#UN film, game for teens focuses on protecting ozone layer

#UN film, game for teens focuses on protecting ozone layer

“#UN film, game for teens focuses on protecting ozone layer” UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations launched an animated film and game on Sunday aimed at engaging Gen Z teenagers on the importance of protecting the ozone layer. The project, called “Reset Earth,” was produced by the U.N. Environment Program’s Ozone Secretariat. The ozone layer…

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#UN warns sexual violence likely surging in embattled Ethiopia region

#UN warns sexual violence likely surging in embattled Ethiopia region

“#UN warns sexual violence likely surging in embattled Ethiopia region” NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict says “serious allegations of sexual violence” have emerged in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, while women and girls face shortages of rape kits and HIV drugs amid restrictions on humanitarian access. “There are also…

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#Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

#Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

“#Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader” GENEVA – Russia and China have opposed a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top United Nations rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a deadlock just as Washington may seek to rejoin the forum it quit in 2018. The…

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#County in South Sudan likely in famine, experts say

#County in South Sudan likely in famine, experts say

“#County in South Sudan likely in famine, experts say” JUBA, South Sudan — One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report by international food security experts. Nowhere in the world has been in…

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#China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines

#China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines

“#China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines” TAIPEI, Taiwan — Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said…

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#UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category

#UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category

“#UN agency removes cannabis from strictest drug category” BERLIN — The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry. The Vienna-based U.N. agency said in a statement that it had voted 27-25, with…

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#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19

“#Students in Burkina Faso fear extremists more than COVID-19” DORI, Burkina Faso — Balkissa Barro’s been waiting for months to go back to school, but now that she has, the 10-year-old fears classes might once again stop. Children returning to school in Burkina Faso’s volatile Sahel region have to practice safety drills to prepare for…

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