Edited News | WHO , UNOG
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday that a critical shortage of vaccines has left some countries unable to start COVID-19 inoculation campaigns, while insisting on a “vaccines and” - rather than a “vaccines-only” – approach to prevent infections spreading.
Edited News | UNHCR , OCHA , WFP , IOM
Grave concern for women and children targeted in northern Mozambique violence: Disturbing reports of targeted attacks against civilians have continued to emerge from the northern Mozambique town of Palma, marking a serious escalation of violence and volatility in the Cabo Delgado region.
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
UN-Habitat report calls for post COVID-19 cities to lead the way to a fairer, greener and healthier future. A new report by UN-Habitat published on Tuesday demonstrated how cities can re-duce the impact of future pandemics and become more equitable, healthy and envi-ronmentally friendly.
Edited News | UNHCR
UN humanitarians reported on Friday that aid teams have reached two camps for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region for the first time since fighting began in November, only to find them destroyed and the former occupants “scattered”.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN’s top rights forum passed resolutions on Wednesday condemning abuses of fundamental freedoms in Belarus and Myanmar, in response to ongoing concerns over the human rights situation in both countries.
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
UNITAID and partners announce new preventive treatment for latent Tuberculosis
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The United Nations Human Rights Council has been given a mandate to collect and preserve information and evidence of crimes related to Sri Lanka's 37-year long civil war that ended in 2009.
Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
UNITAID World Tuberculosis Day - Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world
Edited News | WFP , FAO
UNOG Bi-weekly press briefing: Hunger Hotspots Report Launch - FAO - WFP 23 March 2021