GENEVA,20 DECEMBER 2019 — Two decades of increasing tobacco use around the world are set to go into reverse, UN health experts have predicted, after revealing data indicating that fewer men and boys are smoking than before. “For the first time the number of tobacco users is declining worldwide”, Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of the […]
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Low cost breast cancer medicine move good news for women: UN health agency
GENEVA,19 DECEMBER 2019 -More women could soon have access to an affordable version of an expensive life-saving breast cancer treatment, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. The UN health agency has prequalified the biosimilar version of the medicine trastuzumab, which has shown high efficacy in curing early stage breast cancer and, in some […]
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UN chief warns of ‘point of no return’ on climate changeAP-Climate-Talks, 5th Ld-Writethru
MADRID (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the “point of no return.” Speaking before the start Monday of a two-week international climate conference in Madrid, the U.N. chief said the […]
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UN to launch biggest-ever global conversation on the world’s future-starting in the pacific
Koror, PALAU – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced that next year’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations will feature a large and inclusive global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. The Pacific has been selected as one of the first regions in the […]
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Amb. Uludong appointed to co-facilitate UN Conference on SDG 14
Palau’s Ambassador Ngedikes Olai Uludong and Denmark’s Ambassador Martin Hermann were appointed by United Nations General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande to facilitate the 2020 United Nations Conference to Support Implementation of Sustainable Goal (SDG) 14 last week. Both ambassadors have been tasked to “oversee the preparatory process and conclude the intergovernmental consultations on a brief, […]
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New diplomat to UN wants more Pacific say over ocean resources
HONIARA, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — Solomon Islands’ incoming representative to the United Nations wants to ensure Pacific countries gain control over their ocean resources. Transform Aqorau, who was the original chief executive of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement, helped turn the group of Pacific Island nations into a force to be reckoned […]