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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (APP): Despite gains in education, violence against women and girls is not only common, but widely accepted, a new United Nations (UN) report revealed on Wednesday.

Although more girls are going to school and staying in school than ever before, little headway has been made to help shape a more equal, less violent environment for them, warned the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), together with UN Women and the non-governmental organization, Plan International, in their report, ‘A New Era for Girls: Taking stock on 25 years of progress.’

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, a U.S. survey found that black children appear to be more likely than white kids to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other learning disabilities.

Previous studies had found the diagnosis was far more likely in white kids.

It’s not known what might have driven the change described in Wednesday’s report, said lead author Benjamin Zablotsky of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (APP): The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that containment of the novel coronavirus is “feasible” and is a “top priority,” as more than 3,000 people globally have died from the outbreak and nearly 90,000 have been infected.

“We are in uncharted territory,” WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday during a press conference in Geneva. “We have never before seen a respiratory pathogen that is capable of community transmission, but which can also be contained with the right measures.”

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 03 (APP): The United Nations has confirmed the resignation of Ghassan Salame, the world body’s top envoy for Libya, citing failing health caused by the immense stress of the job.

“Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has received a message from Mr. Salame expressing his intention to leave the post,” Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief’s spokesman, told the regular noon briefing at UN Headquarters in New York. .

UNITED NATIONS, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will hold a debate on multilateralism with the attendance of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on March 19 during the presidency of China.

Briefing the press on the monthly program of work on Monday, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN and president of the council for March, said the rise of unilateralism has shaken the international order, shaken the rule of international law and shaken the central role played by the UN.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (APP): The United Nations announced Sunday it is releasing US $15 million from an emergency fund to help countries with fragile health systems contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The announcement came as the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak to “very high” – its top level of risk assessment. The WHO has said there is still a chance of containing the virus if its chain of transmission is broken.

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (APP): The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has warned that criminals are taking advantage of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, to steal money or sensitive information.

Criminal elements are posing as WHO representatives, the agency said, adding that if anyone is contacting by a person or organization claiming to be from the WHO, they should take steps to verify their authenticity.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned the recent indiscriminate bombing of several parts of Tripoli of Libya, including residential areas and Mitiga Airport.

In a statement, the secretary-general emphasized that civilians must be protected at all times in line with international humanitarian law.

He called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, and urged the implementation of a recently adopted Security Council resolution.

UN, February 29. /TASS/: The Syrian army has a full right to respond to terrorist attacks on its territory, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.

"In response to the ongoing violations of the ceasefire regime within the zone of Idlib, the Syrian army certainly has the right to respond and suppress terrorists," Nebenzya said speaking at the UN Security Council session on the situation in the Syrian province of Idlib.

UN, February 29. /TASS/: The Astana talks on resolving the conflict in Syria remain essential, despite Western countries’ attempts to exploit the Idlib situation to set off Moscow and Ankara against each other, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya told journalists after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday.

"De-escalation can be achieved only through a dialogue between Russia and Turkey and not through our partners’ cunning calls for that," the Russian envoy said.