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The United Nations has deployed all the personnel and resources at its disposal to help Indians deal with the deadly surge in COVID-19 that has seen more than 300,000 reported new cases per day, for almost two weeks now, and left many hospitals overwhelmed.
That’s according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) India Representative, Dr. Roderico Ofrin, speaking exclusively to UN News, who told Anshu Sharma that tried and trust methods of bringing down the numbers would surely work, if India can get “ahead of the game”.
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- E-commerce’s dramatic rise fuelled by COVID-19 restrictions: UNCTAD
- Press freedom ‘a cornerstone of democracy’ says UN chief
- UN migration agency launches appeal to support COVID-19 shots in East Africa
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Press freedom should be seen as the “by-product of healthy political society”, according to an exiled journalist from Myanmar, where the crisis following the military coup, is now in its fourth month. Near daily pro-democracy protests are being held across the country, which have been met with a crackdown by security forces. There are reports that hundreds have been killed and countless more wounded, including media workers and journalists.
Just ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, Julia Dean from the UN Country Team in Australia, spoke to Swe Win, Editor-in-Chief of the news agency Myanmar Now. She started by asking him how vital press freedom is for democracy.
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- Southern Madagascar on ‘periphery’ of famine: WFP
- Top UN Middle East official calls for new and timely Palestinian elections
- Chad: human rights office profoundly disturbed over violence against protesters
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UN Catch-Up takes us from talks over the divided eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, to the deadly stretch of water that separates North Africa from Europe, scene of a particularly disturbing migrant shipwreck this week.
We’ll also hear an alert from UNICEF in the Central African Republic over ongoing violence that’s leaving youngsters vulnerable to exploitation – and a warning from the UN agency for sexual and reproductive health, over the devastating consequences for women, girls and their families from the UK’s $180 million funding cut.
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- I’ll fight for every Cypriot, says UN chief, as informal talks end
- UNFPA regret over UK $180 million funding cut
- Hostilities flare in NE Syria forcing 20,000 to flee Qamishli city
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- More than 370,000 children in Central African Republic displaced: UNICEF
- UN rights experts urge Nigeria to release humanist Mubarak Bala
- Latest COVID-19 data show cases rising for ninth week in a row
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Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa are experts on authoritarian states who warned America about election hacking years before 2016. Here, they take a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs.
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- UN chief ‘realistic’ about Cyprus informal talks in Geneva
- Key workers need more protections in COVID era: ILO
- Myanmar expert appeals for junta head to honour ceasefire pledge
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Media which serves the public interest, not only provides vital information communities need to take informed action, it also dispels misinformation, strengthens democratic accountability and boosts sustainable development. But the coronavirus pandemic has hit journalism hard, drying up revenue and putting its very existence into question.
UN News’ Vibhu Mishra speaks with Sheetal Vyas, Founding Executive Director of International Fund for Public Interest Media, about the Fund’s bold, billion dollar rescue plan to help save journalism for the public good.
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A shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea that claimed the lives of 130 migrants last week, has reignited the debate about why more can’t be done to protect these vulnerable people who’ve risked everything.
With the details about this latest tragedy which happened just off the Libyan coast, here’s Safa Msehli, from the UN migration agency, IOM, speaking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson.
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- Mass vaccination bid unveiled by UN and partners
- Cyprus delegates head to Geneva for fresh reunification talks
- UN stands with Iraqi hospital blaze victims and families
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The post Eat the Airwaves! Podcast 04/24/21 appeared first on KODX 96.9 FM – Seattle.
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The post Eat the Airwaves! Podcast 04/24/21 appeared first on KODX 96.9 FM – Seattle.
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