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Zambia: Young people drop out of school due to Covid-19

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– – Some young people in some underprivileged communities in Zambia may not return to school this year, despite all education institutions having re-opened, because a number have either been married off or/and fallen pregnant during the months that the schools were closed. Others are just staying home, because their parents are more comfortable with them being away from school,… Read More
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Mali: Former diplomat Moctar Ouane named prime minister

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– – Mali’s transitional government leader, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou on Sunday named a new civilian prime minister. N’Daou appointed former foreign affairs minister of the country Moctar Ouane to the new role. Before serving in the role as Mali’s foreign minister between 2004 and 2011, he was Mali’s permanent representative to the UN from 1995 to 2002. Ouane also… Read More
Europe 

Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over disputed region – UN chief urges ‘stop fighting’ 

Village Reporter
According to news reports, at least 16 people have been killed along the line of contact in the worst fighting between the two former Soviet Republics in four years. “He condemns the use of force and regrets the loss of life and the toll on the civilian population”, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement.  This latest skirmish between… Read More
Europe 

Belarusian Minster denounces Western attempts to sow ‘chaos’, says threats against his country must end

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In a pre-recorded video address to the Assembly’s annual debate, being held virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Makei regretted what he described as cynical attention paid by some to recent events in his country. While acknowledging that the situation had become complex, he said this was “by dint of circumstances imposed upon us, primarily from elsewhere.”… Read More
Europe 

‘We must open our eyes to the weaknesses this pandemic has laid bare’, Belgium leader tells UN General Assembly

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“COVID-19 must not blind us. On the contrary, we must open our eyes to the weaknesses that this pandemic has laid bare to our societal models, for example,” she said in a pre-recorded statement.    Due to the pandemic, the annual debate for Heads of State and Government in the UN General Assembly Hall is mainly being held virtually.  Prime… Read More
Europe 

Repair ugly rifts and unite against common foe, COVID-19, ‘or everyone will lose’, warns UK’s Johnson

Village Reporter
“And yet the crisis has also been an extraordinary force for division”, Boris Johnson said in a pre-recorded video address to the Assembly’s annual debate, being held virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although the world is “up against the same enemy”, he pointed out that borders have been springing up “between friends and allies” and global supply… Read More
Pacific 

Bangladesh urges greater international action on Rohingya status

Village Reporter
Bangladesh is hosting more than one million Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority community who are stateless, most of whom fled following a wave of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017.  “More than three years have elapsed. Regrettably, not a single Rohingya could be repatriated. The problem was created by Myanmar, and its solution must be found in Myanmar. I… Read More
Pacific 

UN reform is ‘the need of the hour’: India premier

Village Reporter
The international community must ask if the UN is still relevant 75 years after its founding, said Mr. Modi, noting that despite the Organization’s achievements, including the avoidance of a Third World War, there have since been many conflicts, and today’s challenges are vastly different from those of the past. The Indian leader went on to question whether the Organization… Read More
Pacific 

COVID-19 a litmus test of global unity, Thai Prime Minister tells world leaders

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Addressing the Assembly’s annual high-level debate via a pre-recorded video, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called on the leaders to “remain steadfast and not be shaken by nationalist sentiments or anti-globalization tendencies.”  The global crisis, he said, should motivate us to “unite as one”, since it has been proven that no nation can face the challenges alone.  “Such is the future… Read More
Pacific 

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, world needs masks, not weapons, declares Prime Minister of Nepal

Village Reporter
“As we embark on the Decade of Action to implement the 2030 Agenda , the current crisis has pushed us to the brink of losing the gains made in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli told world leaders, via a pre-recorded video message.  Landlocked, least developed and small nations – which are more… Read More
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