An Emergency Committee on COVID-19 is calling for global solidarity in tackling the pandemic by supporting global response efforts to contain it
Number of people in Latin America and Caribbean who will be faced with starvation diets in coming months will rise to 16 million, according to World Food Program
UNHCR says security forces reportedly are intended targets of attacks by various armed groups, but civilians are main victims
The report says the main perpetrators are law enforcement authorities who are supposed to protect them, not smugglers and traffickers
Committee says military cannot be used to quell peaceful protests except under exceptional circumstances and says police must be identified at all times
North Korean women forcibly sent home are subjected to horrific abuse, including imprisonment, torture and sexual violence
Officials say disruptions of hepatitis B immunization because of COVID-19 could cause 5.3 million additional infections among children born in next decade
World Health Organization warns virus is continuing to accelerate globally at breathtaking speed
The unlawful and arbitrary incarceration of refugees and asylum seekers puts them and the general public at heightened risk of COVID-19
Coronavirus disproportionately affects the most vulnerable, including the poorest, indigenous populations and other native communities, as well as refugees
The extreme heat in Siberia would have been almost impossible without climate change
UN official says people have a right to protest peacefully and should not be subjected to unnecessary, disproportionate and discriminatory use of force
UNDP: A guaranteed Temporary Basic Income would help shield nearly 3 billion of the world’s poorest people from the worst impacts of COVID-19
UN migration agency reports newly displaced cite fear of contracting deadly disease, pandemic’s impact on economy and interruptions of basic services
Spokesman for International Organization for Migration says agreement worked out between two countries will allow migrants who are properly screened for coronavirus to resume work in South Africa
A counter-terrorism force operating in Mali may have violated its mandate by suppressing civilian protestors
Number of hungry people could increase from current 149 million to 270 million before year's end without international support
Despite challenges, vaccination program reaches thousands
Venezuelan security and military forces fail to prevent crimes and have participated in some violence against miners, the U.N. human rights office said in a report
Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants stranded in war-torn Yemen are in fear for their lives as COVID-19 spreads throughout the country and life-saving aid is in short supply
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