WHO's chief offered three lessons the world must learn to be able to effectively cope with future global health crises.
After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the U.N. health agency said the world must improve primary health care, depoliticize science and strengthen cooperation – or risk repeating fatal mistakes.
"At exactly the moment when the world needed to come together to face this common threat as one, the COVID-19 pandemic has been characterized by a lack of cooperation and coordination," World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
U.N. leaders hailed Pope Francis as a champion of the environment and tireless advocate of refugees and migrants.
WHO members finally reach consensus on a draft pandemic agreement after 13 formal rounds of meetings since Dec. 2021.
Talks will reconvene next week to finish a proposed global accord for the World Health Assembly to take up in May.
The loss of funding could unravel major progress since 2000 in reducing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.
A Palestinian diplomat told the U.N.'s top court that Israel uses aid as a 'weapon of war,' targeting civilians and aid workers.
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A human rights group and journalists question Beijing's use of 'Chinese government-organized NGOs' at the United Nations.
A day after saying a deal with Russia was close, Trump expressed doubt that Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war.
