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Category: International
UNHCR recommends the end of refugee status for Ivorians...
Following an in-depth analysis of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, recommended on Thursday that count...
Artificial intelligence can help halve road deaths by 2...
Countries and investors need to step up the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to keep roads safe for everyone, ...
COVID-induced inequities demand ‘New Social Contract’ s...
COVID-19 has “laid bare deep structural inequalities” everywhere, further widening a multitude of gaps, both within and between co...
COVID-19: Global vaccine plan aims to end ‘two-track pa...
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make v...
Cotton sustains more than 100 million families worldwid...
A single metric tonne of cotton provides jobs for five people on average, often in some of the world’s most impoverished regions; ...
Inequalities between ethnic groups are stark, new UN re...
Differences in so-called multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, according to a ...
Guterres criticizes ‘unprecedented expulsion’ of staff ...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continu...
WHO endorses ‘historic’ malaria vaccine for at-risk chi...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health age...
Disarmament chief asks States to ‘redouble efforts’ to ...
The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs told the Security Council on Wednesday that “States should redouble efforts” to en...
Afghanistan: Humanitarians call for greater support as ...
UN humanitarian agencies and their partners on Tuesday urged countries to honour their pledges to Afghanistan, as they rush to sca...
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with 3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new de...
BTS and UNICEF celebrate 4 years of the 'Love Myself' c...
Since 2017, a campaign by South Korean superstars BTS, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reached almost every country in the...