Vaccine inequity causes 'dangerous divergence' in COVID survival rates: UN

Aug 28, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], August 28 : The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is progressing at "two alarmingly different speeds", UN agency leaders said.

11 UN staff, 30 students at UN schools killed in Gaza": UN spokesperson

Oct 12, 2023

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, "11 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff and personnel have been killed since Saturday", referring to the...

Thousands of Afghans received humanitarian assistance: UN agency

Oct 09, 2021

New York [US], October 9 : Thousands of Afghans have received humanitarian assistance within a week from September 27 to October 3 across Afghanistan,...

UN migration agency 'concerned' over developments in Afghanistan

Aug 18, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 : The United Nations migration agency on Tuesday expressed "great concern" over the developments in Afghanistan and "grave consequences" for...

UN agency confirms 18.3C record heat in Antarctica

Jul 01, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 : The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new maximum temperature record for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees...

Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan: UN agency

Feb 09, 2022

Grand-Saconnex [Switzerland], February 9 : Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million...