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Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis

·February 2, 2023·2 min read

Millions of Congolese face severe food insecurity, particularly in the northeast, where fighting has uprooted millions of people. As part of his three-day DRC visit, the Pope is expected to meet families displaced by conflict in the east. This staggering number includes more than half a million uprooted from their homes...

COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences

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·January 12, 2023·4 min read

“Since the peak of the Omicron wave, the number of sequences being shared has dropped by more than 90 per cent, and the number of countries sharing sequences has fallen by a third,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking during his latest media briefing. The WHO chief recalled that the first...

Afghanistan: UN envoy highlights need to continue dialogue with Taliban

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·December 21, 2022·7 min read

Briefing ambassadors, the new UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and UNAMA chief, Roza Otunbayeva, highlighted ongoing political and human rights concerns – as well as several positive developments – since the Taliban’s seizure of power in August 2021. “We do not see eye to eye with the Taliban on a...

‘Dramatically’ evolving conflict highlights importance of multilateralism, Security Council hears

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·December 15, 2022·5 min read

Pointing to the Our Common Agenda report – a blueprint for global cooperation and reinvigorated multilateralism – he attested that strengthening multilateralism has been his “highest priority”. “During the darkest periods of the Cold War, collective decision-making and continuous dialogue in the Security Council maintained a functioning, if imperfect, system...

UN chief highlights crucial role of G20 in resolving global crises |

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Speaking on the eve of the G20 Summit there, the UN chief appealed for the bloc to support his initiatives to address climate change, sustainable development, the worldwide food and energy crises, and digital transformation. The Summit is taking place at “the most pivotal, precarious moment in generations”, he told...