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WHO adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics
WHO: Agreement’s adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response. Agreement boosts global collaboration ...
READ MORE → UN Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin Brings New Commitments to Strengthen Peacekeeping Operations
Note: Official representatives from more than 130 countries and international organizations attended a ministerial conference on UN peacekeeping in Berlin (13-14 May) and pledged military, ...
READ MORE → The world is facing unprecedented social challenges threatening security of billions of people, says report
Geneva/New York, April 24, 2025 – An estimated 60 percent of the world population are now feeling economically insecure in the face of global transformations ...
READ MORE → Latin America: Displaced people facing significant risks, violence
Note: The below press release profiles new research by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), and partners through the ProLAC initiative from across ...
READ MORE → UN hails Pope Francis as a tireless advocate for peace, human rights and the marginalized
Geneva/New York, April 21, 2025 – The United Nations praised Pope Francis, who passed away aged 88, as a strong defender of peace and human ...
READ MORE → World economy is on a recessionary trajectory, driven by trade tensions and uncertainty: UNCTAD
Geneva, 16 April 2025 – The world economy is on a recessionary trajectory, driven by escalating trade tensions and persistent uncertainty, UN Trade and Development ...
READ MORE → UN officials urge action to uphold international humanitarian law in Gaza
Geneva/New York, 7 April, 2025 – Top United Nations officials today called on the world to act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza in ...
READ MORE → Afghanistan: Crippling aid cuts threaten lives and wellbeing of the most vulnerable
Oslo, March 25, 2025 – Wide-ranging cuts in aid will lead to a diminishing footprint of humanitarian agencies in Afghanistan and leave the lives of ...
READ MORE → UN denounces “poison of patriarchy” as men are clinging on to leadership roles
Note: Decades of work to achieve gender equality by international organizations resulted in “limited progress” as men continue to dominate society. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ...
READ MORE → US severe cuts in funding will devastate global development and humanitarian programs, UN chief warns
New York, February 28, 2025 – The Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of the US foreign aid will have damaging impact on critical programs ranging from ...
READ MORE → Ballooning Debt Service Payments in Poorest Countries Reach Alarming Levels, UNDP warns
In advance of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in South Africa, the UN Development Programme has released a new policy brief Development Gives Way to Debt, ...
READ MORE → UN supports Ukraine’s demand for Russia to withdraw troops, a peaceful resolution of the 3-year-old war
New York, February 24, 2025 – The UN marked the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine with its two main bodies – the General ...
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