Four in five adolescents failing to exercise for even 60 minutes a day, UN health agency warns

22 November 2019
Health
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An alarming lack of exercise among adolescents across the world risks seriously compromising their health into adulthood, the UN said on Thursday.
 

‘Signs of hope’ toward a political settlement in Yemen, UN special envoy tells Security Council

Ebola in DR Congo: New transmission chain risks reversing major gains

Independent rights experts sound alarm at Iran protest crackdown, internet blackout

Deadly life at sea: UN partners spotlight depths of danger in fishing industry

Thursday’s Daily Brief: Deadly Syria violence, risks of working at sea, poor health in jail, concern over ISIL suspect, and her child

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‘Maximize the positive’ from new technologies, for our digital future, Guterres urges

Economic Development

Both positive and negative technological developments are jolting the world at “unprecedented speed”, the UN chief said on Thursday, underscoring the need to “maximize the benefits…whilst mitigating harms”.

IRIN/Jodi Hilton

Missile strike kills at least 12 civilians, including children, in Syria’s Idlib: UN humanitarians

Peace and Security

Violence in Syria continues to kill and maim civilians with reports that missiles fired into settlements for people fleeing conflict in the country’s northwest on Wednesday night, killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more, including children, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Political consensus critical ahead of Somalia election: UN mission chief

Peace and Security

With Somalia scheduled to hold “one-person, one-vote” elections next year, leaders must act now to break the “stalemate” between the central government and federal member states, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.

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UN experts urge Turkey to repatriate Irish woman associated with terror group

Peace and Security

Turkey must ensure that an Irish woman and her infant daughter who are being held in custody there are repatriated, independent UN experts said in a statement released on Thursday. The woman, Lisa Smith, has been described in press reports as a supporter of the ISIL terror group, and former member of the Irish military.

UN Women/Eunjin Jeong

FROM THE FIELD: Gaza men advocate for an end to early marriage 

Human Rights

A group of thirty men in Gaza have succeeded in preventing the early marriage of girls under the age of 18, from 50 different families, thanks to a training programme supported by the UN gender agency, UN Women.

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