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NewsWHO welcomes G7 leaders’ commitment to donate 870 million vaccine doses as part of efforts to end the pandemic
Carbis Bay, England/Geneva/New York, June 13 – The World Health Organization welcomed the commitment by leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies to donate ...
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ClimateScientists say biodiversity loss and climate change resulted from human activities and must be tackled together
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launched on June 10
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NewsUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nominated for second five-year term
New York, June 8 – The United Nations Security Council formally nominated Antonio Guterres, the current UN chief, to serve another five-year term beginning in ...
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ClimateUN urges global insurance industry to invest in climate programs for net zero carbon emissions
London/New York, June 8 – The United Nations is calling on the global insurance industry, which controls over US$ 35 trillion in assets under management, ...
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EnvironmentUN Urges Intense Restoration of Nature to Address Climate and Biodiversity Crises
June 3 – Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UNEP and the FAO call on nations to meet by 2030 their collective commitments under ...
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HealthEnd the pandemic with US$ 50 billion investment, world’s largest health, trade and finance organizations say
Geneva/Washington/New York, June 1 – Leaders of the world’s four largest health, finance and trade organizations are jointly urging governments to invest US$ 50 billion ...
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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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