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New COVID-19 strains ‘poised to unleash’ more severe infections – Security Council hears
‘Forced’ cremation of COVID victims’ bodies must stop – UN rights experts
COVID’s led to ‘massive’ income and productivity losses, UN labour estimates show
Scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes, Guterres urges
ILO: Uncertain and uneven recovery expected following unprecedented labour market crisis
18 children killed since start of year, UNICEF reports
Shining a light on sexually exploited women and girls forced into crime
Pandemic disruption to learning is an opportunity to reimagine, revitalize education
Microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall
Economic and Social Council turns 75; President reaffirms mandate to tackle pandemic, development challenges
UN peacekeeping chief takes stock of political and security developments
Pandemic will not end for anyone, ‘until it ends for everyone’
250 killed, over 100,000 displaced as violence surges in Darfur, UN refugee agency says
Guterres hails entry into force of treaty banning nuclear weapons
Criminal elements use violence and intimidation to ‘stamp out’ leaders’ voices
UN chief condemns ‘horrific’ double suicide bombing at Baghdad market
COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO
Senior panel probing violations in Syria, examining new measures to safeguard humanitarians
UN mission chief appeals for more peacekeepers
ILO and LinkedIn launch data insights partnership
Top US medical adviser announces intention to resume major role in global health
Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to re-join WHO
Secretary-General welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change
UNHCR chief welcomes Biden administration commitment to refugee protection
Decade of conflict triggering ‘slow tsunami’ across Syria, Security Council hears
UN calls for resumption of Mediterranean rescues, after 43 die in Libya shipwreck
‘Complex’ emergency unfolding in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, warn UN agencies
Chile ratifies Protocol to Convention No. 29, reaffirming its commitment to fight against forced labour
Healthy diets ‘nearly impossible’ for 1.9 billion in Asia-Pacific: UN report
Decent work for fishing and seafood migrant workers in Asia Pacific
East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
‘Swift action’ needed in Tigray to save thousands at risk, UNHCR warns
Independent panel finds critical early failings in COVID-19 response
‘Halt and reverse’ new settlement construction – UN chief
Spectre of unrest, violent repression looming over Haiti, warns UN rights office
UN agencies supporting mammoth India COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Two UN peacekeepers killed in an ambush in Central African Republic
Political chief highlights crucial cooperation between UN and Arab League
Guterres commends Libya forum for breakthrough on interim leadership deal
UN rights office ‘deeply troubled’ by Russian activist Aleksei Navalny’s arrest
Violent attempt at UN Capitol to ‘overturn’ election, shocking and incendiary: independent UN experts
WHO chief warns against ‘catastrophic moral failure’ in COVID-19 vaccine access
UN chief calls for protection of civilians, as violence spikes in Sudan’s West Darfur
Guterres welcomes Palestinian announcement of elections as ‘crucial step’ towards unity
Peacekeepers under attack again in Mali, as one Egyptian blue helmet dies, another seriously injured
Syrian refugee makes cheese to survive pandemic
Myanmar child workers risking their lives for stones
Azerbaijan: UNESCO blind to Armenian destructions