Hong Kong citizens wearing masks, photo courtesy of SCMP Hong Kong became the last country to lift the ban on wearing masks, the ban on wearing masks to prevent the corona virus was lifted after 945 days. The country’s leader, John Lee, said during a press briefing that citizens will not need to wear masks…
“The only reason people are still dying of AIDS is the inequalities in society, and all these come together to make them more at risk,” Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, said. “Criminalizing laws chase people away from life-saving treatment and need to be removed.” Commemorated on 1 March, Zero Discrimination Day aims at emphasizing…
Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, updated journalists in New York on developments in a country where 28 million people now depend on aid to survive. Immense humanitarian needs “Afghanistan remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 2023, notwithstanding, of course, the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria,” he…
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Chinese telecoms giant Huawei remained by far the most prolific patent filer in 2022, with well over 7,600 to its name. South Korea’s Samsung came in second, followed by Qualcomm of the US, Mitsubishi of Japan, and Ericsson of Sweden. WIPO was established in 1967, as a self-funding…
The biennial panel’s theme is human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the practice to only the most serious crimes. Promise of the Charter Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the highest standards of protection of all human…
As the continent weathers the full impact of fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine, she underscored the need for greater action to achieve UN and African Union roadmaps that promise an inclusive and sustainable future for all. Countries off track “At the mid-point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Today in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, more than eight million people require food assistance and around 332,000 “urgently need food, otherwise their lives are at risk”, said UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado. A full eight in 10 of the displaced are women and children, the UNHCR official continued, while UN migration agency, IOM, warned that failed rains and conflict…
The UN Emergency Coordinator and the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria called for robust support for ongoing emergency efforts and a “bold” plan for paving a political path towards lasting recovery and reconciliation. Race against time Briefing the 15-member body on the severity of humanitarian needs, Rasha Muhrez, Response Director at the international non-governmental organization…
US Ambassador Donald Bloom inaugurated a school built with the support of USAID in Akbarpura area of Peshawar. The American ambassador posted in Pakistan while talking to the media said that the visit and inauguration of the school is very welcome. He said that all the facilities have been provided to the students in this…
Oakes Berif A-50U aircraft, file photo Two drones shot down a Russian spy plane at a Russian airbase in Belarus. According to the British newspaper, the value of the Russian spy plane is 274 million pounds. The plane was destroyed by Belarusian anti-government activists, it was an Aux-Berif A-50U aircraft. The front and middle parts…
