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Noon briefing by Stephen Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Highlights:
- Burkina Faso
- Yemen
- Syria
- Libya
- Afghanistan
- Ukraine
- Tonga
- Peru
- Covax/Latin America
-International Day Of Education
- Honour Roll
- Noon Briefing Guests
BURKINA FASO
The Secretary-General is following developments in Burkina Faso with deep concern. He is particularly worried about the whereabouts and safety of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, as well as the worsening security situation, following the coup carried out on January 23rd by sections of the armed forces.
The Secretary-General strongly condemns any attempt to take over a government by the force of arms. He calls on the coup leaders to lay down their arms and to ensure the protection of the physical integrity of the President and of the institutions of Burkina Faso.
The Secretary-General calls on all actors to exercise restraint and opt for dialogue. The United Nations reiterates its full commitment to the preservation of the constitutional order and reaffirms its support to the people of Burkina Faso in their efforts to find solutions to the multifaceted challenges facing the country.
The Secretary-General strongly condemns any attempt to take over a government by the force of arms. He calls on the coup leaders to lay down their arms and to ensure the protection of the physical integrity of the President and of the institutions of Burkina Faso.
UKRAINE
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that as of today, some 2.9 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year in Ukraine, with most of these people living in non-Government-controlled areas in the east.
In 2022, our humanitarian response partners aim to help 1.8 million people, with a funding requirement of $190 million.
The humanitarian community in Ukraine is committed to standing with the people of Ukraine and to respond to the existing and potential needs in an impartial, independent and neutral manner.
AFGHANISTAN
The Spokesman provided an update on Afghanistan, following the 5.3 magnitude earthquake that struck in Qadis District on 17 January.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that on 20 January, another earthquake struck the area and many people are afraid of going into their homes. They are currently living in makeshift shelters or traditional tents in cold weather conditions.
Inter-agency assessments continue in Qadis, Qala-e-Naw and Muqur districts, but some areas remain inaccessible due to heavy snowfall in recent days. The inter-agency teams have thus far identified 1,092 families, that is about 7,644 people, who are in need of humanitarian assistance.
People in impacted areas are using water wells that are unsafe, and our humanitarian colleagues stress that water sources need to be repaired to prevent outbreaks of water-borne diseases.
Emergency response efforts are ongoing in parallel to the assessments, including food, non-food items, and emergency shelter provided by the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency and the Afghan Red Crescent for about 300 families thus far. More assistance is planned in the coming days.
The reported number of deaths due to the earthquake stands at 27 people.
Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=24%20January%202022
Published: 24th Jan 2022 07:18:57 By: United Nations
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Video message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, on the International day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
Today we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust, the Roma and Sinti, and the countless other victims of its unprecedented horror and calculated cruelty.
The Holocaust defined the United Nations.
Our very name was coined to describe the alliance fighting the Nazi regime and its allies.
Our Charter was drafted in San Francisco as the Dachau concentration camp was liberated.
The United Nations must always be on the frontline of the fight against antisemitism and all other forms of religious bigotry and racism.
Today, we witness an alarming resurgence of xenophobia and hate.
Antisemitism – the oldest and most persistent form of prejudice – is rising yet again.
Attempts to downplay or downright deny the Holocaust are proliferating.
No society is immune to irrationality or intolerance.
We must never forget that the Holocaust could have been prevented. The desperate pleas of the victims fell on deaf ears. Too few spoke out, too few listened – fewer still stood up in solidarity.
Remembering the past is crucial to safeguarding the future.
Silence in the face of hatred is complicity.
Today, let us commit to never be indifferent to the suffering of others, and never forget what happened or let it be forgotten by others.
Let us pledge to always be vigilant and uphold human rights and dignity for all.
Thank you.
Published: 24th Jan 2022 01:00:17 By: United Nations
United Nations Video: UN Secretary-General on his priorities for 2022 - General Assembly briefing
Briefing by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on his priorities for 2022.
Excellencies,
We begin another year in the grips of a global pandemic.
COVID-19 continues to upend lives, plans and hopes.
The only certainty is more uncertainty.
Meanwhile, inequalities are growing.
Inflation is rising.
The climate crisis, pollution and biodiversity loss rage on.
We face a cauldron of political unrest and ferocious conflicts.
Mistrust among world powers is reaching fever pitch.
And the information superhighway is clogged with hatred and lies, giving oxygen to the worst impulses of humanity.
Excellencies,
We all know this.
Now is not the time to simply list and lament challenges.
Now is the time to act.
All these challenges are, at heart, failures of global governance.
From global health to digital technology, many of today’s multilateral frameworks are outdated and no longer fit for purpose.
They do not protect critical global public goods that are intended to support humanity’s wellbeing – from the global economy and finance systems to the health of our planet.
Nor are multilateral frameworks delivering on our common aspirations for peace, sustainable development, human rights and dignity for all.
My report on Our Common Agenda is a starting point to addressing these challenges and threats, based on unity and solidarity.
Developing countries need this more than ever.
Excellencies,
I want to begin the year by raising five alarms – on COVID-19, global finance, climate action, lawlessness in cyber space, and peace and security.
We face a 5-alarm global fire that requires the full mobilization of all countries.
First, we must go into emergency mode in the COVID-19 battle.
Omicron is yet another warning.
The next variant may be worse.
Stopping the spread anywhere must be at the top of the agenda everywhere.
At the same time, the virus cannot be used as cover to undermine human rights, shrink civic space and stifle press freedom.
Governments have also imposed disproportionate restrictions that penalize developing countries – for example, what I described some time ago as “travel apartheid”.
Full remarks: https://www.un.org/sg/en/node/261517
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Laying out his priorities for 2022, Secretary-General António Guterres today (21 Jan) told the General Assembly that “we face a five-alarm global fire that requires the full mobilization of all countries,” referring to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, a morally bankrupt global financial system, the climate crisis, lawlessness in cyberspace, and diminished peace and security.
The Secretary-General said, "now is not the time to simply list and lament challenges. Now is the time to act. All these challenges are, at heart, failures of global governance. From global health to digital technology, many of today’s multilateral frameworks are outdated and no longer fit for purpose."
Published: 24th Jan 2022 05:00:16 By: United Nations
United Nations Video: International Day of Education (24th January 2022) - UN Chief message | United Nations
Video Message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the International Day of Education 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused chaos in education worldwide.
Some 1.6 billion school and college students had their studies interrupted at the peak of the pandemic -- and it’s not over yet.
Today, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of over 31 million students, exacerbating a global learning crisis.
Unless we take action, the share of children leaving school in developing countries who are unable to read could increase from 53 to 70 percent.
But the turmoil in education goes beyond questions of access and inequality.
Our world is changing at a dizzying pace, with technological innovation, unprecedented changes in the world of work, the onset of the climate emergency, and a widespread loss of trust between people and institutions.
Conventional education systems are struggling to deliver the knowledge, skills and values we need to create a greener, better and safer future for all.
Education is a preeminent public good, and an essential enabler for the entire 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The international community cannot afford to be agnostic about its provision, quality and relevance.
That is why I am convening a Summit on Transforming Education later this year.
The time has come to reignite our collective commitment to education.
That means investing in comprehensive plans to help students recover from learning losses.
It means putting education at the heart of broader recovery efforts, aimed at transforming economies and societies and accelerating progress on sustainable development.
It means financial solidarity with developing countries.
And it means embarking on a process of reflection and analysis to identify how national education systems can evolve and transform between now and 2030.
The Summit on Transforming Education will be the first time that world leaders, young people and all education stakeholders come together to consider these fundamental questions.
On this International Day of Education, and as we prepare for the Summit later this year, I call on everyone to unite around education as a public good and a top political priority for the recovery and beyond.
Website - International Day of Education: https://www.un.org/en/observances/education-day
Published: 24th Jan 2022 04:00:02 By: United Nations
CNN Video: 'I'm done with Covid!': Journalist gets praise and backlash for late-night comments
Doctors Jonathan Reiner and Lucy McBride respond to comments made by journalist and author Bari Weiss claiming she is "done" with Covid-19 during an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." #CNN #News
Published: 24th Jan 2022 07:57:19 By: CNN
CNN Video: Fauci: Data says Covid-19 vaccine boosters make ‘major difference’
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the Omicron surge in the US is beginning to go in “the right direction” with a decline in cases in regions of the country that were first hit with the highly transmissible variant. Fauci cited Covid-19 booster shots as being a key component in keeping the downward trend going. #CNN #News
Published: 24th Jan 2022 07:16:58 By: CNN
CNN Video: Disney heiress exposes company's pay practices in documentary
Abigail Disney, a longtime critic of her family's business, speaks with CNN about "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales," her new documentary that takes a critical look at the company's pay practices. #CNN #News
Published: 24th Jan 2022 05:56:48 By: CNN
CNN Video: Biden considering boosting US troop levels in Eastern Europe
The Biden administration is in the final stages of identifying specific military units it wants to send to Eastern Europe and writing up the military orders in an effort to deter Russia, which has massed tens of thousands of troops on the border with Ukraine, according to multiple US and defense officials. #CNN #News
Published: 24th Jan 2022 05:32:47 By: CNN
CNN Video: Fareed Zakaria: Right now, the odds favor Putin
The Pentagon has said around 8,500 combat-ready US troops are on high alert to deploy at short notice amid rising tension over Ukraine. However it made clear there are no plans to send forces to the country itself.
Russia has denied planning military action against Ukraine, despite massing 100,000 troops close to its border.
President Biden has held a video call with European allies as Western powers discuss a common strategy if Russia launches an invasion.
Some NATO members, including Denmark, Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, are already sending fighter jets and warships to eastern Europe to bolster defences in the region.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gabriel Gatehouse in Kiev, Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Barbara Plett Usher in Washington.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 10:35:32 By: BBC News
BBC News Video: Why are US and Russian tensions escalating over the Ukraine? - BBC News
Russia continues to deny planning military action against Ukraine, despite massing 100,000 troops nearby.
Some 8,500 combat-ready US troops are on high alert to deploy at short notice amid rising tension over Ukraine, the Pentagon says.
The BBC explores the short and long-term causes behind the tension on the Ukrainian border.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 09:59:25 By: BBC News
BBC News Video: The children groomed in Romania for the UK sex trade- BBC News
In every corner of the UK, women are being kept as slaves and sold for sex.
Many are trafficked into the country from Romania. With police struggling to stop this brutal business, Jean Mackenzie travels through Romania to expose how it all begins.
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BBC News Video: Shooting of British scientist was a 'senseless act' - BBC News
The sister of a British man who was killed by a stray bullet that travelled through a wall while he was in bed, said it was a "senseless act".
Dr Matthew Willson, a 31-year-old astrophysicist, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head in Atlanta, US, where he was visiting his girlfriend.
Police have made no arrests so far and earlier said they believed the shooting was a random act.
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BBC News Video: Beach Boys star Brian Wilson looks back at his life in new film - BBC News
With songs including California Girls, Good Vibrations and God Only Knows, Brian Wilson and his band The Beach Boys took Californian surf music and made it famous around the world.
Later this year he turns 80 and a new cinema documentary called Long Promised Road looks back on his life - including the hard times and his long struggle with serious mental health problems.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 09:15:11 By: BBC News
ODN Video: Boris Johnson's Secret Birthday Party REVEALED
'Boris Johnsons Secret Birthday Party REVEALED'
Those who celebrated their birthday during the height of lockdown will remember it as a quiet affair.
But not Boris Johnson.
As care homes, hospitals, schools, restaurants, bars, shops, airports, and public toilets closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the UK Prime Minister was enjoying a 54th birthday bash.
In June 2020, during the peak of the first lockdown - a time when all indoor social gatherings were banned - a party was held INSIDE downing street.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 08:06:42 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: Burkina Faso on the Brink: MUTINEERS Detain President
'Burkina Faso President DETAINED in Military Coup Attempt'
Burning barricades block the wide streets of Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou.
Shots ring out as street battles rage between the military and mutinous soldiers.
On Sunday, they overran a military base, prompting fears of a coup in the West African nation.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 02:37:18 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: DEADLY Saudi Airstrike Buries Hundreds in Yemen
Over 100 people were killed and more than two hundred wounded in a new bombing in Yemen.
The tremendous airstrike happened at the northern Yemeni city of Saada, in an area controlled by Houthi militias.
Rescue crews are still removing bodies from the rubble and hospitals are not available to treat the injured.
The attack is being attributed to the Saudi-led military coalition, although they have denied the attack.
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Published: 23rd Jan 2022 11:35:18 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: Are Russia and Ukraine on the Edge of War?
The ominous sight of Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s northern border is a worrying one for NATO leaders.
Since the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the Eastern European nation has been the frontline between the Western defensive alliance, and the Kremlin.
Pro-Russian rebels control large parts of eastern Ukraine since a ferocious war erupted nearly eight years ago.
Some 14,000 people were killed and at least two million fled their homes before fragile peace agreements were brokered.
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Published: 22nd Jan 2022 11:08:51 By: On Demand News
ODN Video: Odds On: Who Could Replace Boris Johnson?
Boris Johnson is clinging to his premiership as allegations of Covid rule-breaking pile up. But if he goes, which Conservative MPs will throw their hats into a leadership race and ultimately replace him? Report by Lauren Burns.
Published: 21st Jan 2022 06:17:21 By: On Demand News
CBC Video: New border technology raises concerns about privacy
The Canada Border Services Agency has big plans for technological innovations to speed up travel, but privacy experts say the agency must ensure that the information is being stored securely and that travellers know how their data will be used.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 04:10:49 By: CBC News
CBC Video: Rental company charges customer for hail damage on sunny day
An Alberta woman says Enterprise charged her for thousands of dollars in hail damage to a truck she rented, even though it was sunny during her rental period.
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Published: 24th Jan 2022 03:48:10 By: CBC News
CBC Video: Calls grow to improve response to crises in remote First Nations
Ottawa's response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Bearskin Lake First Nation was criticized for being slow and ineffective. Indigenous leaders and experts say Canada needs to rethink how it responds to crises in First Nations.
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CBC Video: Inside Eastern Ukraine, where everyone is accustomed to living with war
CBC News received exclusive access inside Donetsk, a separatist-controlled area of Eastern Ukraine, where residents are already resigned to life under the shadow of a long war.
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Global Video: What are “incidental COVID-19” cases and how do they affect hospitalizations?
As the Omicron COVID-19 variant continues to drive increased cases and hospital admissions in Canada, several jurisdictions have changed the way they report hospitalizations. They now separate between those who are admitted due to COVID-19 and those who are admitted for another reason but test positive during screening.
This is often being referred to as an "incidental COVID hospitalization" which means people in hospital with the disease are not necessarily there because of COVID-19.
But doctors say there is a lot more to an incidental case than someone testing positive despite coming in for something like a broken arm or a fall. Sean Previl breaks down what "incidental COVID" means and why medical professionals are saying the numbers don't tell the whole story.
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Global Video: The Next Hubble: Why the James Webb space telescope could reshape our understanding of the universe
NASA’s $10-billion James Webb telescope – the successor to the famous Hubble Space telescope – is due to be launched into outer space this week.
Rather than operating in the visible light spectrum and ultraviolet, as Hubble did, it will be able to look at the Infrared slice of the light spectrum, allowing it to see objects previously hidden to the Hubble's gaze.
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Global Video: Billionaire space race brings new frontiers, challenges for future of space travel
On Dec. 3, NASA announced three U.S. companies that would receive over $400 million in government funding to develop commercial space stations – Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, Nanoracks and Northrop Grumman.
The International Space Station, which is now more than 20 years old, is facing retirement within the next decade and the agency is turning to the private sector in its search for a replacement.
NASA has increasingly tapped private companies, like Elon Musk's SpaceX, to shuttle its astronauts into space. As the private space race heats up, it's allowed the agency to turn its attention to new frontiers, but it also presents its own set of challenges.
Alyssa Julie reports.
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Global Video: How viral vector and mRNA COVID-19 vaccines work
From viral vector vaccines like AstraZeneca to mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna, they all have the same goal: to train your body how to fight off COVID-19. But, they use different strategies to create antibodies.
For example, AstraZeneca uses a crippled virus to deliver the coronavirus spike protein, while Pfizer and Moderna use mRNA, the part of the coronavirus' genetic code and teaches your cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response.
Global’s Gloria Henriquez explains how the different COVID-19 vaccines available in Canada work.
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Global Video: Generation gap: Young Canadians blame boomers for growing disparity, study finds
Feeling the pressures of a society plagued by climate change, soaring home prices, economic inequality and poverty, many young Canadians say they are feeling less than optimistic about the direction of our nation and cite the baby boom generation as one of the root causes of disparity and division in society.
A new study done by Angus Reid Institute, in partnership with Cardus, has found a growing divide between younger and older generations. As Erica Vella reports, experts say it’s a similar sentiment to the generation divide of the 1960s.
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