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Lost among the jubilation of vaccine rollouts in rich countries is an uncomfortable reality: The world's poorest countries will have to wait months and possibly years to see any doses at all.

国連は飢饉の危険があるとみなされた7カ国に1億ドルの緊急資金を割り当て即座に行動しないなら、世界は「膨大な数の子供たちが死んでいくのをテレビの画面で」目撃するかもしれないと警告しました。

The UN has earmarked $100m (£75m) in emergency funding for seven countries deemed at risk of famine, warning that without immediate action the world could see “huge numbers of children dying on TV screens”.

Amidst the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, UN member states are negotiating a second revised draft of the groundbreaking treaty on “transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.”

In what leading campaigners are describing as “a new chapter for nuclear disarmament”, the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will now come into force on 22 January, after Honduras became the 50th Member State to ratify on Saturday.

主要な運動家が「核軍縮の新しい章」と表現しているように、核兵器禁止条約は、それを批准したホンジュラスが土曜日に50番目の締約国になった後、来年1月22日に発効します。