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September 23, 2021
Portugal has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world
September 23, 2021
Humanity is reaching a turning point on climate change: Boris Johnson
September 22, 2021
EU calls for quick resumption of Iran nuclear talks
September 22, 2021
French ambassador to return to Washington after Macron-Biden talks
September 22, 2021
Eruptions continue after earthquakes prompt further evacuations in La Palma
GENEVA — COVID-19 has set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undermining decades of development efforts, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)."It's an alarming picture, in which progress on many SDG targets has been reversed, with a significant impact on all aspects of sustainable development and making the achievement of the 2030 Agenda even more challenging," said FAO Chief Statistician, Pietro Gennari.The analysis, Tracking progress on food and agriculture SDG-related indicators, focuses on eight of the SDGs, which were adopted at a UN Summit in New York in 2015.Main findings According to the report, the COVID-19 pandemic might have pushed an additional 83 to 132 million people into chronic hunger in...
September 22, 2021
Decades of development efforts undermined by pandemic — FAO report
GENEVA — There has been little sign of improvement in the diets of the world’s youngest children over the last ten years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.According to their new report, ‘Fed to Fail? The crisis of children’s diets in early life’ released ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit this week, rising poverty, inequality, conflict, climate-related disasters, and health emergencies are all contributing to the nutrition crisis.“In fact, the ongoing COVID-19 disruptions could make the situation much worse,” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said. Poor feeding patterns ‘persist’ In an analysis of 91 countries, the report found that only half of children aged 6-23 months, are being fed the minimum recommended number of meals...
September 22, 2021
No improvement in young children’s diets over past decade: UNICEF
September 22, 2021
Ukraine presidential aide targeted in assassination attempt
September 22, 2021
EU considers postponing major summit with US amid submarine deal row
GENEVA -- The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and migration agency IOM, called on Tuesday for an immediate investigation into the deaths of four people near the border between Poland and Belarus, due to causes yet to be determined.In a joint statement, the agencies expressed their condolences to the families of the deceased, all of whose nationalities have yet to be confirmed, although two of the victims were identified as Iraqi nationals who reportedly died of hypothermia.In recent months, groups of asylum-seekers and migrants have been transiting through Belarus, to seek asylum in neighboring EU member states -- Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.Reports of cross-border pushbacks and lack of adequate asylum access for those seeking international protections, shelter and assistance, have been relayed...
September 22, 2021
UN agencies shocked by deaths near Belarus-Poland border
