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Landmark G7 agreement pledges 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, half by end-2021 

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A senior UN official welcomed on Sunday, the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations’ commitment to immediately share at least 870 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, supporting global access and helping to end the acute phase of the pandemic. 
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100 day to anniversary of United Nations “Peace Day”, UN chief urges: Stand up against hatred and care for planet 

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Every year on 21 September, the United Nations invites people around the world to celebrate peace by observing 24 hours of ceasefire and non-violence. On Sunday, the UN chief kicked off the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace. 
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The WHO seeks to end human rights violations in psychiatry

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The mental health care services in Europe and globally in the main continues to be provided in psychiatric wards and hospitals. As The European Times is documenting human rights abuses and coercive practices in...
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WHO warns of ‘two-track pandemic’ as cases decline but vaccine inequity persists

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Even though COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent weeks, the world is facing a “two-track pandemic”, the UN’s top health official said on Monday in his ongoing campaign to get more vaccines to developing countries. 
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Global push needed to ensure ‘clean, affordable and sustainable electricity’ for all

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During the last decade, more people around the world have gained access to electricity than ever before. However, the number still not connected has grown in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, according to a new UN report on universal access to energy, launched on Monday. 
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UN health agency urges nations to donate 250 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

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Some two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed globally but only 0.5 per cent have reached low-income countries where frontline health workers and the elderly have yet to receive a shot, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa’s health facilities

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Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
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The UN offers training and work for Syrian refugees in Turkey

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Challenges faced by refugees in the Turkish labour market The framework of a UN project creates employment opportunities for Syrians living in Turkey by strengthening co-operation and solidarity ties between them and local people in...
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Amidst COVID surge, Asia-Pacific region needs ‘immediate and stronger support’ 

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With the coronavirus still raging in many parts of the world, the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of vaccine shortages, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, and urged “immediate and stronger support” for the global COVAX initiative for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, “including for refugees and asylum-seekers”. 
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Drones deliver blood to prevent maternal death in Botswana

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Drones are providing life-saving care to women in remote parts of the southern African country, Botswana, who otherwise may die in childbirth, thanks to support from the United Nations.   
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15 YEARS INTERNATIONAL CHURCH ACTIVITIES ON TERRORISM, ANTI-TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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On May 21, Anti Terrorism Day is observed all over India to spread the message of peace and humanity... The day is aimed towards standing against the cruel act of terrorism of any kind...
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COVID-19: Pharmaceutical companies urged to support knowledge-sharing platform

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Dramatically increasing global manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments, and ensuring equitable access, is the fastest way to end the pandemic, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. 
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UN chief underlines need to step up COVID-19 vaccine production, equitable distribution

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The world is far from achieving equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a tragedy that must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday during an online conversation on fair access to these lifesaving treatments. 
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UN chief appeals to business leaders to help quell ‘a tsunami of suffering’ caused by COVID 

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets, Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders on Thursday, appealing for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide. 
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Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report

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Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in danger, and are a much greater threat than violence itself, warns the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, in a report released on Tuesday.
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Step up global plan for COVID-19 vaccines, UN chief says in message to World Health Assembly

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The COVID-19 pandemic “must be a turning point”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, urging countries to take bold decisions now to both end the crisis and build a safe and healthy future for all. 
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Bhutan, the vaccination nation: a UN Resident Coordinator’s blog

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The small mountain nation of Bhutan has so far managed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, despite sharing a border with China and India, two countries which have been badly affected by the pandemic. Bhutan is now on the way to vaccinating more than 90 per cent of the eligible adult population. Gerald Daly, the UN Resident Coordinator there, says that volunteers, and preventative government action, have been key to the country’s success.
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COVID-19: UN chief calls for G20 vaccine task force, in ‘war’ against the virus

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s richest economies to take a central role in ending the COVID-19 pandemic by stepping up support for vaccines for all people, everywhere.   
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UN agencies appeal for funds as COVID-19 surge eclipses South Asia

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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday launched a $164 million appeal for personal protective gear, together with COVID-19 testing and control equipment, to save lives amidst the deadly wave of infections which continues to sweep across South Asia.
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Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now, UNICEF chief says ahead of G7 summit

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The deadly increase in COVID-19 cases  in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have access to vaccines, the head of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Monday in a bid to get richer nations to share their excess doses.
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COVID-19: Wealthy nations urged to delay youth vaccines, donate to solidarity scheme

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for wealthier countries to delay vaccinating younger people against COVID-19 and instead donate doses to the COVAX global vaccine solidarity initiative. 
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First Person: ‘God save us from famine’

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The conflict in Yemen forced Asia El-Sayeed Ali and her family from her home in Aden’s Al Tawahi district, where there was active fighting, in 2015. Today, she works at a health clinic supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), where she cares for children, and their mothers, suffering from malnutrition.
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Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures 

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A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 crisis, while also calling for the UN agency to be given greater authority to respond more quickly to future threats. 
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What can the UN do to help Asia through its life-threatening COVID-19 surge?

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The UN is at the forefront of efforts to help India extricate itself from the almost unimaginable scale of suffering its citizens are undergoing, as a result of a devastating wave of COVID-19 infections. Earlier this week, UN News spoke to the country chiefs based in India, for the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, to get their take on the crisis. Here are some key excerpts from the interviews.
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India’s new COVID-19 wave is spreading like ‘wildfire’, warns UN Children’s Fund

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A new wave of COVID-19 infections is spreading like “wildfire” across India, leaving many youngsters destitute, the UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said on Friday.
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