Release - The United Nations (UN) has welcomed the British Virgin Islands’ (BVI’s) recommendation that “resilience” feature in all UN programmes implemented in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean which are aimed at accelerating sustainable development. The recommendation was made at the recent inaugural Joint-Steering Committee
UN News - Commitments made last year at a landmark UN conference to transform education globally must be translated into action, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message to mark the International Day of Education. He called for countries to deliver education systems “that can support equal societies, dynamic economies
UN News - China is “making enormous progress and effort” to get every older adult vaccinated against COVID-19, the UN health agency said, while also cautioning that it will take time to protect everyone. Dr. Kate O’Brien from the World Health Organization (WHO) explained that the
UN News - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health risks in the world. Now, the UN health agency WHO is pledging to work more closely with them, to help save and
UN News - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), the second-leading infectious killer after COVID-19 and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide. Tedros announced the
UN News - The UN weather agency, WMO, said that 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, adding to deep concerns that the likelihood of breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement “is increasing with time”. In an alert, the
UN News - A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published have revealed. In 2021, an estimated five million boys
UN News - World food prices declined for the ninth consecutive month in December, though many commodities are still at record highs, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported. The UN agency has published its latest Food Price Index (FFPI) which tracks the monthly international prices of cereals,
UN News - The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in his first virtual briefing for the year. “We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive,
UN News - As COVID-19 infections surge in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency on Tuesday, to discuss the next steps. In Geneva, a spokesperson for the WHO confirmed during a scheduled press briefing that Chinese scientists had been invited to participate in
