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Five things you should know about disposable masks and plastic pollution
The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars, but UN agencies and partners insist that, if effective measures are put into…
Pro-aggression Government Kills Yemeni Children with Expired Vaccine
Millions of dollars earned by the World Health Organization from countries for the so-called protection of childhood in Yemen, by contracting with pharmaceutical companies to produce polio vaccines, or “vaccination” drug formulations as a…
Human rights report details ‘heartbreaking’ accounts of women detained in DPRK
Women forcibly returned to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are subjected to torture, ill treatment, sexual abuse, and other violations, according to a report published on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights office.…
UN-African Union mission condemns recent spate of deadly attacks in Darfur
The joint UN-African Union Mission in Darfur, UNAMID, is calling for the Sudanese Government to arrest those responsible for the recent spike in violent attacks against peaceful protestors, civilians and displaced persons in…
Yemen: Crisis reaches new low, top UN officials tell Security Council
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has never been worse, with conflict escalating, famine on the horizon, the economy in tatters and COVID-19 out of control, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday as they issued a…
Forced labour, prostitution and child marriages: rescuing victims of trafficking in Malawi
Human trafficking is a problem in Malawi, with teenage boys forced to work as farm labourers, and young women to sexual exploitation in nightclubs or bars. The UN is supporting the Malawian governments to end the practice and…
Yemen’s delegate to UN: Griffiths works as British envoy, not as international mediator
Yemen’s representative to the United Nations, Umm Kulthum Baalawi, confirmed on Tuesday that the UN envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths has worked as British envoy and not as international mediator.
Baalawi affirmed that Griffiths did not…
US coronavirus death toll tops 150,000
The United States in the past 24 hours have recorded 1,592 new deaths of corona virus, statistics show.
According to Johns Hopkins University, this is the first time that the number has exceeded 1,200 deaths since last May, nearly two…
WHO: Corona Outbreak Is The World’s Most Serious Emergency, And The Pandemic Is Accelerating
The World Health Organization confirmed, today, Monday, that it considered the pandemic of the new Corona virus, the most serious emergency declared worldwide, noting that the spread of the disease is accelerating.
“It is clear…
Chris Murphy: Arming Riyadh and the UAE with drones means killing more Yemenis
US Senator Chris Murphy has announced his intention to introduce a bill banning Trump from selling drones to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Murphy said in a series of tweets that completing the deal could lead to more…