Sustainability
UN appeals to all Somalis to ‘come together’ in fight against COVID-19 pandemic
“The UN family in Somalia stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Somalia during this testing time”, UN Special Representative for...
‘Defining moment’ in Afghanistan requires leaders to work together, top UN official tells Security Council
Ingrid Hayden, also Officer-in-Charge at the UN mission in the country, UNAMA, reported that despite international engagement, President Ashraf Ghani...
COVID-19 likely to shrink global GDP by almost one per cent in 2020
Bold and urgent policy measures needed to protect the most vulnerable and promote sustainability. New York, 1 April – The...
Coronavirus necessitates global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies: UN health chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in Geneva on Monday that he had spoken to trade ministers from the world’s leading...
‘Immediate nationwide ceasefire’ needed for all-out effort to counter COVID-19 in Syria
“We need the kind of sustained period of calm that a nationwide ceasefire would ensure because we need cooperation to...
First Person: Humankind’s ‘modern mentality to tame’ the environment: A volcanologist’s view
Ken Rubin is a professor of volcanology and geochemistry specializing in volcanoes and sea level change. Based in the Department...
UN launches major humanitarian appeal to keep COVID-19 from ‘circling back around the globe’
At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director...
Iraq: Top UN official calls on political leaders to confront COVID-19 pandemic and unite
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country, issued a message on Thursday in which she also urged...
First Person: Heartbreak and hope – one doctor’s story from China’s coronavirus ground zero
Since the original outbreak of the coronavirus in Hubei, China, at the end of January, 346 medical teams, from 29...
COVID-19: UN envoy hails strong Israel-Palestine cooperation
Mr. Mladenov’s comments were made during a telephone conversation with the other members of the Middle East Quartet, a body...
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