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NewsUnemployment and infectious diseases top global concerns for business in 2020, the World Economic Forum says
Geneva/New York, October 8 – Unemployment, infectious diseases and fiscal crisis are at the top of global concerns for business executives in 2020 as countries ...
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HealthMental health services are now in great demands under the pandemic, WHO says
New York, October 5 – The pandemic has caused enormous damage to people’s mental health but the mental health services, which are chronically underfunded, have ...
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NewsVirus claims 1 million lives, infects over 32 million people; world looks at current pandemic impacts and beyond
New York September 29 – Government leaders and international organizations joined the United Nations to seek solutions for the current virus-inflicted devastation and plan for ...
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NewsThe “strangest” ever UN General Assembly session in 75 years; warnings of a new Cold War
New York, September 25 – The hall of the United Nations General Assembly was nearly empty when UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the annual session
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NewsTechnologyCorruption in global finance robs funds for development in poor countries, UN says
New York September 24 – The United Nations plans to strengthen rules aimed at curbing corruption in the global finance which has drained hundreds of ...
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NewsUN urges united global efforts to defeat pandemic despite US-China dispute
New York, September 22 – The United Nations urged its member states to show unity and solidarity in order to defeat the virus as it ...
READ MORE → UN: Rich countries secure $10 trillion to fight the virus while fragile, poor countries are struggling with much less resources
New York, September 9 – Rich countries have adopted economic stimulus packages worth more than $10 trillion to protect their own populations from the coronavirus ...
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NewsUPDATE: UN denounces use of pandemic for unilateral gains and to weaken global response to health crisis
New York, September 15 – The new leader of the United Nations General Assembly strongly warned that no country can fight the pandemic alone and ...
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HealthNewsNEW UPDATE: $35 billion more needed to accelerate treatments, vaccines; end 5,000 daily virus deaths; U.S. not joining vaccine pool
New York, September 10 – The United Nations and scores of governments called for a “quantum leap in funding” in the amount of $35 billion ...
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HealthNewsUN: Women deserve equal status in society as they battle Covid-19 at the frontlines
New York, August 31 – Between 70 and 90 per cent of healthcare workers battling the pandemic are women but their salary and working conditions ...
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Arts and CultureClimateEcologyEnvironmentNewsUN: Virus clobbers global tourism, millions of jobs at risk, Asia-Pacific hit hard
New York, August 25 – Lockdowns and border closures across the world to contain the spread of coronavirus had resulted in the loss of ...
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NewsCoronavirus pandemic locks over 1 billion students out of schools in 160 countries, UN chief says
New York, August 4 – The unrelenting deadly impacts of the pandemic has closed schools in more than 160 countries, affecting over 1 billion students ...
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