“When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Some 60 per cent of the world’s undernourished people live in areas affected by
UN News - The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern over the current COVID-19 outbreak in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), where no public vaccination programme has been put in place, reiterating its commitment to support the country's response to the pandemic. In
UN News - The risk of monkeypox transmission in the United Kingdom is minimal following a confirmed case of the rare and sometimes fatal animal-bourne disease, said the World Health Organization (WHO). On 7 May, UK health authorities notified WHO of the confirmed case of an individual who
KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM, AP News—Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across North Korea, state media said Friday, a day after the country acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic. North
Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, AP News - North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread
UN News - There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, and the likelihood is increasing with time, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), published on Tuesday
UN News - Against the backdrop of shifting population demographics, conflicts, post-pandemic shocks and climate change, the developing world is on the brink of a “perfect storm” of debt, food and energy crises, experts warned the Commission on Population and Development. While sounding the alarm over
UN News - Youth activism has been “pushing the world forward,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet told Day 1 of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)’s annual Youth Forum on Tuesday. “From the streets of every corner of the world to the online
Media Release - The Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at The University of the West Indies is pleased to announce the reappointment of its Director, Professor Verene A. Shepherd, to the position of Chair of the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
UN News - Although safe and effective COVID-19 vaccinations are available, the pandemic is still far from over, and countries affected by conflict are in danger of being left behind, the UN Security Council heard on Monday. Ambassadors met to review the implementation of two resolutions:
