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UN General Assembly hears call for worldwide pandemic warning system

UN General Assembly hears call for worldwide pandemic warning system

Feb 10, 2023, at 08:56 pm

New York: Epidemiologists and researchers briefing the UN General Assembly in the first of its kind science session earlier this week, called for pathogen surveillance and an open-source global early warning system that would include data from a wide range of sources and streams.

Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic, Guterres urges

Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic, Guterres urges

Sep 24, 2022, at 06:16 pm

New York: Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday, noting the encouraging progress that has been made towards ending the COVID-19 pandemic, while acknowledging that work still needs to be done to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.

1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges

1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders during frank exchanges

Sep 23, 2022, at 05:59 pm

New York: During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government, held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for more action and leadership to tackle the climate crisis, warning that efforts to keep the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels is “on life support”.

‘Save as many lives as possible, and leave no one's health behind’: Japan’s message to the world

‘Save as many lives as possible, and leave no one's health behind’: Japan’s message to the world

Sep 25, 2021, at 07:43 pm

New York: Announcing the donation of up to 60 million COVID-19 vaccines to the UN-led COVAX facility, Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Prime Minister, said that his country is determined to lead the global efforts to end the pandemic.

Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate

Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate

Sep 26, 2018, at 11:20 am

New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): If there was one issue that was a recurrent theme on Tuesday on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly's annual general debate, it was the potentially catastrophic impact of climate change , from Secretary-General António Guterres’s opening address warning global Heads of State and Government  that “its speed has provoked a sonic boom SOS across the world”, to individual leaders highlighting their individual vulnerabilities.