The world economy will fare better this year than previous projections indicated, but a slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in many developing countries will hamper their economic recoveries, the United Nations said on Tuesday, May 11.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday welcomed the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s (UNSC) strong support for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) “positive and constructive role” in helping to peacefully solve issues in Myanmar
The United Nations (UN) is against any action that impedes journalists from doing their work, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday after four Anadolu Agency reporters were injured while covering the violence in occupied East Jerusalem
The United Nations has recently honored three Filipino UN staff members who lost their lives while in the line of duty amid the pandemic.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced support on Wednesday to de-escalate tensions in Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip
Compared to other countries, Filipinas aged 15 to 49 ranked higher in terms of making decisions on their sexual and reproductive health and rights, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Wednesday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for a global partnership to tackle climate change and strive toward inclusive green growth
“Vaccine inequity between countries and regions is posing a significant risk to an already uneven and fragile global recovery”, said UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris.
Speaking at the Global Roundtable on Transforming Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development, Secretary-General António Guterres said: “Our shared responsibility is to ensure that the benefits of mineral resources reach all people in society, not just elites, while safeguarding the natural environment today and for future generations”.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to stall progress made for rural populations, the report argues that the crisis has also revealed how new technologies can help end the urban-rural divide.
Criticizing the authorities publicly has led to intimidation, movement restrictions and arbitrary arrests, while some citizens there have been charged with defamation and others prosecuted under national security laws.
Briefing a high-level Security Council debate on upholding multilateralism, Volkan Bozkir equated fair distribution of vaccines with civilian protection.
In his message for World Telecommunication and Information Science Day, celebrated annually on 17 May, the UN chief called for action to conquer both the pandemic and the digital divide.
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