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HealthWorld Health Assembly plans fall meeting to discuss international treaty to deal with future pandemics
Geneva/New York, May 31 – The World Health Assembly decided to meet in November to work out an international treaty that would provide the organization ...
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EnvironmentNews feature: World ignores warnings to leave nature alone to prevent future pandemics, UN says
New York, May 23 – At the height of the coronavirus explosion in mid-2020, experts warned that nature harbored 540,000 to 850,000 unknown viruses that
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NewsUN marks International Tea Day, projects steady tea production growth in coming years
Rome/New York, May 20 – United Nations organizations marked the annual International Tea Day for the second year under the coronavirus pandemic. There are meaningful ...
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TechnologyUN: Science, technology and innovation can help post-pandemic recovery
New York, May 17 – While the world is still struggling to end the pandemic with massive vaccination campaigns, the United Nations called for advanced ...
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NewsWorld Press Freedom Day (May 3rd) under the pandemic; news organizations face the threat of extinction
(Editor’s note: news sources from UN News, UNESCO; survey. Photo: UNAMA/Fardin Waezi) New York, April 29 – News organizations
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NewsUN adopts first resolution to prevent drowning; over 2.5 million lives lost in past 10 years
New York, April 28 – For the first time in its 75-year history, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on governments worldwide ...
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ClimateUS shows leadership in action on climate change; world leaders join virtual meeting to pledge new goals
Washington/New York, April 22 – US President Joe Biden convened a high-profile virtual meeting attended by some 40 world leaders to take action on climate ...
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ClimateUN: World faces anthropogenic climate change caused by human activities; calls for action
New York, April 19 – In addition to the pandemic that has upended most countries, the world is facing an “anthropogenic climate change caused by ...
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HealthUN agencies: Remove wild animals from food markets to prevent emergence of new, deadly virus
Geneva/New York, April 13 – Traditional food markets known as wet markets should stop selling wild animals, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN ...
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NewsTechnologyFirst technology summit calls for more technology governance to improve lives, respond to global challenges
Tokyo/New York, April 8 – The first global summit on the Fourth Industrial Revolution dedicated to shaping the future of technology backed the need for ...
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HealthWorld needs an international treaty to deal with the next pandemic, governments and WHO say; report on Covid-19 origins published
Geneva/New York, March 30 – Deeply battered by the Covid-19 pandemic that has entered into a second year, more than 20 heads of government
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NewsUN says long-term spending in the tens of billions of dollars a year could thwart the likelihood of another pandemic
New York, March 25 – The United Nations called for spending US$70-120 billion in the next two years and US$20-40 billion annually thereafter in sustainable ...
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