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There are currently many
bottlenecks delaying COVID-19 vaccine rollouts,
says UNICEF COVAX coordinator Benjamin
Schreiber, as World Health Organization
Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
raises concerns that inequitable and slow
vaccine distribution will give the virus time to
mutate into vaccine-resistant forms, hampering
the global push to end the pandemic. Many poor
countries yet to receive doses of the vaccine
have begun seeking supplies on their own, which
experts warn could undermine the COVAX
program. Full Story: Voice of America
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Martin Griffiths, the United
Nations special envoy for Yemen, is in Iran to
meet with officials on renewing efforts to
implement a nationwide cease-fire in Yemen,
deploy humanitarian aid and restart efforts to
develop political processes in the country. The
trip comes as US officials announced the country
would revoke its terrorist designation of
Yemen's Houthi militia and end support for Saudi
Arabia's military push in the
country. Full Story: Reuters
(2/5), The Associated Press (2/7)
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United Nations officials are
voicing alarm over continued violence and
insecurity in Ethiopia's Tigray region, warning
that reports suggest grave violations of
international human rights law and urging
protections for Eritrean refugees trapped in the
area. World Food Programme Executive Director
David Beasley announced on Saturday that his
agency has reached an agreement with Ethiopian
authorities to scale up aid operations in
Tigray. Full Story: Voice of America
(2/7), News Ghana/Xinhua News
Agency
(2/6), Daily Sabah (Turkey)/Agence
France-Presse
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Nearly all Somali women between
15 and 49 have been subjected to female genital
mutilation, an unacceptable practice that causes
physical harm and deprives women and girls of
their rights, and lawmakers in the country must
take action to ban it, United Nations Population
Fund representative Anders Thomsen said as the
world marked International Day of Zero Tolerance
for Female Genital Mutilation on Saturday. UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres echoed the
call, urging authorities around the world to
work toward ending FGM. Full Story: Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
(2/6), News Ghana/Xinhua News
Agency
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The threat posed by climate
change exceeds that of the ongoing pandemic and
must be addressed to avert mortality rates
equivalent to those of the pandemic occurring
annually, says United Nations climate action and
finance envoy Mark Carney. Governments must
increase the amount of pandemic recovery plans
directed toward sustainability and reducing
carbon emissions, Carney says. Full Story: BBC (free registration) (2/6)
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United Nations special envoy for
Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has made
contact with military officials in the country
for the first time since they took over and has
advised them of the UN's opposition to the coup,
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
Schraner Burgener also pressed the Myanmar
military to release detainees and work toward
conditions that would allow the safe
repatriation of the Rohingya people. Full Story: The Associated Press (2/5)
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