Tag: UN

COVID-19: UN launches $6.7bn updated humanitarian plan
0The United Nations on Thursday launched its updated Global Humanitarian Response that sought help and protection for the most vulnerable in poor countries. Nearly $7 billion ...

Poor Countries need $2.5 trillion virus aid – UN
0The world’s developing countries need a support package worth $2.5 trillion to weather the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, a UN official said on Monday. The UN ...

General Assembly approves UN’s $3.07bn budget for 2020
0The General Assembly has adopted a budget of 3.07 billion dollars for the United Nations in 2020. It followed the consideration of the report of the Assembly’s Fifth Committee, ...

Sahara Group, UN, Kaduna state unveil food security project
0As Nigeria embraces a challenging economic diversification process, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDG-F) is working in Kaduna to pilot an innovative ...

World Malaria Day: WHO pushes for elimination of malaria by 2030
0After the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate malaria from at least 35 countries by 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is releasing a report that shows the goal is ...

Security council extends mandate of UN Mission in Cote d’Voire until June 2017
0The UN Security Council has renewed the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire for a final period, extending it until June 30, 2017. Unanimously adopting ...