.
The aid worker was killed when assailants fired at a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle that was part of a team of international non-governmental organizations and South Sudanese health workers…
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First Person: ‘God save us from famine’
13 May 2021
The conflict in Yemen forced Asia El-Sayeed Ali and her family from her home in Aden’s Al Tawahi district, where there was active fighting, in 2015. Today, she works at a health clinic supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), where she cares for children, and their mothers, suffering from malnutrition.
I was delighted to mark the end of #Ramadan with Asia El-Sayeed Ali, a Yemeni health worker helping malnourished…
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De-escalation ‘an absolute must’ in Israel-Palestine conflict: Guterres
12 May 2021
De-escalation of the Palestine-Israel conflict is “an absolute must” said the UN Secretary-General on Wednesday, declaring that the mounting death toll, including children, was totally unacceptable.
Speaking in Moscow after meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister, António Guterres said that an end to the violence, which has seen more than 50 Palestinians killed along with six Israelis…
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Afghanistan: Top UN officials strongly condemn ‘heinous’ attack on girls school
12 May 2021
Two senior UN officials on Wednesday, condemned in the strongest terms, a terrorist attack targeting girls and their families outside a high school in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
The terrorists who exploded a bomb near a girls’ school in the mostly Shiite district of west Kabul in Dasht-e-Barchi on Saturday “must be held accountable” for their “heinous crime”, the UN …
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Iraq: New UN report shines light on ‘deeply worrying’ pattern of restrictions in Kurdistan
12 May 2021
Over the past year, freedom of expression in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been increasingly curtailed, according to a UN report issued on Wednesday.
Criticizing the authorities publicly has led to intimidation, movement restrictions and arbitrary arrests, while some citizens there have been charged with defamation and others prosecuted under national security…
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More violence ‘last thing Yemen needs’, peace ‘only way’ to resolve crises
12 May 2021
Peace is “the only way” to resolve the crisis in Yemen, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Mark Lowcock, who also serves as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said via videoconference that the war is “ultimately behind the risk of famine, the spread of disease and economic collapse”.
With millions of people on the brink of starvation…
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Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures
12 May 2021
A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 crisis, while also calling for the UN agency to be given greater authority to respond more quickly to future threats.
“Our message is simple and clear: the current system failed to protect us from the COVID-19 pandemic”, said former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, co-…
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Myanmar: UN rights experts urge business ‘to take a stand’ against military junta
12 May 2021
United Nations independent rights experts on Wednesday urged businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and apply pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations against its own people.
While some businesses have reiterated their public support for the rule of law and human rights, and cut ties with the junta in the aftermath of the 1…
