The UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva convened high-level representatives from diplomatic missions, international organisations and NGOs for a candid discussion about how we can ensure equitable access to vaccines for the world’s most vulnerable communities.
The World Health Organization, facing pressure from donors, said that an independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in Democratic Republic of Congo against WHO aid workers should issue findings by the end of August. The Thomson Reuters Foundation reported last October that more than 50 women had accused
GENEVA The top U.N. human rights body on Thursday passed a resolution aimed to intensify scrutiny of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, after the U.N. rights chief said Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and faulted the militant group Hamas for violations of international law in their 11-day war this month. The 24-9 vote,…
The United States and Britain have sought the WHO to take a deeper look into the possible origins of coronavirus in China, including a new visit to the location in the country where the first human infections were detected.