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What can the UN do to support India through its deadly COVID-19 surge?
08 May 2021
The UN is at the forefront of efforts to help India extricate itself from the almost unimaginable scale of suffering its citizens are undergoing, as a result of a devastating wave of COVID-19 infections. Earlier this week, UN News spoke to the country chiefs based in India, for the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, to get their take on the crisis. Here are some key excerpts…
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Climate change threatens winged harbinger of spring
08 May 2021
A sure sign of spring in northern Europe is the arrival of the Arctic tern bird, but ahead of the UN’s World Migratory Bird Day experts fear the warming of the oceans in its nesting grounds in the northern Atlantic is threatening its very existence.
A globe-trotting adventurer
The Arctic tern is a great traveller, and spends most of the year on the move, with long periods over the ocean. Its breeding…
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WHO approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
07 May 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine produced in China has been given the green light for global rollout, potentially paving the way for its use in underserved countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday.
The UN agency has approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use, which is a prerequisite for inclusion in the global vaccine solidarity initiative, COVAX.
The vaccine is easy to store…
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Informal dialogue on UN chief selection process gets underway
07 May 2021
The current UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, laid out his case for a second five year term on Friday to Member States, saying that he was offering a “humble approach” to deal with today’s multiple challenges, as an honest broker and bridge builder, focussed on solutions.
The former Portuguese Prime Minister who went on to run the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) for over a decade, before being…
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Security Council upholds role of multilateralism in a complex world
07 May 2021
The President of the UN General Assembly on Friday urged countries to “do better” in making COVID-19 vaccines available to everyone, everywhere, warning that “good intentions are no match for vaccines in arms.”
Briefing a high-level Security Council debate on upholding multilateralism, Volkan Bozkir equated fair distribution of vaccines with civilian protection.
Multilateralism plays a…
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Closes Online Twentieth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Mongolia, Switzerland and Colombia
07 May 2021
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Committee Expresses Concern about Acts of Violence during Peaceful Demonstrations in Colombia and Recalls that No Exceptional Circumstances Can Be Invoked to Justify Enforced Disappearance
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its online twentieth session after adopting concluding observations on the initial reports of Mongolia and Switzerland on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of…
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India’s new COVID-19 wave is spreading like ‘wildfire’, warns UN Children’s Fund
07 May 2021
A new wave of COVID-19 infections is spreading like “wildfire” across India, leaving many youngsters destitute, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said on Friday.
In the last 24 hours, India registered 3,915 coronavirus deaths and 414,188 cases “which is the highest daily case count recorded by any country in the history of COVID-19 pandemic”, said Yasmin Ali Haque, UNICEF…
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‘No time to lose’, stop flow of deadly weapons to Myanmar military now, urges UN rights expert
07 May 2021
The United Nations independent human rights expert on Myanmar on Friday called on countries that have not yet done so, to impose arms embargo on the country urgently, to stop the “massacre” of citizens across the country.
Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the southeast Asian nation, underscored in a statement, the need to stop the…
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Stop evictions in East Jerusalem neighbourhood immediately, UN rights office urges Israel
07 May 2021
The UN’s human rights office (OHCHR), on Friday, called on Israel to immediately halt all forced evictions, including those in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, as well as to exercise maximum restraint in the use of force while ensuring safety and security there.
Eight Palestinian refugee families residing in Sheikh Jarrah are facing forced eviction due…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
07 May 2021
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization.
COVID-19 surge in India: impact on children
Yasmin Haque, representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in India,…
