UN envoy urges dialogue to end political impasse in Iraq
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative in Iraq, briefed the Security Council in New York, warning that “public disillusion is running
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International Health News
Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million
Julien Harneis, Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan, told journalists in Geneva on Monday that there would be an increase in child
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Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north
The protracted conflict in the three northern regions have heightened risks of trafficking for sexual exploitation as a form of
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Policy mistakes could trigger worse recession than 2007 crisis: UNCTAD
“There is still time to step back from the edge of recession,” said UNCTAD chief Rebeca Grynspan. ‘Political will’ “This
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More action and investment needed in cities to end ‘cascade of challenges’
Secretary-General António Guterres declared that “from climate chaos and conflicts to COVID-19”, the most vulnerable were being hit the hardest. Amplifying
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Rights experts decry shut down of civic space in Nicaragua
Clément Voule, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and Association, and Pedro Vaca Villareal, IACHR Special Rapporteur on Freedom
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Haiti: UN supports Government efforts to quell cholera outbreak
The case was identified using the cholera surveillance mechanism, established by the Haitian authorities and supported by the United Nations.
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UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’
“A third of Pakistan flooded. Europe’s hottest summer in 500 years. The Philippines hammered. The whole of Cuba in black-out.
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Migration becomes a trending topic at New York Fashion Week
It’s not quite rags to riches, but No Nation Fashion has come a long way from its beginnings in Bosnia
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Burkina Faso: UN chief condemns any attempt to seize power by the force of arms
Allegedly, Capt. Ibrahim Traore appeared on Friday on national television announcing that Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who overthrew
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