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UN chief urges health care for all as virus
cases spike
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance
of public health care, and countries around the world must invest in systems
to ensure universal access to quality treatment, says United Nations
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The World Health Organization reported a
record 338,779 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday.Full Story: Prensa
Latina (Cuba) (10/7), Reuters (10/8)
United Nations
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to WFP
The World Food Programme has been awarded
this year's Nobel Peace Prize for its "efforts to prevent the use of hunger
as a weapon of war and conflict." Data from the agency indicates more than
821 million people around the world face chronic hunger, and the WFP has
said that the economic effects of the coronavirus could drive a "hunger
pandemic."Full Story: BBC (free registration) (10/9), Hindustan Times
(India)/Agence France-Presse (10/9)
a.. China signs on to WHO-led coronavirus
vaccine project
Al Jazeera (10/9)
a.. UNSC to meet today on about reopening of
Varosha beach
Cyprus Mail/Cyprus News Agency (10/9)
Health & Development
WHO to mark World Mental Health Day with
digital tools
The World Health Organization will release a
digital stress management guide through WhatsApp, as well as stickers on
Facebook Messenger promoting discussion of mental health, as it marks World
Mental Health Day on Saturday. "As we continue to live through a global
pandemic, we need movement on mental health, perhaps more than we have ever
needed it before," says WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus.Full Story: ABS-CBN Interactive (10/9)
a.. IOM seeks cooperation to repatriate
migrants stranded amid pandemic
Hindustan Times (India)/Agence France-Presse
(10/9)
a.. Persistent pandemic school closures
threaten African children
The Guardian (London) (10/8)
Women & Girls
Leaders urge action on AIDS for Day of the
Girl Child
Young women are stepping up to effect change
around the globe -- and yet girls in many parts of Africa are denied basic
human rights, and girls make up a disproportionate number of AIDS victims in
the region, write Winnie Byanyima, Audrey Azoulay, Natalia Kanem, Henrietta
Fore and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the heads of UNAIDS, UNESCO, the United
Nations Population Fund, UNICEF and UN Women, respectively. "Together we can
ensure vital investments and transformational policy shifts are made so that
all of Africa's girls can enjoy all of their rights to education and
empowerment," they write.Full Story: Inter Press Service (10/9)
a.. Guterres aims to increase women's
leadership in peace efforts
Xinhua News Agency (China) (10/8)
a.. Report: Pandemic could increase
stillbirths by 200K annually
The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)/Agence
France-Presse (10/8)
Climate and Energy
UNFCCC chief: Countries must meet climate
goal deadline
Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is urging world
leaders to meet the 2020 deadline for submitting updated climate action
plans to the UN, echoing a plea from climate-vulnerable nations for global
action. "The luxury of time was squandered long ago -- we are now minutes to
midnight," Espinosa says.Full Story: Thomson Reuters Foundation (10/7)
Peacekeeping and Security
Armenia, Azerbaijan to meet in talks
mediated by Russia
Authorities in Armenia and Azerbaijan have
accepted an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to let his
country mediate peace talks as deadly clashes between the two countries
continue to escalate. Observers say Turkey has sent hundreds of Syrian
fighters to support Azerbaijan, while Lebanese-Armenians are helping fund
Armenian fighters.Full Story: Voice of America (10/9), The Associated Press
(10/9)
a.. OHCHR warns Egypt against executions
without fair trials
Middle East Monitor (London) (10/8)
a.. Officials urge Guinea politicians to
refrain from inciting violence
Macau Business (Macao)/Agence France-Presse
(10/8)
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UN News
Highlights from the United Nations
Department of Global Communications
Sudan floods: UN calls for urgent funding,
as food insecurity mountsFull Story: UN News (10/8)
UN Dispatch
Commentary and coverage on the UN and
UN-related issues
"The World Food Program wins the Nobel Peace
Prize. These two podcast episodes take you inside the work of the WFP."Full
Story: UN Dispatch (10/9)
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