Tag: UN
The threat is the virus and not the people: UN
The United Nations has said that COVID-19 pandemic was more than a public health emergency and that a human crisis was fast becoming a...
Make use of corona crisis and establish digital tools and evolve...
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs has called for making full use of digital technologies to confront Coronavirus pandemic.
In the present situation,...
Protect the rights of LGBTI during Corona: UN
Stating that the LGBTI people are more vulnerable and marginalised in the society, especially during the coronavirus epidemic, the UN High Commissioner for Human...
World needs solidarity to combat Coronavirus: UN
With Coronavirus devastating the socio economic frame work of many nations, the United Nations has called for acting together to lessen the impact of...
Poor water management to exacerbate impacts of climate change
Climate change is going to affect the availability and quality of water needed for basic human needs even as the usage of water has...
168 million and more needed for humanitarian assistance
With about 168 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020, the United Nations has called for humanitarian aid of nearly 29 million...
World has less HIV infected people now
The world has seen a 16 per cent reduction in HIV infection in eight years with 1.7 million infected persons in 2018 when compared...
Homicide deaths top the killing chart
Deaths due to criminal activity was more than the deaths caused by terrorist attacks or armed conflicts, according to the Global Study on Homicide...
