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To end the pandemic, WHO says $28 billion ACT project is ‘the best deal in town’

15 December 2020
Health
University of Oxford/John Cairns

An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for stopping the damage done by a virus that has run rampant for the past year, a senior UN World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.

Tigray crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority, UNICEF says

UN experts raise concern over charges against US indigenous leader and rights defender 

People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme

UN documents 375 killings in Colombia in 2020, urges Government action 

Young Champions of the Earth: Indian’s burning desire for energy

UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau

Niger: UN gravely concerned for safety of refugees, following Boko Haram attack

Peace and Security

The United Nations voiced grave concern on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of refugees and internally displaced in the wake of a deadly attack on Toumour, a town in southeastern Niger’s Diffa region, near the border with Nigeria. 

UNICEF/Enri Canaj Magnum Photos

Put me out of a job: UN refugee chief’s challenge to world leaders

Migrants and Refugees

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has challenged world leaders to put him “out of a job” by addressing the root causes that drive millions to flee their homes due to war and insecurity. 

IOM/Muse Mohammed

ILO study finds migrants earn much less than locals, and the gap is widening

Migrants and Refugees

The gap between wages paid to migrant and national workers is big and growing, and may widen further because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report published on Monday.

© UNICEF/Abdulaziz Aldroubi

‘Generation disrupted’ lays out plan to take on coronavirus through major youth mobilization

Health

A new ground-breaking global youth initiative was launched on Monday to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagement, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

UN News/Daniel Johnson

UN human rights chief ‘appalled’ at Iran execution, questions trial process and verdict

Human Rights

Iran’s decision to hang media activist Ruhollah Zam on Saturday was an appalling violation of human rights that followed a deeply flawed trial process, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement on Monday.  

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