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Nearly 300 million students worldwide missing class due to coronavirus outbreak: UNESCO
Mar 05, 2020 13:44The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) says the new coronavirus outbreak has deprived nearly 300 million students of their schooling, as the highly-contagious disease has so far infected more than 95,000 people worldwide.
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With human rights under attack, UN chief unveils blueprint for positive change
Feb 28, 2020 13:40The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said human trafficking affects “every region of the world”, leaving women and girls “enslaved, exploited and abused”, unable to realize their potential. He said journalists and civil society are also under threat, with activists jailed, religious groups and minorities – including indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees – persecuted under “overly broad definitions of national security.”
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States must respect rights of those in isolation over virus: UN
Feb 28, 2020 01:48The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says countries should use quarantine against the deadly new coronavirus only when they are truly needed.
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Health Ministry: More Iranian coronavirus patients discharged from hospital
Feb 27, 2020 14:40An Iranian Health Ministry official says despite the surging number of coronavirus cases across the country, more patients have recovered and been released from the hospital during past days, depicting a promising prognosis for Iranians contracting coronavirus infection.
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WHO official slams Trump’s 'incoherent' comments on coronavirus
Feb 27, 2020 12:28A World Health Organization (WHO) has said that he found US President Donald Trump's remarks during a news conference on his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak a "little incoherent."
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Iran briefs WHO, foreign envoys on measures to contain coronavirus
Feb 27, 2020 04:14Iran’s Foreign Ministry played host to a meeting to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) representative and foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran about the Islamic Republic’s measures to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.
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Countries stepping up efforts to fight new coronavirus
Feb 25, 2020 08:45Countries throughout the globe are escalating efforts to contain an outbreak of the new coronavirus that has so far infected over 77,650 people, mainly in China.
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World must prepare for ‘potential pandemic’: WHO Chief
Feb 25, 2020 02:09The World Health Organization chief says the world should be working harder to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, and should be preparing for a "potential pandemic."
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World leaders urged to 'step back from precipice' of ecological ruin
Feb 23, 2020 10:45A statement, which was released through non-profit thinktank Aspen Institute reads “The loss and degradation of nature jeopardizes human health, livelihoods, safety and prosperity. It disproportionately harms our poorest communities while undermining our ability to meet a broad range of targets set by the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. We must rise above politics and ideology to unite the global community around the urgent cause of protecting our planet and way of life.”
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UN envoy urges Turkey, Russia to de-escalate situation in Syria's Idlib
Feb 20, 2020 05:18UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has called on Moscow and Ankara to de-escalate the situation in the Arab country's Idlib Province after the Turkish president threatened "imminent" operation in the last stronghold of terrorists in northern Syria.