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UN Appeals for Funds to Help Nepal Deal With COVID-19
Organization seeks nearly $84 million for assistance to address Nepal's worst COVID-19 outbreak
UN Chief Calls for More Coordinated Global Efforts to Fight COVID
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Calls Grow at UN for China to Admit Rights Chief to Xinjiang
Western nations express concern about human rights situation of Uyghur Muslims in China during UN meeting
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UN Calls for More International Pressure Against Myanmar Junta
Human rights commissioner says military shows no sign of easing crackdown on opponents, who remain defiant and continue to protest against coup leader
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UN Security Council Calls for ASEAN Myanmar Plan to be Enacted
It calls for an immediate end to violence in Myanmar
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UN Calls for Action to Achieve a Malaria-Free World
This year's commemoration of World Malaria Day celebrates progress being made in eliminating disease
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Global Tally of COVID Cases Climbs to More Than 145 Million
CDC panel recommends lifting pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine
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UN Security Council Calls for More Aid Access to Ethiopia's Tigray
The 15-nation council has broken its 6-month-long silence on the escalating crisis
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UN Security Council Calls for Release of Myanmar Detainees, End to Violence
Lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's deposed civilian government craft new constitution as Myanmar marks coup's 2-month anniversary
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UN Rights Chief Agrees to Ethiopia Request for Joint Tigray Inquiry
The UN has raised concerns about atrocities being committed in Tigray, while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has described acts carried out in th
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UN Official Calls for Coordinated International Action to Oust Myanmar Coup Leaders
UN investigator accuses military junta of likely crimes against humanit
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Spain Calls for UN-brokered Solution to Western Sahara Dispute
Call comes as diplomatic squabble breaks out between Germany and Morocco after former US administration's decision to recognize Rabat's claim to the t
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Global Economic Forum Offers Improved Outlook for 2021 Due to COVID-19 Recovery Efforts
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cites increasing vaccination efforts, massive US stimulus package////
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UN Envoy Calls for Collective Action to Stop Myanmar Repression
Christine Schraner Burgener asks UN Security Council: 'How much more can we allow the Myanmar military to get away with?'
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Mexican President Calls for UN Intervention on Global Vaccine Rollout
He says the UN has been an 'ornament' in the global vaccine strategy
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UN Chief Calls on Rich Nations to Implement Global Vaccine Task Force
Antonio Guterres says the task force should mobilize pharmaceutical companies and key industry and logistics actors
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ICRC Calls for Africa to Get Fair Share of COVID-19 vaccines
World Health Organization said UN-led COVAX initiative aims to start shipping about 90 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa this month
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Nigeria to Add More Protection for Healthcare Workers/Following Surge in COVID Infections
Nigerian authorities urge healthcare workers to be cautious following a surge in infections
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UN Calls for End to Deadly Sea Trafficking of Venezuelan Refugees, Migrants
Up to 25 refugees and migrants, among them four children whose boat had capsized off the Venezuelan shore, were found floating in the sea
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UN Chief Appeals for Action to Heal 'Broken Planet'
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges that 2021 must be 'quantum leap year' toward carbon neutrality
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UN Chief Calls for Ceasefire to Boost Peace Efforts in Afghanistan
Guterres is calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Afghanistan to boost US mediated Afghan-Taliban peace negotiations
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WHO Chief Calls for Equal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
Director-General Tedros says same commitment to creating vaccines should go into equitably distributing them
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UN Chief Calls for More Coordinated Global Efforts to Fight COVID
7 nations have more than 1 million COVID-19 cases
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UN Chief Calls for More Coordinated Efforts Internationally to Fight the Coronavirus
7 nations have more than 1 million COVID-19 cases
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UN Rights Chief Calls for Justice After Nigerian Soldiers Kill Protesters
Michele Bachelet cites excessive and disproportionate use of force by Nigerian soldiers against peaceful protesters in capital Lagos
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UN Chief: $35B Needed to Expand Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
As deaths from the coronavirus surpass one million worldwide, Antonio Guterres says financial support will enable scaled up efforts to curb pandemic,