"LITERATURE"

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke at Viet Nam’s Meteorological and Hydrological Administration about disaster preparedness and said the goal is to have early warning systems in all countries of the world within five years, “to end the tragedy of people dying, livelihoods being destroyed, because people did not know that tragedy was unfolding.” UN VIET NAM

With the movement of population on the rise, it is important that countries get prepared to respond to the urgent needs that the health sector might confront, a WHO expert warned the day the UN agency launched its first world report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) World report on the health of refugees and migrants. WHO

Briefing reporters ahead of the International Day of Countering Hate Speech, UN Special Adviser on Genocide, Alice Nderitu said that hate speech is a "hydra-headed monster.” UNIFEED

On the 11th anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident in Japan, a newly translated report by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) in Japanese is being released which details the levels and effects of radiation exposure ten years after in the aftermath of the disaster. UNSCEAR

“Throughout the world, a free press is essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights — and the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions,” the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said congratulating Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on being awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. UNIFEED

Despite the pressures of her duties serving in the UNMISS Joint Operations Centre at Force Headquarters in Juba, an Australian army officer is using her rare spare time to lead a project to help local children access education at schools near the United Nations base. UNMISS

Patients with COVID-19 should not be given the antiviral drug remdesivir “regardless of disease severity”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. UNTV CH

World Bank Global Director for Gender Caren Grown detailed the unique impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on women and girls, highlighting the fact that the crisis “has differential impacts on men and on women and on boys and girls, as a result of a number of factors in terms of their biology and physiology, but also because of their social and economic roles in the different societies in which they live." WORLD BANK

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus said, "medical masks must be prioritized for health workers on the front lines of the response, adding that the Organization is "concerned that the mass use of medical masks by the general population could exacerbate the shortage of these specialized masks for the people who need them most." WHO