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UNICEF sounds alarm over water cuts in Syria as efforts ramp up to prevent COVID-19 spread
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its relief partners in Syria are warning that water disruptions in the country’s war-battered north-east could exacerbate risks posed by the global coronavirus pandemic.…
Water access critical to beating back COVID-19 spread in slum areas
As regular hand washing is a key tool in combating COVID-19, the UN and its partners are taking steps to ensure people living in informal settlements have access to running water at this critical time, according to the agency…
COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’
In an appeal issued on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged warring parties across the world to lay down their weapons in support of the bigger battle against COVID-19: the common enemy that is now threatening all of…
World Water Day: Often overlooked, water resources are essential part of solution to climate change
On World Water Day, the United Nations launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change will require major shifts in the way we use and reuse the Earth’s limited water resources.…
Reaching ‘beyond the possible’ in Hawaii to meet sustainability goals
The people and government of the US state of Hawaii will reach “beyond the possible” to make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality; The SDGs are a set of targets agreed by countries around the world to reduce…
‘Count every drop, every drop counts’: UN weather agency calls for better water data on World…
Floods, extreme rainfall, droughts and melting glaciers…many of the major signs of climate change involve water. On this year’s World Meteorological Day, the UN weather agency (WMO) is reinforcing the message of World Water Day, by…
Washington Post: A shameful virtual media blackout on Yemen
The American newspaper ‘Washington Post’ said on Friday that what is happening in Yemen with the killing of civilians and innocent people with the attacks of the Saudi coalition, is offset by a media blackout in most foreign newspapers…
Another ‘tragic milestone’: Reported cases of COVID-19 pass 200,000, says UN health chief
It took three months to reach the first 100,000 cases of COVID-19 but only 12 days to double that, to reach over 200,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
“Every day, COVID-19 seems to…
Coronavirus deaths rise in China to 3,237
Chinese health authorities reported Tuesday 11 new coronavirus deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 3,237.
They also announced that only 16 new infections had been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the number to 80,894.…
South-East Asian countries urged to ‘do more’ to fight COVID-19
With South-East Asia reporting more than 480 cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for countries to “act now” and urgently scale-up “aggressive” measures to tackle the disease.…