The U.N.-backed Covax program will not meet its target of delivering enough doses this year to Latin America and the Caribbean to vaccinate 20 percent of their people.
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Ethiopia Plans to Expel U.N. Officials Leading Aid Response in Tigray
The move came days after the U.N. aid chief accused Ethiopia of mounting an aid blockade that is pushing the region into famine.
In Biden’s Foreign Policy, Friends and Foes Claim Echoes of Trump
President Biden’s speech at the U.N. was a stark contrast to President Donald J. Trump’s. But it came amid complaints that some of Mr. Biden’s policy moves echoed his predecessor’s approach.
Pakistan Says U.N. Envoy of Old Afghan Government Should Vacate Seat
Stopping short of urging that a Taliban envoy to the U.N. be accepted, Pakistan’s foreign minister suggested that stability had improved in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Nearly 1 in 4 hospitals treating Covid in Afghanistan have shut down, the W.H.O. warns.
After the Taliban took over, Western donor nations withdrew from a program that financed clinics across the country through the Afghan health ministry, the W.H.O. said.
China Pledges to Stop Building Coal Plants Abroad: Explained
Beijing is the undisputed king of coal, but the announcement at the United Nations General Assembly this week was cautiously welcomed by climate experts.
The Taliban nominate a U.N. envoy, complicating a quandary for the General Assembly.
The move sets up a possible showdown with the current envoy, nominated only months ago by a government that has since collapsed.
Duterte Accuses Rich Countries of Hoarding Covid Vaccines
“There is a man-made drought of vaccines ravaging poor countries,” the Philippines leader told the U.N. General Assembly in prerecorded remarks.
China Won’t Build More Coal Plants Abroad, Xi Jinping Says
One analyst called the announcement, which the Chinese leader made in prerecorded remarks to the U.N. General Assembly, “an important step by the world’s biggest provider of overseas coal finance.”
Taliban Complete Interim Government, Still Without Women
The Taliban spurned calls from the United Nations and big donors to include women in its new cabinet, but did add a few men from minority ethnic groups.