UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, and Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Solomon Dersso, issued a joint call for urgent measures to mitigate the ripple ef...
“If implemented, this would ensure a more coherent, coordinated and fairer response that saves both lives and livelihoods”. Among other things, the resolution underlines WHO’s key role in promoting access to sa...
The real world is fragile. It is unnerving, to say the least, to see how a virus can cause such massive disruptions across the globe. The digital world is fragile as well, as rampant cyberattacks have shown us....
At the May 19 meeting of the 73rd World Health Assembly —its first-ever to be held virtually—delegates adopted a landmark resolution to bring the world together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution, c...
Karim Aïnouz is the director of “Central Airport THF”, a documentary which describes the situation of asylum seekers sheltered in the former Tempelhof Airport, in Berlin, and is now available on str...
The report compiles extensive data on the physical health, social relationships and mental well-being of 227 441 schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15, from 45 countries. It therefore provides a baseline against wh...
As part of Cisco’s commitment to help customers and partners globally navigate an evolving landscape, the company has introduced a new Business Resiliency Programme in the UAE. Offered through Cisco Capital, th...
According to the recently released annual report from the Internet Crime Complaint Centre, IC3, the FBI observed a record 23,775 Business Email Compromise, BEC, attacks in 2019. Significantly greater than all o...
While the research for an effective treatment continues, until there is sufficient evidence, WHO has cautioned against recommending or administering unproven treatments to patients with COVID-19 or people self-...
Addressing World Health Organization (WHO) Member States attending the foreshortened and virtual World Health Assembly in Geneva via videoconference, the UN chief pointed out that despite “some solidarity”, the...