A third of the world remains totally unvaccinated against COVID: Tedros
âThis is not acceptable to me, and it should not be acceptable to anyoneâ, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. âIf the worldâs rich are enjoying the...
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World can end ‘downward humanitarian spiral’ of Afghanistan
Food security levels have plunged at an alarming rate, leaving half the population facing acute hunger, including nine million in a state of emergency food...
World can end ‘downward humanitarian spiral’ of Afghanistan
Food security levels have plunged at an alarming rate, leaving half the population facing acute hunger, including nine million in a state of emergency food...
UN Dubai Forum: Women entrepreneurs call for greater access to financing
Addressing the panel on uplifting women entrepreneurship, Farida Al Awadhi, the Chairperson of Emirates Businesswomen Council, said: âUnfortunately, women in Middle East and the Arab...
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
âWhen children are not able to interact with their teachers and their peers directly, their learning suffers,â said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. âWhen they...
‘Staggering number’ of unintended pregnancies reveals failure to uphold women’s rightsÂ
The ground-breaking Seeing the Unseen: The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy, warns that this human rights crisis has âprofound consequences...
Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought impact worsens
âUnless the current trajectory is corrected, Sudan will head towards economic and security collapse as well as significant humanitarian suffering,â Volker Perthes, the Secretary-Generalâs Special...
Consensus emerging on many issues, UN’s Sudan envoy tells Security Council
âUnless the current trajectory is corrected, Sudan will head towards economic and security collapse as well as significant humanitarian suffering,â Volker Perthes, the Secretary-Generalâs Special...
Entrepreneurship, investment key to achieving SDGs and resilient post-pandemic recovery
Held under the aegis of Dubai Exhibition Centre at Dubai Expo 2020, it is the 4th edition of the bi-annual World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum (WEIF...
Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’
Members of the Internal Security Agency (ISA) of the internationally-recognized Government in Tripoli, and State-affiliated armed groups, have, in recent months, arbitrarily detained some human...