The World Health Organisation (WHO) has
called on Member states in South-East Asia Region to urgently scale-up
aggressive measures to combat COVID-19, as confirmed cases cross...
The National Biosafety Management Agency of Nigeria (NBMA) has called for a harmonised national biosecurity policy guideline and emergency response strategy to prevent harmful biological agents...
Even a limited nuclear war could have
dangerous effects far beyond the region that is fatally hit. It would result in
global cooling that substantially reduces...
The United Nations Human Rights Council has
unanimously approved the appointment of Jose Francisco “Pancho” Cali Tzay as
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights...
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of
the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to carry out
forensic investigation of the immediate and remote cause of...
Several African nations on Monday, March 16, 2020 implemented drastic measures in the hope of slowing down the spread of the coronavirus, while case...
The EU could impose a 30-day entry restriction on all non-essential travel into the bloc in the coming days, European Commission President Ursula von...
The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, in collaboration with the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and with financial support...
