COVID-19 provides opportunity to resolve conflicts, address weaknesses across Arab region
António Guterres has released a policy brief outlining four sets of priorities to help these countries build back better and achieve the Sustainable Development...
Zimbabwe: COVID-19 must not be used to stifle freedoms
OHCHR spokesperson Liz Throssell, speaking to journalists in Geneva, expressed concern over allegations suggesting that Zimbabwean authorities may be using the COVID-19 crisis as...
Amid fears of worst recession in decades, urgent calls for solidarity, a united economic front
With multilateral cooperation under strain, senior UN officials, Nobel laureates and eminent academic experts, gathered virtually on Wednesday for the launch of a new...
Deforestation has slowed down but still remains a concern
The finding comes in its latest Global Forest Resources Assessment report (FRA 2020), which aims to turn the tide on deforestation, or the conversion...
COVID-19: No return to ‘old normal’, as cases top 15 million
Most cases, or 10 million, were in just 10 countries, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for nearly half. On Thursday afternoon,...
Ethiopia urged to allow peaceful demonstrations, investigate protestor deaths
Independent UN human rights experts are urging the Ethiopian authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations, in a new appeal for investigations into the deaths of...
Making capital markets work for Europe’s recovery
The European Commission has today adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy. On 28 April, the...
ASEAN Youths Emerge from the Pandemic More Resilient, Adaptive and Creative
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions, putting ASEAN youths to a tough test. ASEAN youths exhibited signs of strong resilience, adaptability and creativity...
Global Call to Boost Diversity of Genomic Medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic provides another painful example of the healthcare disparities experienced among ethnic populations. These disparities are not unique to COVID-19, but are...
Global Gas Flaring Jumps to Levels Last Seen in 2009
Estimates from satellite data show global gas flaring increased to levels not seen in more than a decade, to 150 billion cubic meters (bcm),...