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September 23, 2021
EU adds Kuwait, Chile to its safe travel list
September 23, 2021
China opposes Taiwan's application to join CPTPP
September 23, 2021
EU proposes common charger for electronic devices
September 23, 2021
Blinken underlines P5 action for international peace
September 23, 2021
Why Europe's energy prices are soaring and could get much worse
September 23, 2021
FDA authorizes Pfizer booster dose for people older than 65
NEW YORK -- Every day, hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry. Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. Two billion are overweight or obese and yet 462 million, are underweight. Nearly a third of all food that is produced, is lost or wasted.These are just some of the problems and contradictions laid bare by the UN Secretary-General on Thursday at the opening of the landmark UN Food Systems Summit, that is bringing together farmers and fishers, youth, Indigenous Peoples, Heads of State, governments and many more, in an effort to transform the sector and get the world back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.For António Guterres, “change in food systems is not only possible, it is necessary”; for the people, for the planet and for...
September 23, 2021
Food is a human right, not a commodity for trade, says Guterres
September 23, 2021
UN chief: Window to avert devastating climate impacts ‘rapidly closing’
GENEVA -- South Sudan continues to be “plagued” by violence and corruption, the Human Rights Council heard on Thursday, jeopardizing the young nation’s efforts to establish lasting peace and put it on the road towards sustainable development.Delivering an update to the forum in Geneva, Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al- Nashif, highlighted “staggering levels of localized violence”.She attributed this to community-based militias who were responsible for almost all killings, injuries, abductions and sexual violence between April and June this year.According to the UN Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS), the three-month period saw 585 people killed, 305 injured and thousands forcibly displaced throughout the country – particularly in Jonglei and the Greater Pibor...
September 23, 2021
South Sudan 'plagued by violence and corruption'
September 23, 2021
Human rights ‘catastrophe’ in Myanmar: UN calls for urgent action
