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COVID-19: WHO urges Europeans to be smart and safe this holiday season
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reminding Europeans to remain vigilant against COVID-19 spread as they round out the year with friends and family.
Migrant workers still at great risk despite key role in global economy
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the key role that migrant workers play in the global economy, as well as the “terrible risks” that they are forced to take, to find work.
Doubling Adaptation Finance can be an Opportunity for the World's Poorest
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK / MELBOURNE, Dec 16 (IPS) - Amid several disappointments of the 2021 UN climate conference in Glasgow, one sign of hope was the agreement on financing for adaptation to climate change. Developed countries agreed to double adaptation finance for poorer nations by 2025, from 2019 levels.
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over
- UN News
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province that began in October, is officially over, national health authorities announced this Thursday.
Energy Inequality in Latin America Exacerbated by Pandemic, High Prices
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (IPS) - The effects of the covid-19 pandemic and high energy prices have had an impact on the consumption of polluting fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean, exacerbating energy poverty in the region.
Venezuela violated jurist’s rights, UN Human Rights Committee says
- UN News
Venezuela violated a jurist’s right to be tried by an independent tribunal and his right to the presumption of innocence, the UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday.
COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Americas triple in 2021
- UN News
Compared to the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was “undoubtedly worse” for the Americas, where infections and deaths tripled, the top UN health official there reported on Wednesday.
South Sudan: ‘Headwinds’ warning from UN mission chief over peace accord
- UN News
The UN Special Representative in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, issued a warning to the Security Council on Wednesday that new “headwinds” could threaten the country’s fragile peace accord, following years of brutal civil conflict.
Rights defenders under attack in Asia – UN experts
- UN News
Reprisals against human rights defenders were in the spotlight on Wednesday as UN independent experts documented instances of abuse in Indonesia and Pakistan.
Youth at Forefront of Climate Change Action Will Make Biggest Impact
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 15 (IPS) - On Gladys Habu’s birthday, she filmed a message to world leaders while standing waist-deep in the sea next to a dead tree stump – the only remnant of Kale Island now submerged underwater due to climate-change-induced sea-level rise.
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