UN News - As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency said that it was crucial that more is done to help all countries receive lifesaving coronavirus jabs as quickly as possible. The development comes as a senior
Lauran Neergaard and Carla Johnson, AP News - Pandemics do eventually end, even if omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. But it won’t be like flipping a light switch: The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that’s not going away. The ultra-contagious
UN News - There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at WHO Headquarters in Geneva that it was
GIS - Barbados has signed the new United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, which will cover the period 2022-2026. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Didier Trebucq, signed the document on Friday, during a brief
UN News - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented by 2030, if low and lower-middle-income countries were to make an additional investment of less than a dollar per person each year, in the prevention and
UN News - A Caribbean-based prime minister, a scientist, a group of indigenous women, and an entrepreneur are this year’s winners of the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth awards. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the all-female Champions were chosen for their impact and leadership in
UN News - School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according to an UN-backed report issued. The projection is among the findings of The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery, published by the World Bank, the UN
UN News - As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries not to panic but to prepare for its likely spread. Heralding South Africa’s and Botswana’s decision to report the appearance of the Omicron coronavirus mutation last
UN News - The head of the UN health agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the past few days to stop the spread of the Omicron variant. In a statement on Tuesday, the World Health Organization Director-General said that it was “deeply concerning” that
UN News - Global trade is expected to be worth about $28 trillion this year - an increase of 23 per cent compared with 2020 - but the outlook for 2022 remains very uncertain, UN economists said This strong growth in demand – for goods, as opposed
