The international organization for migration said that while new crown a pandemic outbreak since governments to take measures in 2020 the overall trend of cross-border personnel flow drops greatly, but…
In the first 100 days of this year, 194 out of 220 countries and economies have started vaccinating against COVID-19, while 26 have yet to do so, WHO Director-General Tedros…
In a statement issued through his spokesman, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the U.S. decision to lift sanctions and visa restrictions on ICC officials. U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday…
Driven by the COVID-19 Access Mechanism, led with WHO participation, 177 countries and economies have begun vaccinating. In just one month, the facility has distributed more than 32 million doses…
On March 27, the world briefly went dark, in order of time zones, as countries dimmed their lights for an hour at 8.30pm local time. Earth Hour aims to encourage…
The World Meteorological Organization recently warned against letting up its guard against novel coronavirus just as spring approaches and warmer weather approaches in the northern hemisphere. It noted that there…
The agricultural sector bears most of the economic losses and impact of disasters, but the frequency, intensity and complexity of disasters have increased, with annual disasters now more than three…
The total number of poor people in the region rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, 22 million more than the year before, the United Nations Economic Commission…
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Women Leaders: Achieving an Equal Future in a World of Coronavirus 2019”, celebrating the tremendous efforts of women and girls around…
The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed on 18 February by Russia of the detection of avian influenza A (H5N8) virus in seven human clinical specimens, the WHO said. These…