Don’t let patent rows hamper search for coronavirus vaccine, UN advises
The UN patent agency has hailed the push to create a coronavirus vaccine and make it globally available, but warned against allowing copyright rows to overshadow and delay the process. “What we need in the first place here is innovation,” Francis Gurry, the head of the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), told reporters in […]
Coronavirus: UN asks 9 countries to delay peacekeeper rotations
The United Nations on Friday asked nine countries, including China, South Korea and France, to delay by three months the rotations of their UN peacekeeping forces due to the coronavirus outbreak. The request was made to the countries “to maintain operational strength and execute their mandated tasks,” diplomatic sources at the UN said. The nine […]
UN records more than 20,000 migrant deaths in Mediterranean since 2014
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Friday, said in Geneva that more than 20,000 migrants died in the Mediterranean since migration in the region started surging in 2014. According to IOM, the latest mass drowning occurred in early February, when a boat with at least 91 people on board went missing North of the […]
2020 IWD: Eliminating gender-based violence will require $264b — UN
The United Nations on Wednesday disclosed that the process of eradicating gender-based violence in the world will require $264 billion. During a Ministerial press briefing on the 2020 International Women’s Day, the United Nations Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey said ending preventable maternal deaths, covering all unmet needs for family […]
United Nations Libya envoy resigns: statement on Twitter
The United Nations special envoy for Libya said on Monday he has resigned for health reasons days after his latest effort at peacemaking failed to achieve a breakthrough in the conflict. Ghassan Salame said on Twitter that he had “sought for two and a half years to unite Libyans, prevent foreign intervention and preserve the […]
Advertising spending on US primaries surpasses $1 bn ―Monitor
Advertising spending on the US presidential primaries has surpassed an “unprecedented” $1 billion, half of which came from the coffers of billionaire Democratic White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg, a tracking firm said Friday. The former New York mayor, who was the ninth richest man in the world last year, has spent $539 million on television […]
