Ukraine: FAO and EU in $15.5 million bid to avert food crisis threat
With funding from the European Union, the project will help sustain agricultural production in Ukraine, after Russia’s full-scale invasion last February forced many rural producers to scale down or abandon…
WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge
“We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive, real-time viral sequencing,” he said, speaking from Geneva. WHO is…
Syria: Rights experts call for renewal of cross-border aid resolution
They warned of the dire consequences of not renewing Resolution 2642, which is set to expire on 10 January. “If the cross-border resolution is not renewed, the already desperate humanitarian…
COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
In Geneva, a spokesperson for the WHO confirmed during a scheduled press briefing that Chinese scientists had been invited to participate in a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on…
Syria: Security Council advised to extend cross-border aid access ‘without delay’
The joint statement was issued by the heads of the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA), International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health…
Ukraine: ‘Multiple civilian causalities’ as new year dawns
Citing UN humanitarian colleagues, he informed the media at the regular daily press briefing that intensified violence in different regions of the war-torn country caused “multiple civilian casualties”, which included…
Colombia: ‘Renewed hope’ for consolidating peace says Guterres
The breakthrough was announced on 1 January by the first-ever leftist president of the South American nation, Gustavo Petro, who tweeted that he was seeking “total peace”, in the light…
UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion
The blast in Boksburg severely damaged the roof of the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital there, killing and injuring dozens while also reportedly destroying houses and cars. Initial…
‘Tireless’ in pursuit of peace: Guterres pays tribute to former Pope Benedict
Secretary-General António Guterres said he had learned of his passing, “with great sadness”, describing him as a “humble man of prayer and study.” Defender of human rights “Principled in his faith,…
Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds
However, the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region, published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) projects post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts to…