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Job Losses From Virus 4 Times as Bad as '09 Financial Crisis
A UN report says that four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009
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Biden to Nominate Samantha Power to Lead Foreign Aid Agency
Signaling a dramatic new direction for U.S. foreign assistance, President-elect Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that he will nominate former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to transition officials.
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UNICEF Executive Director: Covid Has Created a Global Education Emergency
Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF estimates that one out of every three children currently does not have access to in-person or remote learning.
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‘Hiring More Diverse People Isn't Enough': 4 Things to Really Focus on to Promote Racial Equity in 2021
This year, amid a tense climate, DE&I became a part of the corporate conversation. But as we enter 2021, talk isn’t enough. Leaders must be strategic and proactive in order to truly advance racial equity.
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UN Rights Chief Expects US Will Be ‘Much Better' Under Biden
The U.N human rights chief says she expects the U.S. administration of President-elect Joe Biden will be “much, much better” when it comes to human rights, and warned of shrinking “democratic space” in Hong Kong — saying her office will be monitoring the rights situation there.
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UN Chief Warns ‘Vaccine Nationalism' Is Moving at Full Speed
The United Nations chief is warning that “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed.”
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UN Warns Pandemic to Fan Surge in Humanitarian Needs in 2021
The U.N. humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021.
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With More Childcare and Domestic Work, the Pandemic Poses a ‘Real Danger' to Women's Progress, UN Finds
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, women have been bearing the brunt of extra childcare duties and unpaid domestic work, a study by the UN has found.
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Biden's Nominee for UN Ambassador: ‘America Is Back'
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who President-elect Joe Biden has nominated as U.S. ambassador the United Nations, said she has a message for diplomats around the world. “America is back,” Thomas-Greenfield said. “Multilateralism is back. Diplomacy is back.”
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5 Things to Know About Linda Thomas-Greenfield
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Here are five things to know about the career diplomat.
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Nobel UN Food Agency Warns 2021 Will Be Worse Than 2020
The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year
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UN Food Chief: Yemen Faces ‘Looming Famine,' Needs Millions
The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program is sounding an alarm that war-torn Yemen faces “looming famine.”
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UN Urges Cease-Fire to Tackle Virus Ahead of Myanmar Vote
The U.N. chief is appealing for a cease-fire across Myanmar to tackle surging COVID-19 cases ahead of Sunday’s elections
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United Nations' World Food Program Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel committee awarded the world’s most prestigious prize, the Nobel Peace Prize, to the United Nation’s World Food Program as it urged countries to continue funding it. The program, located in more than 80 countries, provides food to people caught up in conflict and disasters.
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Women's Issues at UN: Still ‘Too Low Down on the Agenda'
This year’s U.N. General Assembly came as the world body prepared to commemorate a milestone in women’s rights: the 25th anniversary of the Beijing women’s conference that produced a global roadmap for gender equality.
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At UN, Nations Urge Overdue Reckoning With Colonial Crimes
Leaders of countries once subjugated to Western powers spoke out about still-stinging scars of colonialism at this year’s U.N. General Assembly.
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Telling COVID's Story: at UN, Leaders Spin Virus Storylines
At the 75th annual United Nations General Assembly, world leaders are floating solutions to combating the coronavirus while sometimes criticizing other nations and arguing the U.N. itself needs reform
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In UN Speech, Trump Blames China for Spread of COVID-19
President Donald Trump is demanding that the United Nations hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic as he defends his own handling of COVID-19 in America where the death toll has topped 200,000
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Born to Prevent War, UN at 75 Faces a Deeply Polarized World
The United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary with its chief urging leaders of an increasingly polarized, go-it-alone world to work together and preserve the organization’s most important success since its founding
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Pandemic Retools Diplomacy as World Leaders Gather Virtually
With the pandemic still in force, world leaders are skipping the annual U.N. General Assembly gathering in New York