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:
Yuras Karmanau, Adam Schreck, and Cara Anna | AP News - The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city and that the death toll could surpass 20,000, as
UN News - Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines “to every person, everywhere” – not simply in the wealthiest nations, said the UN chief. Secretary-General António Guterres was addressing the GAVI COVAX international vaccine equity initiative’s Advance Market Commitment Summit 2022, which
UN News - The world’s plant protection body met on Tuesday, aiming to set new plant health standards to both safeguard human wellbeing and preserve food security, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Plant pests and diseases cause food crop losses of up
Antigua and Barbuda became the first OECS territory to establish a UN Common Premises. This will see resident UN offices and agencies operating under one roof. This key milestone for the twin-island state comes as Antigua and Barbuda, and the wider region prepares to embark on a
UN News - The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in last November’s COP26, gathering in Glasgow, is now on “life support” and “in intensive care,” the UN chief told the Economist Sustainability Summit on
CARICOM Secretariat – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has restated its condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the military attacks which has caused more than 1.7 million people to flee the country since 24 February, according to data from the UN Refugee Agency.A statement issued following the conclusion of the
UN News - The impact of extreme weather on Madagascar is an example of the “runaway humanitarian needs” the world will face unless it takes action to tackle the climate crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The warning comes after tropical cyclone Emnati made landfall on
UN News - The world is facing “a moment of peril,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a General Assembly session on Wednesday dedicated to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. “It is time for restraint, reason and de-escalation. There is no place for actions and statements
UN News - A new project launched on Monday by two UN agencies aims to improve the diet of school-age children by supporting the development of nutrition standards for school meal programmes. In many countries school meals represent a significant portion of children’s daily diets, the
