On Thursday, February 6th, in the UN Correspondents Association room, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) held a press briefing to present an appeal for $683 million to urgently provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services to 48 million women, girls and young people, including 4 million pregnant women, living in 57 countries affected by conflict, war or natural disasters in 2020.
Speakers were: (from left to right in above photo)
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Aneesh Sankarankutty's photographs of wild elephants garner praise - The Hindu thehindu.com/entertainment/…
Revelations from Dr. Fauci, who said Trump sycophants in the White House were stupefied that he dared question the president, called him the ‘skunk at the picnic’ and that his kids received death threats on their phones. nytimes.com/2021/01/24/hea…
Don't miss it: Our weekly summary of #UN news, from the Sahel to Tigray to the budding relationship between Biden & UN entities like @WHO, to the increasing fatalities of peacekeepers (9 in the last week or so, all African) passblue.com/2021/01/23/wor…
#Ixir of Lebanon best rose in the world👍 robbreport.com/food-drink/win…
#PalestiniansLivesMatter . Netanyahu is constantly violating international law by illegally annexing Palestinian territory . World community is silent? Because Trump allowed Israelis to break laws . Annexing Palestinian land and blatantly annexing Golan heights .
#Palestinian Repressed by Israelis who are taking over Palestinian lands against the International community’s resolutions calling for a just solution of the Israeli occupied territory . Trump undermined those by helping Israel violate the international laws.
Why is SA paying so much for Covid-19 vaccines? news24.com/citypress/news…
Des Libano-américains à l’honneur à la Maison Blanche - Libération liberation.fr/planete/2021/0…
YouTube permanently canceled 7 channels belonging to Ansarallah Militias (The #Houthis in #Yemen). This comes after revising their content, after being listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation! @USUN @UKUN_NewYork @ksamissionun @GCC @UAEMissionToUN @StephDujarric @UNarabic twitter.com/alarabiya/stat…
موقع "يوتيوب" يحذف بشكل نهائي 7 قنوات تابعة لميليشيا #الحوثيين إثر مراجعته لمحتواها وذلك عقب إدراج الجماعة على اللائحة الأميركية السوداء للتنظيمات الإرهابية https://t.co/mXN24HWG99 #العربية
— ا لـ ـعـ ـر بـ ـيـ ـة (@AlArabiya) January 24, 2021
International Day of Education | un.org/en/observances…
#TakeNOTE #BidenAdministration New @USUN Ambassador @LindaT_G is @POTUS @ABlinken choice to lead US diplomacy @UN Confirmation hearing Wednesday, Jan27 10am Big month (!) coming up in March ~ US is President of the UN Security Council @CBSNews // UN cbsnews.com/news/linda-tho…
New U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. @LindaT_G confirmation hearings Wednesday cbsnews.com/news/linda-tho… twitter.com/SenateForeign/…
Next Wednesday, January 27 at 10am EST, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a nomination hearing for the Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield, nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the #UN. More details can be found in the link below: https://t.co/CV4Ynq4s49
— U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (@SenateForeign) January 21, 2021
#BidenAdministration New @StateDept @USUN @POTUS "Here is my message to those beyond our borders: America has been tested and we have come out stronger for it. We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again." @ABlinken @LindaT_G @CBSNews // UnitedNations twitter.com/StateDept/stat…
.@POTUS Biden: We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again. https://t.co/o2iJjg6xHQ pic.twitter.com/QhK05ueLo5
— Department of State (@StateDept) January 24, 2021
A complete and utter plonker. A suitable advisor for Der Starmer twitter.com/MarkSeddon1962…
Is Lord Adonis possibly the biggest plonker in British public life (while also never having been elected to anything, having been in more political parties than I have had hot dinners?) https://t.co/XiXOpYR2PG
— Mark Seddon (@MarkSeddon1962) January 24, 2021
#Biden @WhiteHouse #InternationalDayofEducation twitter.com/StateDept/stat…
As we celebrate the International Day of Education, explore opportunities for students, teachers, and educators to study and learn abroad. Visit @ECAatState's website to learn more about our exchange programs and initiatives: https://t.co/IYFJxsruSR. #ExchangeOurWorld pic.twitter.com/S9pt2l07bj
— Department of State (@StateDept) January 24, 2021
Les Emirats approuvent la création de leur première ambassade à Tel-Aviv lorientlejour.com/article/1249310 via @LorientLeJour
Trump made than 30,500 false and misleading claims during his presidency - the fact checkers at The Washington Post publish their final tally washingtonpost.com/politics/how-f…
The Latest: New virus clusters hit China's north provinces apnews.com/77fdfef687dbb5…
US reaffirms Taiwan support after China sends warplanes apnews.com/84d71bb4987cbf…
Biden is firing some top Trump holdovers, but in some cases, his hands may be tied washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…
Fight over the rules grinds the Senate to a halt, imperiling Biden’s legislative agenda washingtonpost.com/powerpost/sena…