Thursday, 29 April 2021, 6:17 am
New York, 28 April - Calling for
accelerated action to tackle the growing threat of
antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the President of the 75th
session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr.
Volkan Bozkır, is convening a High-level Interactive
Dialogue of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance
on Thursday 29 April. World leaders, to be joined by UN
experts, business and civil society leaders, are expected to
discuss practical steps to address AMR in the midst of
COVID-19 recovery plans.
“Antimicrobial resistance
is the invisible pandemic we ignore at our peril. Measures
to tackle AMR must be central to future pandemic
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Video: Maintaining independent, fact-based reporting is an essential global public good, critical to building a safer, healthier and greener future, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on April 28, 2021. (Xinhua) Ensuring sufficient funding and support is crucial to securing the long-term future of independent media organizations, especially in low- and middle-income countries, says Antonio Guterres.
UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (Xinhua) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday stressed the importance of access to reliable information and called for support for the survival of public interest media organizations.
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 10:32 am
New York, 28 April - Calling for
accelerated action to tackle the growing threat of
antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the President of the 75th
session of the United Nations General Assembly, H.E. Mr.
Volkan Bozkır, is convening a High-level Interactive
Dialogue of the General Assembly on Antimicrobial Resistance
on Thursday 29 April. World leaders, to be joined by UN
experts, business and civil society leaders, are expected to
discuss practical steps to address AMR in the midst of
COVID-19 recovery plans.
“Antimicrobial resistance
is the invisible pandemic we ignore at our peril. Measures
to tackle AMR must be central to future pandemic
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 5:12 am
Ireland, Bangladesh worked with UN organizations to
bring the resolution on drowning, which claims hundreds of
thousands of lives every year
NEW YORK, 28
April - The United Nations General Assembly today
adopted a historic Resolution on drowning prevention,
acknowledging the issue for the first time in its 75-year
history.
Drowning cost the world over 2.5 million
lives in the last decade. The vast majority of these deaths
could and should have been prevented.
The new
Resolution, an initiative by Bangladesh and Ireland, and
co-sponsored by 79 Member States, recognizes that drowning
affects every nation of the world – though its impact is
April 28, 2021
Journalists gather at an event in Moldova, in eastern Europe. courtesy UNICEF Moldova
Lyon, France, March 19, lockdown day 3. Anne-Lise, journalist, teleworking for TV channel Euronews with 3-year-old daughter Violette keeping close. courtesy UNICEF/Bruno Amsellem/Divergence
GENEVA The financial decline of many public interest media organizations worldwide has been among the dangerous side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary General António Guterres said on Wednesday in remarks to a UN-backed event to boost support for the sector.
With newspapers alone losing an estimated $30 billion last year, “some fear that the pandemic could become a ‘media extinction event’,” he warned.