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Surging coronavirus case numbers
in India and its South Asian neighbors threaten
global gains made against the pandemic, says
UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia George
Laryea-Adjei as the World Health Organization
advises that new virus variants and slow
distribution of vaccines could prompt a third
wave in Africa. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there have been more
new COVID-19 cases reported worldwide in the
last two weeks than in the first six months of
the pandemic. Full Story: The Tribune (India)/Press Trust of
India
(5/6), CGTN (China)/Agence
France-Presse
(5/7), Voice of America (5/7)
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United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres is calling for pharmaceutical
companies to waive patent rights on COVID-19
vaccines to allow businesses in poor regions to
begin manufacturing doses of their own. Several
world leaders, including the presidents of the
US and France, have endorsed the idea, but
concerns about the ability of hard-hit countries
to produce vaccines remain. Full Story: Reuters
(5/5), The Associated Press (5/6)
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The pandemic has led to job
losses for around 255 million people, and many
countries are taking on unmanageable levels of
debt in an effort to weather the pandemic --
factors that will only exacerbate the existing
hunger crisis, says World Food Programme chief
economist Arif Husain. UNICEF Executive Director
Henrietta Fore has highlighted the threat rising
hunger levels pose to children, while United
Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says
the global community must address both food
shortages and conflicts to end
hunger. Full Story: Prensa Latina (Cuba)
(5/6), Voice of America (5/7)
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The global community must
drastically reduce the amount of methane gases
released into the atmosphere to head off the
effects of climate change and increasingly
severe weather events occurring around the
world, a report from the United Nations
Environment Programme says. The world has the
capacity to cut methane emissions by 45% by
2030, a move that would help meet climate goals,
reduce crop losses, prevent deaths caused by air
pollution and, in some cases, make money, the
agency says. Full Story: The Guardian (London) (free
registration)
(5/6), CNBC (5/6)
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The success of a United Nations
climate summit to be held this November in
Scotland depends on developed countries making
good on promises to provide $100 billion
annually to help other countries address climate
issues, says United Nations Secretary-General
Antonio Guterres. "I call on the leaders of the
G- to take the lead, with other developed
countries following, to make substantial climate
finance pledges for the coming five years,"
Guterres said this week ahead of a G-7 climate
meeting set for June. Full Story: Reuters
(5/6), MSN (5/6)
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Human rights institutions in
Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a
rising number of threats, abuse, political
pressure and attempts to discredit them, says
United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights Michelle Bachelet. "I urge governments
across the region to abide by their
responsibilities, and respect and protect the
independence of the national human rights
institutions," Bachelet says, noting that
assaults on rights groups' work have been
reported in a dozen countries in the
region. Full Story: India Blooms News Service (5/7)
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Madagascar crisis, Africa COVID alert, US lifts
vaccine protections, South Sudan schools
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need of healing & hope. The UN represents a
measure of that hope. The colleagues we honour
today helped bring that hope to life. -
@antonioguterres remembers
fallen UN staff members & their efforts to
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