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UN Secretary-General António Guterres participates in a virtual briefing to update Member States on preparations for COP26 in Glasgow, UK.

Guterres calls on US to lead global vaccination plan effort, climate action, welcoming Blinken to Headquarters

29 March 2021

Climate and Environment

News Story

An increasing number of older people are suffering from substance abuse.

Drug use among older persons a ‘hidden epidemic’, narcotics experts warn

25 March 2021

News Story

Children in Kandahar play on a destroyed tank, a relic of a past war with the then Soviet Union.

Amidst ‘heightened intensity’ actions toward peace must be ‘in the best interests’ of Afghans

23 March 2021

Peace and Security

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In Afghanistan, bakeries prepare a special type of cookie, called “Kulcha-e Nowrozi,” which is only baked for Nowruz. Other special dishes include “Haft Mewa,” a fruit salad made from seven different dried fruits, and “Samanak” made by women in a special ceremony that includes singing.

Spirit of Nowruz ‘more vital than ever’, Guterres says, marking International Day

21 March 2021

Culture and Education

News Story

Jean Arnault, then Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia, speaks to the press in Bogota. (file photo)

Secretary-General appoints Jean Arnault as his personal envoy on Afghanistan

18 March 2021

News Story

A five-year-old child at a community-based education centre in an IDP camp in Herat province, Afghanistan.

South Asia: Sharp rise in child and maternal deaths due to COVID-19

17 March 2021

News Story

Five years of conflict In Yemen has displaced 4 million people and left many facing death as widespread hunger stalks the nation.

‘If you don’t feed people, you feed conflict’, UN chief tells Security Council

11 March 2021

Peace and Security

News Story

Wearing a full protective suit, a women doctor who leads a group of volunteer medical professionals attending to COVID-19 patients and persons under investigation at a community hospital in the Philippines.

UN highlights transformative power of equal participation, marking International Women’s Day

8 March 2021

News Story

Women parliamentarians of the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga or “House of the People”) arrive at their inauguration ceremony in Kabul (2001).

Despite progress, gender parity in parliamentary representation still ‘far, far away’

5 March 2021

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Secretary-General António Guterres attends the unveiling of the installation ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at UN Headquarters to call attention to the need for governments to prioritize the reopening of schools.

News in Brief 3 March 2021

3 March 2021

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