Guterres promises to fight anti-Semitism | Nigeria's Adeniyi Adeyemi takes lead at World Youth Organization | Why 2016 was a year of public health progress
Talks between representatives from the Syrian government and rebel forces began today in Kazakhstan, mediated by United Nations Syrian envoy Staffan de Mistura. A cease-fire is expected to be the focal point of the discussions.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced anti-Semitism as "a manifestation of racism" and promised to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive. He spoke at a synagogue in New York, where he was introduced by Holocaust survivor Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
Progress was made in 2016 against numerous threats to global health, writes vaccinologist Melvin Sanicas, including the creation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, training rats to detect tuberculosis, and work on vaccines for malaria, shingles, dengue fever, and Ebola.
The World Food Programme reversed policy and allowed employees to participate in marches on Saturday as long as they did not claim to represent the WFP at the protests.
Over $100 billion in additional annual investment and government support for small farmers is needed to combat "land grabbing" and promote sustainable agriculture and end world hunger by 2030, says the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Former leader Yahya Jammeh has been exiled from Gambia to Equatorial Guinea with assurances from the United Nations and African Union that his rights as a citizen would be protected. President Adama Barrow remains in Senegal until the security of the statehouse is assured.
"Are we living in the post-Two State Solution era? What does this mean for Palestinian rights? For Israeli security? For Israeli and Palestinian foreign policy?"
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