Tag: Nations
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COVID-19: WHO calls on nations for united front against pandemic
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday called on nations to form a united front in an effort to battle the ravaging COVID-19 Pandemic. The call was made at the COVID-19 Virtual Conference which was coordinated at the WHOs headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Virtual Conference had in attendance, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,…
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122 nations seal UN atomic weapons ban treaty, without nuclear powers
A treaty that bans nuclear weapons was adopted by 122 countries at the UN on Friday, but countries with nuclear arsenals are boycotting the pact. The treaty obliges countries not to develop, test, produce or possess nuclear arms, or to acquire them by other means – “never under any circumstances.” The significance of the pact…