Campaigns
Violations against children in conflict ‘alarmingly high’: UN
In its annual Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) report, released on Monday, the UN said at least 19,379 children affected by war in 2020 were…
UNITAR/NCD/THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW …
HIGH- LEVEL PANEL CALLS ON IMMEDIATE ACTION ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19
GUINEA/EBOLA OUTBREAK
Health officials in Guinea are to begin vaccinations to try to contain the region’s first Ebola epidemic since the 2014-2016 outbreak.
UN ENVIRONMENT REPORT
Environmental degradation is impeding progress towards ending poverty and hunger, reducing inequalities, and promoting sustainable economic growth, work for all, and peaceful and inclusive societies.
Press Release – World Cancer Day – The Defeat-NCD Partnership
The Defeat-NCD Partnership is a practical response to the widespread call for action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Formally launched alongside the UN General Assembly in…
World Cancer Day
This World Cancer Day, it is vital we remember our moral responsibility to ensure health practitioners on the frontline of delivering care in low resource…
Inequality at its worst
Inequality at its worst: Vaccine doses should go to where they are needed, not only to where they can be afforded By Hossam Elsharkawi, Regional…
Nuclear weapons are finally outlawed; next step is disarmament/By Robert Mardini Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross
The world’s nine nuclear-armed states have more than 13,000 nuclear bombs, with command-and-control networks vulnerable to human error and cyberattacks. The power of many of…
Still a Black Hole: Guantánamo Bay 19 years on Still a Black Hole: Guantánamo Bay 19 years on/ Clive Stafford Smith
The prison comes with a long history, and it has always been about avoiding the rule of law. If you walk into the UK parliament…
Peaceful (and not so peaceful) assemblies
Global webinar on 16 December to discuss the latest international standards

