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Guterres opens Global Disability Summit with inclusivity call
- UN News
The Global Disability Summit began on Wednesday in Oslo, where UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all countries to do more to put people living with disabilities “front and centre” of their post-COVID recovery plans.
When the Fate of Half Our Planet is being Discussed, it's too Important to Shut out Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Feb 16 (IPS) - Over the past two weeks, a petition signed by almost five million people globally was handed in to governments around the world. It called for a Global Ocean Treaty to help rescue our oceans.
Sharp escalation in fighting across Yemen risks spiralling out of control
- UN News
Recent attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia indicate how the conflict in Yemen risks spiralling out of control, the chief UN mediator for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, as he called for “serious efforts” to be made by Yemeni parties, the region and the international community, to end the fighting, now in its seventh year.
Human rights defenders threatened at Poland-Belarus border
- UN News
Independent UN experts expressed deep concern on Tuesday over allegations that human rights defenders have been threatened at the Polish-Belarusian border, including media workers and interpreters.
Somalia: Elections must be finalized amid worsening drought, Security Council hears
- UN News
Somalia’s leaders must put aside their differences and urgently conclude a credible election process, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, noting that national elections are now more than a year behind schedule and women’s representation remains significantly off-track.
‘Our Common Agenda’: Guterres’ Open Door to Corporate Capture of the UN
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (IPS) - On 10 September 2021, UN Secretary-General (SG) Antonio Guterres released the “Our Common Agenda” (OCA) report. This report was in response to a request from UN member states to “report back before the end of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly with recommendations to advance our common agenda and to respond to current and future challenges”.
WASH Interventions Key to Reaching Africa's Child Health Milestones
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 15 (IPS) - For two days in a row back in 2018, four-year-old Calvin Otieno suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting, and his mother responded by giving him a salt solution.
Concern over low vaccination rates as ‘Omicron tidal wave’ floods Eastern Europe, Central Asia
- UN News
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official in Europe on Tuesday called on governments and health authorities to “closely examine” why there is low demand and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines, as an “Omicron tidal wave” slams countries in the east of the region.
WHO alert over childhood cancer inequalities in Europe
- UN News
Progress in the overall survival rate for children with cancer is uneven across Europe, with a significant proportion of the thousands diagnosed with cancer each year, still dying, the UN health agency WHO alerted on Tuesday.
Peasants Marginalized by Big Farmers
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 (IPS) - A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study shows the largest farms cultivate a high and increasing share of agricultural land in much of the world.
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