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Vaccine manufacturers' focus on
profits means that young, healthy adults in
wealthy countries may get coronavirus vaccines
while health care workers and the elderly in
developing nations wait, World Health
Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus said this week as the agency
reported a more rapidly spreading variant of the
coronavirus first discovered in the UK has now
been detected in at least 60 countries. Three
drugmakers in China have submitted applications
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The Central African Republic, the
Republic of Congo, Iran, Libya, Niger, South
Sudan and Zimbabwe have had their voting rights
at the United Nations suspended over outstanding
dues payments, UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres says. All seven countries owe at least
two years' worth of UN contributions and can
restore voting rights by making
payments. Full Story: France 24/Agence
France-Presse
(1/18)
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Xinhua News Agency
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The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees is working to relocate
Ethiopian refugees in Sudan farther from the
disputed border between the two countries,
noting that additional funding is urgently
required to provide much-needed infrastructure,
food and shelter. The agency last week regained
access to refugee camps in Ethiopia's Tigray for
the first time in two months, but officials warn
attacks in the region have targeted World Food
Programme food storage facilities as hunger
climbs. Full Story: Xinhua News Agency
(China)
(1/19), Voice of America
(1/16), The Associated Press
(1/17)
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Greater budget allocations for
climate adaptation projects will encourage
environmentally responsible growth while
protecting vulnerable communities from climate
disasters, says United Nations Environment
Programme Climate Change Coordinator for Africa
Richard Munang. "Investing in adaptation is a
sound economic decision and must become an added
tool in every country's economic arsenals,"
Munang says. Full Story: Xinhua News Agency
(China)
(1/18)
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Participants in the United
Nations-brokered Libyan Political Dialogue Forum
continue to make progress toward selecting a new
authority for the country, UN Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres reports. The UN chief is urging
all foreign militants and contractors to leave
the country by Saturday, as stipulated under a
permanent cease-fire agreement signed in
October. Full Story: Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
(1/19), The Associated Press
(1/20)
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Planned Israeli settlements in
the occupied West Bank represent clear
violations of international law and threaten any
chance of a two-state solution in the region,
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres says. The UN chief is calling on
authorities in Israel to "halt and reverse" the
approval of new settlements in the
region. Full Story: The News International
(Pakistan)/Agence France-Presse
(1/20), Xinhua News Agency
(China)
(1/18)
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Migration chief calls for all
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protect all healthcare and frontline workers.
We must treat vaccines as a global
public good --people's vaccines -- accessible
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