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Over 350 million in Asia going hungry due to coronavirus pandemic, UN says

coronavirus pandemic destroys jobs and pushes food prices higher.The report issued Wednesday by four agencies says the pandemic is making it difficult for 1.9 billion people to afford healthy diets. It follows an earlier report that forecast that in a worst case scenario that 828 million people might suffer from acute hunger because of the crisis.

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2021 will have ‘famines of biblical proportions,’ Nobel UN agency warns

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China, 25 other countries call on Western nations to lift sanctions amid coronavirus

China and 25 other nations countries on Monday called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking on behalf of the 26 countries at a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee, China’s U.N.

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World leaders clash over coronavirus during virtual United Nations meeting

U.N. chief exhorted them to unite and tackle the era’s towering problems: the coronavirus, the “economic calamity” it unleashed and the risk of a new Cold War between the United States and China.As Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the first virtual “general debate” of the U.N.

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BTS to speak at 75th United Nations General Assembly; Septet to deliver a message of hope amid COVID-19 crisis

Two years after RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook made history by becoming the first K-pop group to speak at the United Nations, BTS has been invited yet again to deliver a special speech. As per latest reports, the septet has been invited to speak at the 75th United Nations General Assembly.

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Unilateralism will strengthen coronavirus pandemic, U.N. assembly chief warns

U.N. General Assembly warned Tuesday that unilateralism will only strengthen the COVID-19 pandemic and called for a new commitment to global co-operation, including on the fair and equitable distribution of vaccines.Turkish diplomat and politician Volkan Bozkir announced that the General Assembly will hold a high-level special session on the COVID-19 pandemic in early November, though diplomats said the date may slip.

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Worst impacts on poverty from coronavirus crisis ‘still to come,’ UN expert says

United Nations independent expert on poverty is warning that the worst impacts from the coronavirus pandemic on poverty are yet to come, and that measures taken by governments to protect people so far have been insufficient.“The social safety nets put into place are full of holes,” said Olivier De Schutter, a Belgian legal scholar appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council as special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.“These current measures are generally short-term, the funding is insufficient and many people will inevitably fall between the cracks,” De Schutter said.

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Temporary basic income would help world’s poor during coronavirus pandemic: UN

coronavirus by allowing them to stay home, according to a U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) report released on Thursday.The report suggests three options: top-ups on existing average incomes, lump-sum transfers linked to differences in the median standard of living across a country or uniform lump sum transfers regardless of where someone lives in a country.

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UN sets new voting rules for Canada’s Security Council campaign amid COVID-19

The United Nations has confirmed that the election for non-permanent seats on the Security Council — which pits Canada against Norway and Ireland — will take place in June under unprecedented new rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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At least 14 million people could go hungry in Latin America due to coronavirus: UN

The U.N. World Food Program is warning that upward of at least 14 million people could go hungry in Latin America as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, shuttering people in their homes, drying up work and crippling the economy.

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Global mental health crisis looming due to coronavirus pandemic, UN warns

A mental illness crisis is looming as millions of people worldwide are surrounded by death and disease and forced into isolation, poverty and anxiety by the pandemic of COVID-19, United Nations health experts said on Thursday.

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Coronavirus: $90B could support 700M of world’s poor, UN official says

The U.N. humanitarian chief said Monday that $90 billion could provide income support, food and a health response to the coronavirus pandemic for 700 million of the world’s most vulnerable people — a price tag just 1 percent of the $8 trillion stimulus package the 20 richest countries put in place to safeguard the global economy.

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Leading UN figure warns of 'hunger pandemic'

The head of the United Nations' food agency has warned that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it is also "on the brink of a hunger pandemic" that could lead to "multiple famines of biblical proportions" within a few months.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0