We, the Leaders of the G7, will spare no effort to increase global food and nutrition security and to protect the most vulnerable, whom the food crisis threatens to hit the hardest.I. The ChallengeWe note with grave concern that in 2022, according to t…
Continue ReadingNational Reconciliation Must Be Given Priority, Country Representative Says, Stressing ‘We Need to Heal the Nation’ Despite some progress in talks towards a framework for elections, briefers warned the Security Council today that Libya remains deeply u…
Continue ReadingA hospital unable to contact a doctor for emergency surgery. Voters deprived of information about candidates during an election. Students missing entry exams for academic programs. Atrocities in conflict zones covered up.These are just a few examples o…
Continue ReadingThe recent school closures and lockdowns have forced children, especially girls around the world from the classroom – and millions may never return.The most marginalised and underserved – children with disabilities, minority populations, low-income fam…
Continue ReadingGENEVA— Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak.“I am deeply concerned about the mon…
Continue ReadingKIGALI— The newly-expanded Commonwealth made broad commitments on Saturday to address climate change and boost trade, concluding a summit aimed at shoring up the relevance of a group that evolved from the British empire.The club, whose 56 members range…
Continue ReadingThe WHO Director-General has the pleasure of transmitting the Report of the Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country monkeypox outbreak, held on 23 June 2022, from 12:00 to 17:00 Genev…
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