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ConflictUkraine 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 ...
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HealthWHO: 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 ...
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EnvironmentUN: 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 ...
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HealthNewsWHO 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 ...
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NewsUN 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 ...
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ConflictNewsUN: 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, ...
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EconomyUN 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 ...
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EconomyFragile 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 ...
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NewsWorld’s leading economies and EU blame Russia’s war in Ukraine for global food insecurity
Weissenhaus, Germany/New York, May 14 – The world’s seven leading economies (G7) and the European Union said in a statement concluding their three-day meeting in ...
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NewsUN reports nearly half of Afghanistan’s population suffer acute hunger
Kabul/New York, May 9 – An estimated 19.7 million Afghan people, or nearly half of the country’s population, are facing acute hunger because of a ...
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ConflictUN leader bluntly told Russian President Putin that war violates the UN Charter
New York, May 5 – Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general, said he did not mince words when he visited Moscow and told Russian President Vladimir ...
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NewsUN, European Union warn of alarming rise of acute hunger – 193 million people in 53 countries affected
Following are news releases: The international community calls for a shift towards better prevention, anticipation, and targeting to address the root causes of food crises. ...
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