"EMPLOYMENT"

A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report found that the loss of working hours in 2021 because of the pandemic will be significantly higher than previously estimated, as a two-speed recovery between developed and developing nations threatens the global economy as a whole. ILO

Issues ranging from women’s participation in politics to the relationships between peace and development were among the topics covered by a senior United Nations official during a two-day introductory visit to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. UNSOM

The recovery in the Middle East and Central Asia region is uneven and incomplete and must fully take hold throughout the region, announced the IMF in a press briefing held to launch the Middle East and Central Asia’s latest Regional Economic Outlook report. IMF

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned ahead of World Food Day. WFP

This event takes stock of the socio-economic and development impact of COVID-19 in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) and identify opportunities to accelerate progress toward resilient recovery in the most fragile settings.

Seven hundred Chinese peacekeepers were awarded the prestigious United Nations medal for their commitment to shaping a more peaceful and prosperous future for the people of the world’s youngest nation in a colorful ceremony, which took place at the mission’s headquarters in Juba. UNMISS

Jeel Albena is the winner of the UNHCR’s 2021 Nansen Refugee Award, a prestigious annual prize that honours those who have gone to extraordinary lengths to help forcibly displaced or stateless people, for helping rebuild lives on the conflict’s frontlines in Yemen. UNHCR

Security Council renews for 12 months authorization to inspect vessels suspected of violating Libya arms embargo, unanimously adopting resolution 2598 (2021). Re-energized international efforts needed to end occupation of Palestinian Territory, attain two-state solution, Special Envoy tells Security Council.

Young people in Tonga are learning the traditional craft of canoe making to create jobs, tackle obesity and protect their local fishing ecosystems. IFAD

Following the announcement of the creation of a new Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for a Just Transition, which aims to create at least 400 million jobs by 2030, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena said, “there is growing inequalities and asymmetries between the developed and developing countries in terms of vaccines, of wealth, of financing, and we are confronting a divergent recovery” from the COVID 19 pandemic. UNIFEED