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Libya: Security Council backs ceasefire mechanism, calls for withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries
- UN News
The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution which calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya and gives the green light for a UN team to monitor last October’s historic ceasefire agreement.
Vaccine equity the ‘challenge of our time’, WHO chief declares, as governments call for solidarity, sharing
- UN News
With the number of new COVID-19 cases nearly doubling over the past two months, approaching the highest infection rate the world has seen during the pandemic, the unequal distribution of vaccines is not only a moral outrage, but economically and epidemiologically self-defeating, the head of the UN health agency told a special ministerial meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday.
Guterres urges cities to embrace ‘generational opportunity’ for climate action, sustainable development
- UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General, on Friday, called for a “revolution” in urban planning and urban transport to beat back impacts of climate change and build a green and sustainable future for all.
COVID-19 infections approaching highest rates ever, WHO warns
- UN News
COVID-19 infections are approaching their highest rates since the pandemic began just over a year ago, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday.
INTERVIEW: Myanmar military increasing efforts to keep truth from getting out, UN expert says
- UN News
The crackdown on journalists, cutting off the Internet and disrupting the flow of information across Myanmar, is “not working”, and the world is not buying the military leadership’s “propaganda” that it is exercising restraint against protesters, the UN independent human rights expert on the country has said, in an in-depth interview with UN News.
Northeast Nigeria violence forces 65,000 to flee, humanitarians targeted by armed groups
- UN News
A spate of clashes involving Government security forces and insurgent groups in northeast Nigeria has caused mass displacement and threatened humanitarian assistance, as armed groups go “house-to-house” hunting for aid workers, the UN said on Friday.
Trafficking Survivor & Son Born of Rape Face Daily Discrimination Upon Return to Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
BENIN CITY, Nigeria, Apr 16 (IPS) - In this video Sam Olukoya interviews a young woman who was trafficked from her home in Nigeria after recruiters promised her a better life in Europe. Instead she was abandoned in Libya and sexually assaulted and abused.
World Moving Towards a Devastating Marriage of Artificial Intelligence & Weapons of War
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Apr 16 (IPS) - Landmines are among the most insidious and cruel weapons of all, because they do not distinguish between armed soldiers, civilians or even children.
‘Inequality virus’ threatens ‘catastrophe for all’ unless crisis can be overcome together
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to “an even more unequal world”, the Deputy UN chief said on Thursday, speaking at the closing session of the Financing for Development (FfD) Forum, with many lower-income countries now seeing development gains reversed.
Global Austerity Alert: Looming Budget Cuts in 2021-25 and Alternatives
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK and NAIROBI, Apr 15 (IPS) - Last week Ministers of Finance met virtually at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to discuss policies to tackle the pandemic and socio-economic recovery.
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