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. ...
UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’
Arguing that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that countries “must take concrete action in the coming...
UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President
After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum...
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his...
Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence
Whether at home, at work, in the streets or even online, women and girls across the world remain highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, something...
2021 Revealed the Fragility of Food Systems
ROME, Dec 16 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)The end of...
A CDC panel recommends mRNA COVID-19 vaccines over J&J’s, citing fewer risks
An advisory committee for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously December 16 to recommend mRNA COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson &...
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...
Doubling Adaptation Finance can be an Opportunity for the Worlds Poorest
BANGKOK / MELBOURNE, Dec 16 (IPS) – Amid several disappointments of the 2021 UN climate conference in Glasgow, one sign of hope was the...
High Yield Seeds Could Address Food Shortages and Place Africa on Track to Zero Hunger – Experts
Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 16 (IPS) – Rahab Munene’s shoe selling business crumbled at the height of COVID-19 in 2020. She traded the enterprise for...
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