Online predators put millions of children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety […]
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COVID-19 isolation threatens live-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally
As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children risk missing out on measles vaccines, two UN agencies […]
Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of […]
Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief
Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of contracting COVID-19, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund […]
Living apart, ‘we must stand together’ to battle coronavirus pandemic – UN rights chief
The COVID-19 pandemic is a “colossal test of leadership”, the top UN rights official said on Thursday, underscoring the need for “decisive, coordinated and innovative […]
Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in 2017 attacks, UN watchdog finds
The Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in three separate attacks in March 2017 on the central town of Ltamenah that affected a total […]
‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, marking 26 years since genocide in Rwanda
Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN […]
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s war-torn Taizz Governerate, in the south of the country, which has […]
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s wartorn Taizz Governerate, in the south of the country, which has […]
Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response
Fearing a needless increase in COVID-19 deaths due to discrimination, UN independent human rights experts on Monday called for Governments to commit to racial equity […]