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WHO to G20 Health Ministers: Meet COVID-19 pledges, support regional vaccine manufacturing
- UN News
Despite hopes that by now the pandemic would be under control, the head of the UN’s health agency told the G20 leading industrialized nations Health Ministers Meeting in Rome on Sunday that “the opposite is true”.
Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief calls for ‘rights…well-being’ of women
- UN News
Women in Afghanistan play a “critical role” in delivering aid, the UN Humanitarian told the leadership of the Taliban in Kabul on Sunday, calling on all parties to “ensure their rights, safety and well-being”.
Syria: Prevent ‘entire generation from being lost’, urges UN humanitarian chief
- UN News
Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for “greater access and expanded funding”, to better help them.
FROM THE FIELD: Bringing aid to Haiti, a country at breaking point
- UN News
Humanitarian workers supporting relief efforts in Haiti following the devastation caused by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake, are contending with widespread insecurity, including gang violence, as well as logistical challenges, as they try to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people.
Journalists in Hiding to IPS: Silencing Women Journalists, is Silencing the Voice of Afghan Women
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sep 03 (IPS) - “If I fall into the hands of the Taliban, not only me but my family will be killed,” said AB, 23*, who worked as a broadcast journalist for the past seven years and is a well-known face on the television screen.
Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner: UN rights experts
- UN News
The imminent execution of an Iranian Kurdish prisoner must be halted and his death sentence repealed, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Internationally Trained Medical Doctors are Part of the Solution in Post-Covid-19 Canadian Healthcare System
- Inter Press Service
Sep 03 (IPS) - Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right, but for many, especially those in vulnerable communities, the right is not fully realized.
Haiti earthquake: Waterborne disease poses new threat to children
- UN News
A crippling earthquake followed by plummeting rains have put some 540,000 children in southwest Haiti at risk of life-threatening waterborne diseases, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
‘Major’ humanitarian crisis looms in Afghanistan, as UN convenes fundraising conference
- UN News
A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned again on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders. To address the crisis, the UN announced a major fundraising conference to take place in Geneva on 13 September.
Lebanon: Almost three-quarters of the population living in poverty
- UN News
Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year and now affects about 74% of the population, warned the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Friday.
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