WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was delivering his report to the 76th World Health Assembly, the UN agency’s decision-making body, which is meeting this week. Threat still remains “The end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency is not the end of COVID-19 as a global health threat,” Tedros told Member States. “The threat of…
Secretary-General António Guterres was addressing the annual opening of the World Health Assembly, the decision making body of the WHO, and said that the agency was born out of a spirit of cooperation, leading to dramatic improvements in human health. “Global life expectancy – up over 50 percent; Infant mortality – down sixty percent in…
Washington: US police intelligence chief indicted for allegedly leaking secret police information to homosexuals. According to foreign media, a federal grand jury has indicted Lt. Shane Lemond, head of the police intelligence unit in Washington, on charges of providing classified information to homosexuals and making three false statements. Shane Lemond was arrested Friday on a…
File photo Chief Justice of the Indian Supreme Court DY Chandrachud read a poem from the poetry of a Pakistani poet. According to Indian media, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud expressed his views while addressing the farewell ceremony for Supreme Court Justice MR Shah. On this occasion, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud recited verses from the poetry…
Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that it was “imperative that we explore all options to reach civilians”, stressing that all parties to the fighting must allow and facilitate the “rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief”. “I urge the parties to strengthen facilitation efforts so we can reach all civilians in need”, he said. Cut…
In a statement released by his Spokesperson, António Guterres said that he condemned the civilian loss of life, that occurred during Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday aimed at the militant Islamic Jihad group, three of whose leaders were killed. In total, 13 Palestinians were killed during Tuesday’s early morning attacks, including five women and four children….
“It is time to end the violence,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region, held in Bujumbura, Burundi. Since the resurgence of the M23 armed group in DRC in 2021,…
“Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, briefing the media at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. According to WHO’s Coronavirus Dashboard which has collated key statistics since early in the pandemic, the cumulative cases worldwide now stand at 765,222,932, with nearly seven million…
“The scale and speed of what is unfolding is unprecedented in Sudan. We are extremely concerned by the immediate as well as long-term impact on all people in Sudan, and the broader region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement. The UN again urged the warring sides to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, allow safe…
File photo Facing allegations of sexual harassment by female athletes in India, Wrestling Federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has said that the demand for my resignation is not a big deal for me but I will not act like a criminal. According to Indian media, he said that the demands of the wrestlers are…
