Tag: Healthy News

Returnees perceived to have the virus have been the target of violence and discrimination, while their reintegration is fraught with “major protection risks”, the agency reported on Thursday. Fear of #COVID19 mixed with existing discrimination and violence for returned migrant children in Central America and Mexico is leaving them doubly at risk. Deportation of children must stop during the pandemic,… Read More

The new pact, signed by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN refugee agency (UNHCR), updates and expands a 1997 agreement between the two and covers around 26 million people – 80 per cent of whom are refugees sheltering in low and middle-income countries with weak health systems. The revised contract also provides assistance to another 40… Read More

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday launched Verified, which will create a cadre of “digital first responders” to increase the volume and reach of trusted, accurate information surrounding the crisis. “We cannot cede our virtual spaces to those who traffic in lies, fear and hate”, the UN chief said. “Misinformation spreads online, in messaging apps and person to person. Its… Read More

“Venezuela is mired in a deepening protracted crisis that only Venezuelans can resolve,” said Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. Despite significant international facilitation efforts, attempts at reaching a negotiated solution have failed to bear fruit, she said, briefing the 15-member organ on the situation in the Latin American nation. Reiterating the Secretary-General’s oft-repeated call for a… Read More

“It assigns responsibilities for both the WHO and its member States, and captures the comprehensive whole of government and whole of society approach we have been calling for since the beginning of the outbreak”, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.  We saw unprecedented solidarity with Heads of Government from around the world beaming into #WHA73 to discuss lessons,… Read More

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, and Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Solomon Dersso, issued a joint call for urgent measures to mitigate the ripple effects of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable. “We cannot afford to stand idly by and hope this most viral and deadly of diseases bypasses Africa, which is home… Read More

The UN health agency’s annual oversight convention, held for the first time ever by teleconference from Geneva on 18-19 May, was focused intensely on defeating the novel coronavirus that has infected more than 4.7 million people worldwide, caused more than 316,100 deaths and thrown the futures of even the most robust economies into jeopardy. The event was punctuated by the assertion from… Read More

Karim Aïnouz is the director of “Central Airport THF”, a documentary which describes the situation of asylum seekers sheltered in the former Tempelhof Airport, in Berlin, and is now available on streaming platforms. Built in the 1920s, the airport of gigantic proportions was renovated in the 1930s by the Nazi regime. Decommissioned in 2008, it served as a shelter for… Read More

Museums may be temporarily closed, but they remain a source of knowledge and discovery for many – now through virtual tours in particular. This International Museum Day, let’s celebrate the inspirational power of museums & thank museum workers for their valuable contribution. pic.twitter.com/vbtxeGlos4 — António Guterres (@antonioguterres) May 18, 2020 In assessing the impact of the coronavirus on museums, two… Read More

Noting that over the past decade, too many “fleeting opportunities” to reverse course had been lost, Geir O. Pedersen recalled during an open videoconference meeting that those missed chances had been followed by “renewed violence and a hardening of positions among regional and international actors”.  “We must not repeat this pattern”, he underscored. The UN envoy shared a widespread belief… Read More