News in Brief

UN Secretary-General António Guterres in an interview with UN News at the opening of the 75th Session of the General Assembly
Screen capture

News in Brief 16 September 2020

16 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Guterres speaks out in support of affordable COVID vaccine for all 
  • Ozone treaties ‘inspiring examples’ of political will: Guterres 
  • Venezuela abuses amounted to crimes against humanity: UN-appointed panel finds 
Audio -
3'49"
Smoke from wildfires in California hangs heavy in the atmosphere.
San Francisco Fire Department

News in Brief 15 September 2020

15 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Record northern heat, fuels concerns over US wildfire destruction 
  • Concerns for Rohingya sea rescue survivors as three die after seven-month ordeal at sea 
  • Action needed now to protect world’s biodiversity - UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report  
Audio -
3'43"
Demonstrators unfurl a flag in support of democracy in Belarus.
Kseniya Halubovich

News in Brief 14 September 2020

14 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Belarus concerns lead opening session of Human Rights Council
  • Global surge in attacks against journalists covering protests, says UNESCO
  • Support arrives for hundreds made homeless by Greek island refuge fires
Audio -
3'25"
A flood affected neighbourhood in Khartoum State, Sudan.
UNOCHA

News in Brief 11 September 2020

11 September 2020
News in Brief
  • New fires at Greek island refugee camp ‘destroy all remaining accommodation’ 
  • Ebola: DR Congo outbreak could spread across border 
  • Fears of disease spread amid devastating flooding in Sudan 
Audio -
3'36"
A healthcare worker at a testing facility collects samples for the coronavirus at Mimar Sinan State Hospital, Buyukcekmece district in Istanbul, Turkey.
© UNDP Turkey/Levent Kulu

News in Brief 10 September 2020

10 September 2020
News in Brief
  • 'Halt deadly misinformation' in global vaccine race: UN chief
  • 58 countries pledge industrial transfats elimination: WHO
  • Southeast Asia commits to fight coronavirus 'as one'
Audio -
3'
A doctor treats a patient while wearing PPE to stop COVID-19 transmission in an IOM-supported health centre in Aden City, Yemen.
IOM/Rami Ibrahim

News in Brief 9 September 2020

9 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Yemen war crimes fears highlighted
  • WFP welcomes $50 million Yemen boost
  • Mali must end slavery: UN rights experts
Audio -
3'51"
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. (file)
UN News/Daniel Johnson

News in Brief 8 September 2020

8 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Alexei Navalny poisoning must get independent probe
  • Burkina Faso: 535,000 children under five ‘acutely’ malnourished
  • 83 migrants rescued in Sahara Desert bound for Libya
Audio -
3'25"
Migrants who have been returned to shore in Libya after attempting to cross the sea to Europe are supported by aid workers from the IOM.
IOM Libya

News in Brief 7 September 2020

7 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Alert over migrants stranded following Mediterranean rescue
  • Andaman Sea ordeal claims 30 Rohingya refugee lives
  • Call for world action over clean air and blue skies
Audio -
3'12"
UNICEF team, including Mohamad Saleh, removing the debris from Medawar street in Qarantina region of Beirut, Lebanon.
UNICEF/Ramzi Haidar

News in Brief 4 September 2020

4 September 2020
News in Brief
  • More support needed to aid Beirut children's return to class
  • Violence could spark new DR Congo mass displacement
  • UNRWA appeal to help Palestine refugees keep COVID at bay
Audio -
4'1"
File photo of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, briefing the UN Security Council on Libya in May 2019.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 3 September 2020

3 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Refugee students shut out of school due to COVID
  • ICC speaks out against US sanctions of senior officials
  • WHO backs steroids for COVID patients, but only severely ill
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3'29"