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The Secretary-General welcomes the United States government’s unprecedented support for the waiver of intellectual property protections regarding Covid-19 vaccines.
The Secretary-General this morning paid tribute to the United Nations personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty over the course of last year.
This morning, the Secretary-General also spoke at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is falling off a cliff, with more than 20 million Yemenis needing humanitarian assistance.
The UN has just released today $65 million for the humanitarian response in Ethiopia.
The UN team in Myanmar remains deeply concerned over the continued use of force against children, including use of live ammunition.
In India, the UN team on the ground continues to support the authorities – both nationally and locally – to tackle the pandemic.
Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said that he was deeply concerned by the surge in tensions and violence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
A new report released today by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the UN Environment Programme shows that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade. The reduction would avoid nearly 0.3°C of global warming by 2045 and would be consistent with keeping with the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization today said that the international food commodity prices rose for the 11th consecutive month in April, with sugar leading the increase and cereals resuming their upward trend.
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