Following resignation of Sudan’s Prime Minister, UN condemns violence targeting protestors
Jan. 4, 2022 The United Nations’ Secretary-General condemned on Monday the continued violence targeting protestors in Sudan, following the 25 October military takeover. In his statement on Monday, António Guterres…
UN chief urges that recovery be ‘our resolution for 2022’
Dec. 29, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged countries to make recovery for people, planet and prosperity their resolution for 2022. Together, let’s make recovery “for people, planet and…
Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere – UN chief
Dec. 28, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres, says COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing health systems to the brink and upending…
WHO advisory group looking at ‘mix and match’ COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 7, 2021 … Vaccines mandate an “absolute last resort” The World Health Organization’s group of advisory experts is considering evidence this week on COVID-19 heterologous vaccines, or mix and…
FG asks Britain to withdraw ban on Nigeria over Omicron
Dec. 6, 2021 The Federal Government has called on the British Authority to immediately rescind its ban on foreign travels from Nigeria over the discovery of cases of Omicron variant…
U.N. chief slams COVID-19 ‘travel apartheid’ as unacceptable
Dec. 2, 2021 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that travel restrictions imposed over COVID-19 that isolate any one country or region as “not only deeply unfair and…
Allocating the World’s Carbon Budget
Nov. 18, 2021 The world has a carbon budget. Deciding how to spend it is complicated, contentious and consequential. Countries and companies are responding to the urgent reality of climate…
UN Agencies Back Bold Plan To Ensure Every Child In Need Gets A Regular Healthy Meal In School By 2030
Nov. 17, 2021 United Nations agencies have announced their strong support for an international coalition aiming to rapidly improve the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world…
COP26 message to business: clean up to cash in
Nov 15, 2021 The hard-fought Glasgow Local weather Pact despatched a transparent message to world corporations and executives: reassess enterprise methods and carbon footprints to reap financial rewards, or lag…
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP HELPED NIGERIA TACKLE COVID-19 PANDEMIC – OSINBAJO
Nov. 13, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria was able to effectively tackle the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying a responsive and effective public health framework, at a…