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NewsUNDP and UNHCR chiefs urge sustained investment as Afghanistan faces unprecedented refugee returnee influx
Immediate humanitarian needs are immense, while greater investment in protection, livelihoods, and opportunities is critical to successful reintegration and long-term stability. Kabul, Afghanistan, 8 July ...
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NewsUpdate: For over a decade, the Sustainable Development Goals have delivered results— now the world must urgently scale up what works, UN report finds
With fewer than five years to 2030, a decisive final push is needed to keep the promise ofthe SDGs within reachNew York, 7 July 2026 ...
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NewsUN Global Dialogue opens with urgent call for safe and inclusive AI that benefits all
AI safety, accountability and human oversight among topics to be discussed – Press Release Geneva, Switzerland, 6 July 2026 – The United Nations today kicked ...
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NewsAlarming lack of funding for lifesaving aid in 2026
Note: The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) highlights in a press release that half-way through 2026, just 30 per cent of required aid funding has been ...
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NewsMiddle East conflict fallout pushes countries toward US$1 trillion fossil fuel subsidy bill, warns UN Development Programme
Note: Ripple effects from the Middle East conflict force developing countries to burn fiscal space on fossil fuel subsidies, wiping out investment in health, education ...
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NewsVenezuela faces US$6.7 billion in economic losses from earthquakes, UNDP estimates
Caracas/New York, 27 June 2026 – The earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June caused significant human suffering and loss of life, while also severely ...
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NewsDespite Geopolitical Headwinds and Slow Progress, Global Commitment to the SDGs Holds Strong
Note: New SDSN report calls for stronger governance and implementation as the world enters the final stretch of the 2030 Agenda Paris, France, 23 June ...
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NewsAI is already rewriting reality for billions of people. It is getting women wrong
Note: A study of 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias and 26 per cent demonstrated both gender and racial bias. Yet only ...
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NewsGaza: Israel’s shelter restrictions force nearly a million people to endure summer heat in tents
Note: The Norwegian Refugee Council leads the Shelter Cluster in Palestine and coordinates humanitarian shelter actors responding to emergency shelter needs in Gaza and the ...
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NewsUN: Record Number of Children as Conflict Victims in 2025, With Government Forces as the Leading Perpetrator for the First Time
Note: A UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) says that parties to armed conflicts were responsible in 2025 for the deaths of thousands ...
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NewsPRIO report finds interstate conflicts at highest level since World War II
Oslo, 9 June 2026 – The number of armed conflicts fought directly between states doubled in 2025, reaching the highest level recorded in over 80 ...
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NewsWFP warning becomes a reality for millions as Middle East crisis pushes poorest families further into hunger
Rome, Italy, 5 June 2026 – Three months after warning that the escalating Middle East crisis could push millions more people into hunger, new analysis ...
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