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“With the signature of the Paris Declaration, the city has committed to eliminate stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and key populations, scale up HIV prevention services and contribute to achieving national targets to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,” said Andrea Boccardi, above left, the UNAIDS Country Director.
“Through this public commitment, the city of Lima pledges to carry out the necessary actions to accelerate the response to AIDS, including education, awareness-raising and non-discrimination campaigns,” said the Mayor, Jorge Muñoz, above, during the signing ceremony.
Humanitarian Action for Children 2021 - Children on the move, including from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and people affected by COVID-19
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In 2021, an estimated 12.2 million people, including 4.3 million children,1 will need humanitarian assistance related to: migration flows from and returns to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; needs related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; violence; and internal displacement.
In response, UNICEF will support the safe return to school and provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), child protection and cash-based interventions, among others.
UNICEF requests US$94.7 million to address the humanitarian needs – including those related to COVID-19 – of the following groups: (1) the most vulnerable Venezuelan migrant and refugee children and their families and host communities in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago; (2) the most vu
Cuban president to participate in virtual ALBA-TCP Summit
Cuban president to participate in virtual ALBA-TCP Summit
Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel will participate in the 18th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP), which will be held this Monday virtually. During the meeting, the Heads of State and Government of the Alliance s member nations will analyze the regional political situation and the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
This meeting will celebrate the 16th anniversary of the founding of ALBA-TCP by the revolutionary leaders Fidel Castro (Cuba) and Hugo Chavez (Venezuela).