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Mandatory quarantine: A killer or tourism saviour in new normal
Aug 18, 2020
The worst has happened or is the worst still to come? A question no one can answer but can only guess at the moment. Tourism sector is considered as the hardest hit by the ongoing global pandemic. United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) shared that the pandemic has led to a 98 percent fall in international tourist numbers in the last few ...
178 killed in Beirut explosion, 30 still missing: UN
Aug 14, 2020
BEIRUT: The death toll from last week’s massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital has risen to nearly 180, with an estimated 6,000 people injured and at least 30 missing, the United Nations said Friday. The explosion has affected operations at six hospitals, up from an initial three, and damaged more than 20 clinics in the parts of Beirut ...
Some 120 said to be killed or wounded in attack in Sudan’s Darfur region: UN
Jul 27, 2020
KHARTOUM: More than 60 people were reported killed and nearly 60 others wounded during an armed attack in a village in Sudan’s restive Darfur region on Saturday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said late on Sunday. The attack in Masteri village in the West Darfur state “was one of the latest of a ...
Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms, UN says
Jul 10, 2020
VIENNA:Â The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a UN report on wildlife crime based on four years’ data said on Friday. National bans on selling ivory, particularly China’s in 2017, appear to have helped further erode ivory trafficking after it peaked around 2011-2013, the United N...
World food price index rose in June: UN
Jul 3, 2020
ROME: World food prices rose in June to post their first increase of 2020 and mark a slight rebound after the sharp falls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations food agency said today. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, me...
UN chief criticizes lack of global cooperation on COVID-19
Jun 24, 2020
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations chief criticised the total lack of international coordination in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday and warned that the go-it-alone policy of many countries will not defeat the coronavirus. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview with The Associated Press that what needs to be done is to mak...
Drive to end stigma, discrimination against coronavirus patients launched
Jun 24, 2020
Kathmandu, June 23 The United Nations Country Team in Nepal together with more than 30 national and international organisations today collectively launched #SpreadLove Campaign, calling for an end to stigma and discrimination against people amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in the country. It has been five months since the first COVID19 case was r...
UNPF donates disaster supply kits to Udayapur District Hospital
Jun 22, 2020
UNPF donates disaster supplies to the District Hospital Udayapur, on Monday, June 22, 2020. Photo: Shyam Rai/THT GAIGHAT: In a bid to support women’s reproductive health during the extended lockdown, the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) today donated emergency disaster supply kits to the Udayapur District Hospital. With an objective of c...
UNFPA donates disaster supply kits to Udayapur District Hospital
Jun 22, 2020
UNFPA donates disaster supplies to the District Hospital Udayapur, on Monday, June 22, 2020. Photo: Shyam Rai/THT GAIGHAT: In a bid to support women’s reproductive health during the extended lockdown, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today donated emergency disaster supply kits to the Udayapur District Hospital. With an objective of...
