This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After “relentless” progress in space technology, the focus for the international community must now shift to ensuring that the benefits of space science are available to everyone, everywhere, a senior United Nations official told a major conference on Monday. Speaking at the opening of […]Space science now a ‘fundamental pillar’ of 21st century human development: top UN space official
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After “relentless” progress in space technology, the focus for the international community must now shift to ensuring that the benefits of space science are available to everyone, everywhere, a senior United Nations official told a major conference on Monday. Speaking at the opening of […]UN chief condemns suspected Boko Haram attacks targeting Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Nigeria
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Saturday’s attacks in northeastern Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents targeting Eid al-Fitr celebrations. According to media reports, blasts killed dozens of people in the Damboa Local Government area of Borno State. “The Secretary-General stresses that attacks targeting […]The Government of China and UNIDO partner to develop technical guidelines for standards of small hydropower development
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Small hydropower (SHP) is increasingly recognized as an important renewable energy solution to the challenge of electrifying remote rural areas. However, while China and most countries in Europe and North and South America have high rates of installed capacity, the potential of SHP in […]New study shows close link between GVCs participation and economic development
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs) can play an important role in a country’s development, however countries must reach a certain threshold in industrial competitiveness to be able to integrate GVCs. This is a key finding of a new report titled “The Global Value […]Driving structural change through global value chains integration
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. World-renowned policy experts and academics, as well as high-level practitioners and policymakers came together today for the 2018 Forum on Globalization and Industrialization to explore the potential of Global Value Chains (GVCs) for driving structural change. Participation in GVCs provides important opportunities for firms […]UN forum to explore use of outer space to improve lives, protect planet
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Marking 50 years since the world first came together to discuss the peaceful uses of outer space, government leaders, policy makers, civil society representatives and space experts will gather at a United Nations forum in Vienna from Monday to explore the future course of global space […]Much more than a ‘lifeline’ for millions of households, remittances can spur global growth, says UN agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Not only are remittances a “critical lifeline” for millions globally, the direct benefits of money sent home by migrant workers touch the lives of one in every seven persons on the planet – over one billion people, the United Nations rural development agency has […]Afghanistan extends ceasefire with Taliban; UN urges both sides to work towards lasting peace
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the UN mission in Afghanistan welcomed on Saturday the Afghan Government’s extension of the unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban, amid an outpouring of support for the truce from war-weary people all across the country. “The Secretary-General urges the Taliban to […]On World Day to Combat Desertification, UN shines spotlight on ‘true value’ of land
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Land is not a limitless resource and ignoring its role in our everyday lives threatens food and water supplies, biodiversity and the security of us all, the United Nations agency that fights desertification worldwide has said. In a statement marking the World Day to Combat […]LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: Elections serve up food for thought, for Afghan youth
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. By Philip Smucker At the newly-established “50/50” fast food restaurant on the tree-lined streets of Herat, in the west of Afghanistan, business is brisk as deliveries are whisked away, on the back of motorbikes to hungry customers across the ancient city. But for the […]UN rushes to deliver aid as key Yemeni port city is ‘shelled and bombarded’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. As the Yemeni port city of Hodeida continues to come under attack from Saudi-led coalition forces on Thursday, seeking to drive out Houthi rebels who control the city, the United Nations and humanitarian partners are rushing to provide life-saving assistance to thousands of vulnerable […]Afghanistan: UN envoy urges further extension of ceasefire with Taliban, as Eid ul-Fitr gets underway
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Expressing solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, the United Nations envoy in the country has expressed hope that the temporary ceasefires marking the final days of the holy month of Ramadan in the war-battered nation, will lead to the lasting peace that Afghans so […]Heat-resistant crops, ‘green’ infrastructure, can prepare Near East and North Africa to better tackle droughts – UN agency
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Countries in the Near-East and North Africa, where chronic water shortages are sure to worsen due to climate change, must take pro-active steps to become more resilient against droughts, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Friday. Even though drought is a familiar phenomenon […]Mali: Presidential elections critical to consolidate democracy, says UN peacekeeping chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Though the past 12 months had been the most encouraging in terms of advancing the peace process in Mali, security challenges still pose a dangerous threat, with civilians and security forces still being attacked, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security Council […]‘True’ peace, requires standing up for human rights, says UN chief Guterres
June 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Achieving peace involves more than “laying down weapons”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, calling for intensified efforts to address the root causes of conflict. In a message marking the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace, observed annually on 21 […]‘Much more’ can be done to raise awareness about the plight of persons with albinism: UN chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. On the international day to raise awareness on albinism – a rare genetic condition that results in the lack of melanin in the body – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater solidarity with people living with albinism, so they can live […]UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one live in countries where fathers are not legally entitled to any paid paternity leave, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). There are 92 countries which lack national […]UN General Assembly urges greater protection for Palestinians, deplores Israel’s ‘excessive’ use of force
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for greater protection for Palestinians, and deploring any use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate” force by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians, particularly in Gaza. The emergency session […]FROM THE FIELD: Finding refuge in the ‘beautiful game’
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Teenage refugees from East Africa have discovered that participating in the ‘beautiful game’ as football is often referred to, can level the playing field and help them to integrate into new homes and new cultures. The teenagers are part of a team based in […]UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Kashmir violations
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Decades of rights violations on both sides of the Line of Control in Kashmir have “claimed or ruined numerous lives” and should be the subject of a high-level international probe, the UN’s human rights chief said on Thursday. Flagging the launch of the first […]Financial abuse of elderly ‘rampant, but invisible’, says UN expert
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Older people are increasingly subject to financial abuse, in many cases by their own family members, a United Nations human rights expert warned on Thursday. “Financial abuse of older persons is rampant but largely invisible, and the problem is expected to grow dramatically with […]Mali: Presidential elections critical to consolidate democracy, says UN peacekeeping chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Though the past 12 months had been the most encouraging in terms of advancing the peace process in Mali, security challenges still pose a dangerous threat, with civilians and security forces still being attacked, the top United Nations peacekeeping official told the Security […]US-North Korea summit ‘an important milestone’ towards denuclearization, says Guterres
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Tuesday’s historic summit between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been hailed as “an important milestone” by the UN Secretary-General. US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un concluded their meeting in Singapore by signing […]Millions of young lives ‘at risk’ says UN labour chief, calling for an end to child labour
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. No child under the age of 18 should be toiling in mines, fields, factories and homes, carrying heavy loads or working long hours, the head of the UN labour agency said on Tuesday, marking World Day against Child Labour. “Many suffer lifelong physical and […]Assault on key Yemeni port would endanger 300,000 children and ‘choke off’ aid for millions more: UNICEF chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Any attack on the key Yemeni port of Hodeida would deepen one of the world’s worst malnutrition crises and put the lives of an estimated 300,000 children at risk, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday. UNICEF Executive Director, […]Everyone has ‘a moral imperative’ to uphold the rights of persons with disabilities, says UN chief
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Cementing and protecting the rights of around 1.5 billion people around the world in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a “moral imperative” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday. He was addressing a conference of signatories to the Convention at […]UN chief welcomes resolution to 27-year-old disagreement over renaming the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The United Nations has welcomed Tuesday’s announcement by the leaders of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) that 27 years after the dispute began, they have reached a mutual agreement over a new name for the Republic. Following the announcement by the […]Prevention is key to ‘breaking the cycle of HIV transmission’, UN chief tells General Assembly
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. This year’s United Nations annual debate over how best to battle HIV and AIDS heard that while progress had been made, it remains “uneven and fragile” with many hurdles still to come. “The world is making good progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic by […]UN chief welcomes formation of unity government in Madagascar
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the formation on Monday of a government of national unity in Madagascar led by a non-partisan Prime Minister, as requested by the nation’s leading constitutional court. According to media reports, the court ordered President Hery Rajaonarimampianina to […]Military escalation will have ‘serious consequences’ for Yemeni civilians, warns UN Special Envoy
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. An attempt by a Saudi-led military coalition to take control of the Yemeni port of Hodeida from opposition Houthi forces “will have serious consequences” on an already “dire” situation for millions of civilians, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen said on Wednesday. In a statement issued […]Terrorism diverts resources from ‘much-needed’ development to ‘costly’ security, warns UN envoy for Central Africa
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. The scourge of terrorism and violent extremism continues to affect all of Central Africa and divert government resources from much-needed development programmes to costly security operations, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday. “Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army […]At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016, first UN global study shows
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This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. According to the first ever Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants, released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday, at least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled during the course of 2016. Migrant smuggling occurred in all parts of the world, generated […]From drought to floods in Somalia; displacement and hunger worsen, says UN
June 12, 2018 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After four consecutive poor rainy seasons that brought Somalia to the brink of famine, the country is now seeing near-record rainfall, and with it, flooding that has already displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. According to […]
