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UN / MIDWIFERY REPORT 00:02:21
UN / MIDWIFERY REPORT
Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year, according to the 2021 State of World’s Midwifery report issued by UNFPA, WHO, International Confederation of Midwives and partners, which evaluates the midwifery workforce and related health resources in 194 countries. UNIFEED
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INDIA / UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE COVID-19 00:02:59
INDIA / UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE COVID-19
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Representative in India, Yasmin Ali Haque, called for “investment in the services that are critical for children to remain healthy, for them to thrive, and also to recover from the trauma that they are facing” during the COVID-19 pandemic. UNIFEED / UNICEF FILE
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UN / FOOD CRISES GLOBAL REPORT 00:02:11
UN / FOOD CRISES GLOBAL REPORT
The stark warning from the 2021 Global Report on Food Crises released on Wednesday revealed that conflict, or economic shocks that are often related to COVID-19 along with extreme weather, are continuing to push millions of people into acute food insecurity. UNIFEED
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UN / ETHIOPIA TIGRAY UPDATE 00:02:09
UN / ETHIOPIA TIGRAY UPDATE
A UN Spokesperson said, “the security situation in Tigray remains unpredictable and volatile with active hostilities impeding the scale up of operations in rural areas.” UNIFEED
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GENEVA / GLOBAL HUB PANDEMIC CONTROL 00:02:48
GENEVA / GLOBAL HUB PANDEMIC CONTROL
An international hub for pandemic control is to open in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against likely future global health threats, the UN health agency announced today. UNTV CH
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WHO / GLOBAL HUB PANDEMIC CONTROL 00:03:56
WHO / GLOBAL HUB PANDEMIC CONTROL
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Federal Republic of Germany will establish a new global hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance and analytics innovation. The Hub, based in Berlin and working with partners around the world, will lead innovations in data analytics across the largest network of global data to predict, prevent, detect prepare for and respond to pandemic and epidemic risks worldwide. WHO
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ROMANIA / ERITREAN REFUGEES 00:02:30
ROMANIA / ERITREAN REFUGEES
UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Centres give vulnerable refugees evacuated from Libya a place of safety, an opportunity to transition to a new life in Europe - like one Eritrean family headed for resettlement in the Netherlands. UNHCR
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FAO / FOOD CRISES GLOBAL REPORT 00:07:04
FAO / FOOD CRISES GLOBAL REPORT
Mounting numbers of people face acute hunger and require urgent life-saving assistance, with number acutely hungry people in countries hit by food crises reaching in 2020 the highest level in five years, an annual report launched by an international alliance of UN, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together has found. FAO
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SOUTH SUDAN / HAYSOM VISIT FOREIGN MINISTER 00:06:02
SOUTH SUDAN / HAYSOM VISIT FOREIGN MINISTER
Following a mandatory 10-day quarantine, the newly appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Beatrice Wani-Noah and toured various UN facilities in capital Juba on Monday. UNMISS
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UN / MYANMAR UPDATE 00:01:00
UN / MYANMAR UPDATE
The UN team on the ground in Myanmar said it is “increasingly concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Myanmar,” more than three months after the military ceased control, according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED
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UN / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 00:02:55
UN / BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
In his last address to the Security Council as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko briefed members states on the political situation in the country, where “its political leaders continue to pursue wartime goals, generate divisive narratives and nationalistic political agendas and speak about a dissolution of the state.” UNIFEED
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GENEVA / REFUGEES SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS 00:02:11
GENEVA / REFUGEES SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
Following the latest rescue operations of migrants to Italy by Charity Ships in the Central Mediterranean, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned today of mounting refugee and migrant deaths in the Central Mediterranean with a 170 per cent increase of sea arrivals in Italy in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. UNTV CH
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OHCHR / COLOMBIA 00:02:00
OHCHR / COLOMBIA
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said it was “deeply alarmed at developments in the city of Cali in Colombia overnight, where police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against tax reforms, reportedly killing and injuring a number of people,” according to a spokesperson. OHCHR
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OHCHR / EL SALVADOR 00:02:37
OHCHR / EL SALVADOR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday warned that the decision by El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly to dismiss the magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney General “seriously undermines democracy and the rule of law in the country,” according to a spokesperson. OHCHR
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INDIA / WHO REPRESENTATIVE INTERVIEW 00:02:33
INDIA / WHO REPRESENTATIVE INTERVIEW
The World Health Organization’s Representative in India, Dr Roderico Ofrin, said the country’s COVID-19 crisis is multi-factorial and stressed the need to be “ahead of the game” in terms of response and preparedness as the “tools are the same.” UN NEWS / UNIFEED
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UN / INDIA COVID-19 UPDATE 00:01:04
UN / INDIA COVID-19 UPDATE
The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric said the UN team in India continues to support authorities address the COVID-19 pandemic “including, by addressing misinformation.” UNIFEED
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WHO / DRC EBOLA COVID-19 UPDATE 00:05:03
WHO / DRC EBOLA COVID-19 UPDATE
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated all involved in bringing an end to the 12th Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and stressed the need for continued vigilance to prevent a return of the disease and in containing other health challenges. WHO
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UN / WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 00:01:31
UN / WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
Marking World Press Freedom Day, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the global challenges we face during the COVID-19 pandemic underline the critical role of reliable, verified, and universally accessible information in saving lives and building strong, resilient societies.” UNIFEED
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SOUTH SUDAN / REINTEGRATION AND PROTECTION WORKSHOP 00:03:10
SOUTH SUDAN / REINTEGRATION AND PROTECTION WORKSHOP
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently organized a two-day workshop in the country’s capital Juba bringing together local implementing partners which collaborate with the mission in actioning Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) across the world’s newest country. UNMISS
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AFGHANISTAN / COVID-19 VACCINATION 00:05:50
AFGHANISTAN / COVID-19 VACCINATION
The arrival in Kabul of 468,000 doses of the COVISHIELD vaccine marked a milestone moment, as Afghanistan is the first country in central Asia to receive the vaccine via the COVAX – the facility that is set to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021. WHO
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