Access to a healthy environment, declared a human right by UN rights council
The Human Rights Council recognised this Friday, for the first time, that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.
UN health agency issues definition of post COVID-19 condition to aid treatment UN health agency issues definition of post COVID-19 condition to aid treatment
The first official clinical definition of living with “post COVID” sickness, has been agreed upon following global consultation and released to help boost treatment for sufferers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
World misses most 2020 mental health targets: WHO World misses most 2020 mental health targets: WHO
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting a growing need for mental health support, there has been a worldwide failure to provide people with the services they need, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded.
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline
During the week of 27 September to 3 October, all regions reported a decline in the number of new cases, apart from Europe which remained similar to the week before.
BTS and UNICEF celebrate 4 years of the ‘Love Myself’ campaign to promote child self-esteem
Since 2017, a campaign by South Korean superstars BTS, and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reached almost every country in the world with a positive message of self-love and self-care, gathering more than 50 million interactions from Twitter users.
Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral reefs vanish
Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined – a UN-backed report revealed on Tuesday.
Pandemic impact ‘tip of the iceberg’ after years of neglecting child mental health
COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come, UN children’s agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.
Food security and water security go hand-in-hand
Speaking about the negative impacts that water scarcity and flooding have on food security in rural areas and on socio-economic conditions, the Director-General highlighted the importance of effective water management approaches to adapt agri-food systems to extreme hydro-climatological events.
UN chief promotes ‘enormous’ benefits of greener cities
For the UN Secretary-General, the benefits of making cities more environmentally friendly are “enormous”, and include reduced climate risk, more jobs, and better health and well-being.
In Barbados, Guterres highlights power of ‘youth voices’ ahead of key trade and development conference
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the Organisation is a place where “youth voices are heard, and their ideas lead”, as he spent the day in Barbados which tomorrow hosts a major UN conference on trade and development, focused on the need to build a global green economy and recover equitably from the COVID-19 pandemic.