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Italy loses Draghi as its leader — for now
The fall of the Italian government led by Mario Draghi on July 20 caused a shock in the country for three main reasons. The first is that Draghi, who was…
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President Metsola: “An opportunity to transform Ukraine”
Dear President Zelenskyy, Dear President Nauseda, Dear Speaker Stefanchuk, Dear Members of Verkhovna Rada, Thank you for having me with you here today. It is a privilege, but more importantly…
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Launch of the U.S.-Afghan Consultative Mechanism
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. First, let me say it is always a particular pleasure to visit our neighbors at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Lise, thank you so much for…
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Amidst stalled HIV prevention, WHO supports new long-acting prevention drug cabotegravir
The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly effective” prevention option for people at “substantial risk” of HIV infection, known as cabotegravir…
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UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which can lead to full-blown AIDS has slowed.
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15 NGOs+ send letter to Secretary Blinken to throw pro-Russian anticult organization out from United Nations
On June 2, 15 NGOs plus 33 scholars and well-known activists have written to the US Secretary of State, to ask him to start a procedure to have the UN…
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New ECOSOC President aims to ease crises which have ‘engulfed our societies’
Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva , New ECOSOC President, said in her opening statement that she was “honoured and humbled” to have been elected to lead one of the principal organs of the UN
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Ukraine: UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies for over 50,000 children in Odesa
The UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, delivered supplies on Tuesday to help an estimated 50,000 children in the war-ravaged districts of Odesa, the crucial Black Sea port which Russia bombed on Saturday, just…
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Canadian residential school survivor: ‘I’m here for my parents, whose children were taken’ – Vatican News
By Francesca Merlo Gerry Shigouz was in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada, listening to Pope Francis' words as he travels the country on his "penitential pilgrimage". She told Vatican News' Marine…
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Using the Power of Technology to Help Victims of Human Trafficking
The theme of this year’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons is “use and abuse of technology”. Below, find examples of how technology can be harnessed to detect, rescue, and…