Topic: UN
People have a right to demonstrate peacefully: UN on farmers’ protest
People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities need to let them do so, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said while speaking on the farmers' protests against the Centre’s new farm laws in India.
Gaza suffered $16.7 billion loss from Israeli occupation, finds UN report
Israel’s military operations and prolonged closure of Gaza, has caused economic damage of $16.7 billion between 2007 and 2018, driving the poverty rate up almost fourfold compared to what it might have otherwise been, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said in a report published on Wednesday.
UN chief underscores need to confront racism within UN
In an address on Thursday at an event for UN staff, Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the need to confront racism within the world body, initiating a series of discussions on the subject.
UN releases $100 million to guard against famine
The United Nations released $100 million of emergency funding on Tuesday to stave off the risk of famine in seven countries most at risk from a hunger epidemic fueled by conflict, economic decline, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic worsening food insecurity, driving displacement, warn UN agencies
Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work to support their families, a new UN report has warned.
Millions of children at risk of polio, measles epidemics
Globally, millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles – dangerous but preventable diseases – amid disruptions to vital immunization programmes due to the coronavirus pandemic, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) have said.
