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Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop ‘before it’s too late’, Griffiths tells Security Council
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday that a recent upsurge in violence between pro-Government and rebel forces following weeks of relative calm, had to end “before it’s too…
2019: A deadly year for migrants crossing the Americas
More than 800 people died last year crossing deserts, rivers and remote lands while migrating across the Americas, making 2019 one of deadliest years on record, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.…
New Coronavirus Spreading Fast, Killing More People in China
Over 105 people are confirmed dead as a result of contacting the new coronavirus in China, and more than 4,500 others have been infected in the country.
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said Tuesday that most of the 106 deaths were…
Societies must unite against ‘global crisis of antisemitic hatred’, Guterres urges
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, and the six million Jews and others murdered on Nazi orders during the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a ceremony…
Aviation Authority condemns international silence and continued blockade on Sana’a airport
The General Authority for Civil Aviation and Meteorology of Yemen has called the continued Saudi-imposed blockade of Sana’a International Airport “a genocide against Yemeni patients.”
“Sana’a International Airport would not have…
Nearly 5 million children in need due to rising violence in central Sahel: UNICEF
A surge in violence in the central Sahel region in Africa means nearly five million children will need humanitarian assistance this year, up from 4.3 million, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.…
Libya: UN report urges accountability for deadly attack against migrant centre
Warring parties in Libya, as well as foreign governments supporting them, are being urged to investigate deadly airstrikes last July which killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at a detention centre in the northwest of the…
‘Green economy’ pioneer Pavan Sukhdev wins 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Renowned environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev was awarded on Monday the 2020 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, recognizing his groundbreaking ‘green economy’ work.…
UN health agency team in China to strengthen coronavirus response through partnership
The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is in China to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak with senior Government officials.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and colleagues …
UN heath agency: Time is now to ‘act as one’ in fighting infectious coronavirus
Following confirmed cases of the Novel coronavirus in Europe, the United Nations health agency released a statement on the need for the international community to work together as one to combat the infectious disease.…