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Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality
A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published on Thursday have revealed. Read the full story, “Improve…
Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP
An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agency, UNDP said on Thursday, ahead of next week’s International Conference on Clima…
UN working to reduce tensions following Israel minister’s holy site visit
The United Nations remains ready to support efforts to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East exacerbated this week by the visit of Israel’s new National Security Minister to a disputed holy site in Jerusalem, the Security Council heard during an emer…
Syria: Chemical weapons pose unacceptable threat, and are a ‘danger to us all’
Any use of chemical weapons anywhere is simply “unacceptable”, the deputy head of the UN Disarmament Affairs office (UNODA) told the Security Council on Thursday, briefing on efforts to eliminate the scourge from the battlefields and towns of Syria. Re…
Europe: Warm start to 2023 breaks records and skiers’ hearts, says WMO
The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records – and likely skiers’ hearts – in several countries on the continent, on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed…
NATO-led KFOR mission dismantles last barricades in northern Kosovo
On Thursday (5 January 2023), the NATO-led KFOR mission completed the removal of several vehicles blocking roads in northern Kosovo, through the deployment of engineer units to the areas of Duda’s Rock and Srbovac arterial route.
NATO Secretary General in Oslo: ”no lasting peace” if tyranny prevails over freedom
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed the importance of supporting Ukraine, including with more weapons, in a speech to the Annual Conference of the Norwegian Confederation of Enterprises in Oslo on Thursday (5 January 2023).
The treaties that make the world safer are struggling
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Agreement on arms control is getting harder, but it still really matters. UNITED NATIONS, Geneva — There was a stretch in December’s late-stage negotiations tha…
Amazon is cutting a massive 18,000 jobs in ‘uncertain’ economy
Amazon chief Andy Jassy says he disclosed the layoffs earlier than he intended because an employee leaked the plans to media.