Health Minister Firas Abiad has raised concerns about the fast spread of cholera in Lebanon, calling on international organizations to increase their support to contain the infection. A statement by the Ministry of Public Health [Read More]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in India late on Tuesday night for a two-day official visit, confirmed an official at the Ministry of External Affairs of India on Wednesday. He was welcomed at the [Read More]
The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali, which killed three peacekeepers from Chad and injured three others. In a press statement, the members of the Security Council [Read More]
Clean water and fuel are in demand to fight the cholera outbreak in Haiti as humanitarian agencies scale up support, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday. “We live in an absolutely dramatic situation,” Guterres [Read More]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for efforts to renew the commitment to a better world for all in his message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which falls on Oct. [Read More]
Rising food and fuel prices have led to growing civil unrest in Haiti, the World Food Programme (WFP) and other UN agencies have warned. Jean-Martin Bauer, country director in Haiti for the WFP, told a [Read More]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Group of 20 (G20) to change course and steer a global economic recovery. Guterres made this appeal in a letter to G20 finance ministers and central [Read More]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he will soon launch a plan for universal early-warning coverage for climate disasters. In a video message for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, Guterres said climate [Read More]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed a deal between Lebanon and Israel on the resolution of their maritime boundary dispute, said his spokesman. “The secretary-general welcomes the announcements that the governments of Lebanon and Israel [Read More]
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said Thursday that the renewal of a truce agreement that has just expired remains possible and called for the engagement of the parties. The truce in Yemen, first [Read More]
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