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UN adopts plan to cut road traffic deaths and injuries by 50 per cent
New York, June 30 – The UN General Assembly has adopted a political declaration committing member states to set up policies that will halve the
June 30, 2022
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UN urges coordinated efforts to solve global food crisis at G7 summit
Schloss Elmau, Germany/New York, June 24 – Despite the Ukraine war, an effective solution to the current world’s food crisis requires the reintegration into world
June 24, 2022
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Pressure grows for G7’s action to avert global food crisis
New York, June 23 – The group of seven most industrialized countries in the world has been asked to take swift and decisive action to
June 23, 2022
Health
WHO calls for transforming mental health care as Covid-19 drives up mental disorders
Geneva/New York, June 17 – The World Health Organization has called for urgently transforming the global mental health care as nearly 1 billion people were living with a mental disorder
June 17, 2022
Conflict
Ukraine war exposes 1.6 billion people to high food and energy prices or finance tightening, new UN report says
New York, June 8 – Russia’s war in Ukraine has triggered a global crisis that is exposing 1.6 billion people in 94 countries to either high food prices
June 8, 2022
Health
WHO: Climate change poses serious risks; nearly 1 billion people living with mental conditions
Geneva/New York, June 3 – The World Health Organization issued a policy brief warning that climate change is a serious risk to people’s mental health
June 3, 2022
Environment
UN: Accelerate action to fight climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution
Stockholm/New York, June 2 – The United Nations has called for accelerating progress made in the past 50 years to protect planet earth’s environment as
June 2, 2022
Health
WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental impact
Geneva, May 31 —The World Health Organization (WHO) has today revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human
May 31, 2022
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UN human rights chief urges China to “review” its policies against the Uyghur people
Guangzhou/New York, May 28 – Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on the Chinese government to review its widely criticized
May 28, 2022
Conflict
UN: Over 100 million people forced to flee conflict and persecution for the first time on record
Geneva/New York, May 23 – The United Nations refugee agency said a record number of over 100 million people have been forced to flee war,
May 23, 2022
Economy
UN calls for “goodwill on all sides” of Ukraine war to resolve global food crisis
New York, May 18 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he has been in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the
May 18, 2022
Economy
Fragile economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic upended by war in Ukraine
Amid rising inflationary pressures, UN revises global growth estimates downwards for 2022 (Following is a news release from the UN) New York, 18 May – The war in
May 18, 2022