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September 26, 2020
Pandemic is ‘a time to separate what is necessary from what is not’: Pope Francis
NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic is a trial, but also “a time to choose what matters and what passes away, a time to separate what is necessary from what is not”, Pope Francis told world leaders on Friday, in his virtual address to the UN General Assembly.The head of the Catholic Church, representing the Holy See, which is a UN Permanent Observer State, suggested that this crisis is also ...
September 25, 2020
WHO recommends flu shots to stem surge of influenza during pandemic
GENEVA — Amid a potential global shortage in influenza vaccines and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health agency has advised countries to protect the elderly and health workers first. The updated recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO), come as the northern hemisphere braces for the seasonal bug, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives from respiratory-related causes every year. “There has in fact been an increased demand and we’re hearing ...
September 25, 2020
Inclusion and more public participation will help formulate better govt policies: UN chief
NEW YORK — Not only coronavirus, but climate protests, struggles for more inclusive politics, human rights, and waning public trust, have put a magnifying glass to the social and economic injustices plaguing societies, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday.Speaking at the end of the annual high-level week, the secretary-general warned that such crises are an “enormous governance challenge” for all nations, and overcoming them requires approaches driven by unity, ...
September 25, 2020
Pandemic shocks world, reinforces need for multilateralism: Estonian prez
NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic gave the world “a thorough shock” and taught several lessons on the realities of climate change, the president of Estonia said to the UN General Assembly on Thursday.Pointing to the “loss of diversified ecosystems, risks of the co-habitation of people and all other species in crowded towns”, President Kersti Kaljulaid underscored the need to bolster multilateral organizations to avoid “global fights” over limited resources.Speaking ...
September 25, 2020
Moïse urges ‘critical rethink’ to ensure development assistance targets national priorities
NEW YORK — Noting the multidimensional consequences of COVID‑19, as well as ongoing political and socio-economic strife in many countries, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse told the UN General Assembly that today, more than ever, the world needs a multilateral system that performs better through greater solidarity.“Such a system would all member states and the wider organization to develop strategies fit for building a more holistic future that will be better ...
September 25, 2020
CAR president calls for better representation of Africa on Security Council
NEW YORK — Central African Republic, like nearly every nation on the planet, has not been spared by the COVID-19 pandemic, with indictors predicting a contraction by up to 1.2 of the country’s economic growth, President Faustin Archange Touadera said on Thursday, calling on world leaders to unite against the virus.In an address to the UN General Assembly’s, annual debate, via a pre-recorded video, President Touadera asked the international community ...
September 25, 2020
Despite ‘compromises’, peace remains elusive in Yemen, says president
NEW YORK — The President of Yemen on Thursday called on the international community to end the suffering of Yemenis through ensuring “decisive and active” pressure on “the Houthis and Tehran,” and for the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions demanding an end to the violence his country faced.The United Nations had spared no effort to establish sustainable peace and to address ongoing humanitarian challenges, yet, for nearly six years ...
September 25, 2020
International community must unite, or be crushed by chaos, warns UN chief
NEW YORK — The UN Secretary-General on Thursday made an unequivocal case for strengthening multilateralism and building trust among the countries of the world in the face of the devastating coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed gaps on multiple fronts.The dangerous mix of high geo-political tensions and complex threats to peace, now complicated by COVID-19, demands innovative thinking on global governance and multilateralism, said António Guterres, briefing the Security Council via ...
September 25, 2020
Corruption and tax-dodging ‘rampant’, urgent reforms needed: UN panel
NEW YORK — Tax abuse, money laundering and corruption, plague the global financial system, a high-level UN panel reported on Thursday, launching an interim report that underscores the need for urgent reforms to achieve the 2030 Global Goals (SDGs).“Corruption and tax avoidance are rampant. Too many banks are in cahoots and too many governments are stuck in the past,” said Dalia Grybauskaitė, co-chair of the High-Level Panel on International Financial ...
September 24, 2020
Two paths before Latin America — democracy or dictatorship, Bolivian president declares
NEW YORK — The Latin American region is at a crossroads, with a choice not between the political left or the right; between socialism or capitalism, it is in fact between democracy and dictatorship, between freedom and oppression, the president of Bolivia told world leaders, gathered virtually for the United Nations General Assembly.In her address, via a pre-recorded video, President Jeanine Añez Chávez said that the dilemma before the region ...
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