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  • Climate litigation spikes, giving courts an ‘essential role’ in addressing climate crisis January 26, 2021
     A rise in climate litigation cases has made courtrooms increasingly important as a venue for addressing climate change around the world, according to a report released on Tuesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). 
  • UN health agency panel issues key guidance on second COVID vaccine doses January 26, 2021
    A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, saying that it should ideally be given to people in two separate doses, 28 days apart. In exceptional circumstances this period could be extended to 42 days, said WHO’s advisory group of experts on immunization, SAGE, amid supply shortages affecting […]
  • Guterres calls for ‘renewed approach to multilateralism’, through new peacebuilding appeal  January 26, 2021
    Against the backdrop of a COVID-19 crisis that has exacerbated pre-pandemic challenges and a global ceasefire appeal to combat it, the UN chief called for new peacebuilding funds on Tuesday, promising a “renewed approach to multilateralism and international cooperation”. 
  • UN ready to support Palestinian elections, new envoy tells Security Council January 26, 2021
    Palestinian elections scheduled for later this year will be a crucial step towards unity, the new UN envoy in the region, Tor Wennesland, said on Tuesday in his first briefing to the Security Council. 
  • UN rights experts urge Israel to respect international obligations  January 26, 2021
    UN independent rights experts on Tuesday, described Israel’s conviction of human rights defender Issa Amro earlier this month, as showing disdain for the country’s international obligations.  

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  • In Davos speech, UN chief highlights private sector role in pandemic recovery January 25, 2021
    The private sector has a key role to play in lifting countries out of both the COVID-19 and climate crises, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told international business leaders on Monday. 
  • COVID’s led to ‘massive’ income and productivity losses, UN labour estimates show January 25, 2021
    Job losses or reduced working hours due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic cost the world the equivalent of 255 million jobs in 2020, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday, noting that the “massive impact” was nearly four times the number lost during the 2009 global financial crisis. 
  • FROM THE FIELD: The microscopic creatures helping build Africa’s Great Green Wall January 24, 2021
    A young woman scientist in Burkina Faso is researching the role of micro-organisms in fighting desertification in the Sahel Region, as part of a UN programme to restore degraded land in Africa.
  • Economic and Social Council turns 75; President reaffirms mandate to tackle pandemic, development challenges January 23, 2021
    Marking its 75th anniversary amid the most serious economic and health crisis the UN has ever faced, the Organization’s Economic and Social Council “has the mandate and the responsibility to respond to these challenges,” the body’s President, Munir Akram, said on Saturday.
  • Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO January 15, 2021
    A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60 per cent over the course of last year, to levels last seen in 2003.
  • Fewer protections, lower wages, and higher health risks: Homeworking in the COVID era January 13, 2021
    The UN’s labour agency (ILO) called on Wednesday for greater recognition and protection for the hundreds of millions of people who work from home, accounting for almost eight per cent of the global workforce even before the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • ‘An unwanted prison sentence’ for seafarers stuck at home and stranded at sea January 6, 2021
    Hundreds of thousands of seafarers have been on board for many months longer than planned, stranded at sea due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Six months after the problem was first revealed, many of them are still struggling to cope with the ongoing uncertainty.
  • World Bank expects global economy to expand by 4% in 2021 January 5, 2021
    The World Bank Group on Tuesday issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year, saying that a four per cent overall expansion was likely, although the recovery will likely be a “subdued” one.
  • FROM THE FIELD: Weathering a tourist downturn in Kyrgyzstan January 5, 2021
    The residents of a small traditional village high in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, which once attracted a steady stream of visitors, are learning how to adapt to the reality of a world where the COVID-19 pandemic has all but frozen out the opportunities provided by tourism.
  • First Person: family tragedy and the UN as ‘saviour’ in Darfur December 30, 2020
    The people of the restive region of Darfur in Sudan have seen the joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) as a "saviour" according to a writer for UN News who grew up in Darfur.

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