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The pandemic has demonstrated the
importance of public health care, and countries
around the world must invest in systems to
ensure universal access to quality treatment,
says United Nations Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres. The World Health Organization reported
a record 338,779 new cases of coronavirus on
Thursday. Full Story: Prensa Latina (Cuba)
(10/7), Reuters
(10/8)
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The World Food Programme has been
awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for its
"efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a
weapon of war and conflict." Data from the
agency indicates more than 821 million people
around the world face chronic hunger, and the
WFP has said that the economic effects of the
coronavirus could drive a "hunger
pandemic." Full Story: BBC (free registration)
(10/9), Hindustan Times (India)/Agence
France-Presse
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Cyprus Mail/Cyprus News
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The World Health Organization
will release a digital stress management guide
through WhatsApp, as well as stickers on
Facebook Messenger promoting discussion of
mental health, as it marks World Mental Health
Day on Saturday. "As we continue to live through
a global pandemic, we need movement on mental
health, perhaps more than we have ever needed it
before," says WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Full Story: ABS-CBN Interactive
(10/9)
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Hindustan Times
(India)/Agence France-Presse
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The Guardian
(London)
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Young women are stepping up to
effect change around the globe -- and yet girls
in many parts of Africa are denied basic human
rights, and girls make up a disproportionate
number of AIDS victims in the region, write
Winnie Byanyima, Audrey Azoulay, Natalia Kanem,
Henrietta Fore and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the
heads of UNAIDS, UNESCO, the United Nations
Population Fund, UNICEF and UN Women,
respectively. "Together we can ensure vital
investments and transformational policy shifts
are made so that all of Africa's girls can enjoy
all of their rights to education and
empowerment," they write. Full Story: Inter Press Service
(10/9)
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Xinhua News Agency
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The Phnom Penh Post
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Patricia Espinosa, Executive
Secretary of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, is urging world
leaders to meet the 2020 deadline for submitting
updated climate action plans to the UN, echoing
a plea from climate-vulnerable nations for
global action. "The luxury of time was
squandered long ago -- we are now minutes to
midnight," Espinosa says. Full Story: Thomson Reuters
Foundation
(10/7)
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Authorities in Armenia and
Azerbaijan have accepted an invitation from
Russian President Vladimir Putin to let his
country mediate peace talks as deadly clashes
between the two countries continue to escalate.
Observers say Turkey has sent hundreds of Syrian
fighters to support Azerbaijan, while
Lebanese-Armenians are helping fund Armenian
fighters. Full Story: Voice of America
(10/9), The Associated Press
(10/9)
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Middle East Monitor
(London)
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Macau Business
(Macao)/Agence France-Presse
(10/8)
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recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day, UN Wire
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Sudan floods: UN calls for urgent
funding, as food insecurity mounts Full Story: UN News
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"The World Food Program wins the
Nobel Peace Prize. These two podcast episodes
take you inside the work of the WFP." Full Story: UN Dispatch
(10/9)
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#WorldPostDay | From Malawi
& Senegal to Djibouti & Zambia, postal
workers across 37 countries are receiving
protective masks thanks to a joint project b/w
UNOPS & @UPU_UN - the @UN specialized agency for
postal services @UNOPS
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