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The disregard for children’s rights amid war and upheaval “is shocking and heartbreaking”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday during a high-level open debate in the Security Council, held virtually. Mr. Guterres urged warring parties to prioritize the prevention…
A UN report said on Monday that nearly 20,000 boys and girls were victims of "grave violations" during wars worldwide in 2020. The tally of over 19,300 "grave violations" includes the recruitment and use of children by armed groups, killing…
The Nala Feminist Collective led by Aya Chebbi, the first appointed Youth Special Envoy to the African Union, has drafted the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto that will be presented to global leaders at the Generation Equality Forum. It’s a…
A 400-million-dollar partnership between the World Bank and the African Union was announced Tuesday to finance the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine for people in Africa. World Bank Managing Operations Director Axel van Trotsenburg said the World Bank is…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, have condemned the handing over of 270 migrants and refugees to the Libyan Coast Guard by the ship named “Vos Triton”, sailing under the flag of Gibraltar. The ship was said to…
The UN’s health agency says suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The World Health Organisation’s latest estimates, published on Thursday in “Suicide worldwide in 2019” show that more people die every year as a result of…
British lawmakers failed to force a vote Monday on the government’s cut to foreign aid spending, sparing Prime Minister Boris Johnson from a potentially embarrassing defeat before he hosts the Group of Seven summit this weekend. However, the non-partisan speaker…
They World Health Organization says 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses are reported every year. It says 420, 000 people died in 2010, due to such diseases as salmonella and E.coli infection, a third of them children under five years of…
The United Nations said in a new report on Monday that more people around the world have gained access to electricity during the past decade. It said, however that the number still not connected has grown in Nigeria, the Democratic…
Ahead of World Environment Day on June 5 and amid demands from scientists and grassroots organizers for global systemic changes, two United Nations agencies on Thursday launched the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration with a report that serves as a…
China reported the world's first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low. China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in an online statement that a 41-year-old…
A UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found that Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment. The scientific review looks at 15 plant pests that have…
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