Six First Place Winners Selected from Thousands of Global Photo Submissions Surrounding 2022 Theme Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean New York, New York, June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The winners of the ninth annual United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Competition were announced today during the United Nations World Oceans Day (UNWOD) 2022 […]
Day: June 8, 2022
Indonesia’s G20 HWG Meeting Series Urges World Leaders to Be Prepared for Future Pandemics
LOMBOK, Indonesia, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The second Health Working Group (HWG) meeting brought global leaders to initiate a new global emergency fund for future pandemics and focused on facilitating greater sharing of genomic sequencing data, as well as how the Financing Intermediary Fund (FIF) functions under the World bank in preparing for future pandemics. […]
THE UNITED NATIONS TO HOST ANNUAL WORLD OCEANS DAY EVENT (8 JUNE) WITH THE 2022 THEME REVITALIZATION: COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR THE OCEAN
The United Nations Secretary-General, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, sustainability advocate Amber Valletta, oceanographer Sylvia Earle, economist Ralph Chami, World Champion sailor Lisa Blair, and others will speak at the event produced with the contribution of Oceanic Global and made possible by La Mer New York, New York, June 08, 2022 (GLOBE […]
World Bank Commends Deepening Engagement in DRC
KINSHASA, The World Bank’s Director of Strategy and Operations for Eastern and Southern Africa, Humberto Lopez, has concluded a two-day visit to the Democratic
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the COVID-19 media briefing– 8 June 2022
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, Globally, the number of reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to decline. This is clearly a very
Belgian King Regrets Colonial ‘Humiliation’ in Landmark Congo Trip
King Philippe of Belgium, in a historic visit to Congo, said on Wednesday that his country’s rule over the vast central African country had
Monkeypox Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases; WHO Warns of ‘Real’ Risk
The risk of monkeypox becoming established in nonendemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than 1,000 cases confirmed in such countries.
Emerging technology gives first ever global view of hidden vessels
Satellite radar and machine learning publicly reveal previously unseen vessel activity around the world Washington, D.C., June 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Fishing Watch has developed and publicly released the first ever global map of previously undetected dark fleets, or vessels that do not broadcast their location or appear in public monitoring systems. Powered […]