Tag: United Nations
WHO grants emergency approval for 1-shot J&J COVID vaccine
GENEVA — The World Health Organization granted an emergency use listing Friday for the coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson, meaning the one-dose...
UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreak
GENEVA — A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it...
US resumes aid to Yemen’s rebel north as famine threatens
The United States announced a resumption of aid to Yemen’s rebel-held north on Friday to fight a looming famine as the country’s nearly six-year-old...
UN expert: Myanmar junta ‘murdered’ at least 70 since coup
<p>GENEVA — An independent U.N. rights expert on Thursday cited “credible reports” that Myanmar security forces have killed at least 70 people. He also...
UN chief: Syria in `living nightmare’ after 10 years of war
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that Syria faces “a living nightmare” 10 years after peaceful demonstrations were violently suppressed setting the...
WHO whistleblower who denounced spiked Italy report resigns
<p>ROME — A U.N. epidemiologist who publicly denounced the World Health Organization’s withdrawal of a report on Italy’s coronavirus response has resigned, citing the...
A year on, WHO still struggling to manage pandemic response
GENEVA — When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting...
Rights group: Myanmar military using systematic deadly force
MANDALAY, Myanmar — Amnesty International accused Myanmar's military government on Thursday of increasingly using battlefield weapons against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings.
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UN appeals for $5.5 billion to avert famine for 34 million
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an urgent appeal Thursday for $5.5 billion to prevent a “catastrophe” for 34 million people in over...
UN expert: Myanmar junta ‘murdered’ at least 70 since coup
GENEVA — An independent U.N. rights expert on Thursday cited “credible reports” that Myanmar security forces have killed at least 70 people. He also...