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Economic and Social Council ‘vital to promote global peace and global cooperation’
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Economic Development
Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO
Fewer protections, lower wages, and higher health risks: Homeworking in the COVID era
‘An unwanted prison sentence’ for seafarers stuck at home and stranded at sea
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Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
Decade of conflict triggering ‘slow tsunami’ across Syria, Security Council hears
‘Complex’ emergency unfolding in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado, warn UN agencies
East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
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Environment, Shelter
Secretary-General welcomes US return to Paris Agreement on Climate Change
2020, one of three warmest years on record: World Meteorological Organization
Step up action and adapt to 'new climate reality', UN environment report urges
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Women, Children, Population
Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges
FROM THE FIELD: India’s pandemic of violence against women
Avert ‘dire consequences’ for women's health, UNFPA urges in appeal to prevent maternal deaths
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Health, Poverty, Food Security
Healthier world means ‘safer America’ Tedros stresses, as UN-led vaccine initiative announces deal for 40 million doses
Pandemic will not end for anyone, ‘until it ends for everyone’
COVID ‘vaccine hoarding’ putting Africa at risk: WHO
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Culture, Education
UNICEF chief: Closing schools should be ‘measure of last resort’
The virus that shut down the world: Education in crisis
Hate speech on Facebook poses ‘acute challenges to human dignity’ – UN expert
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