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NewsGlobal food and nutrition security crisis to worsen; 349 million people in 79 countries are acutely food insecure
Joint statement by heads of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank Group (WBG); World Food Program (WFP) and World Trade ...
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NewsUPDATE: UN priorities for 2023: End conflicts with New Agenda for Peace
New York, February 6 – Citing the inalienable right to peace under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, U.N. Secretary-GeneralAntoniocalled for a New Agenda for ...
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EconomyWorld faces “highly uncertain” near-term economic outlook, U.N. says
New York, January 25 – With multiple crises persisting around the world, including the war in Ukraine, the global output growth is expected to decelerate ...
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EducationUPDATE: U.N. chief calls on Taliban to reverse “outrageous” education ban
New York, January 24 – This year’s International Day of Education has raised a deep concern that more than 5 million children have been shutout ...
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NewsU.N. supports calls for cooperation to prevent world fragmentation
Davos, Switzerland/New York, January 18 – While acknowledging that the United States and China are in conflict over various issues, the United Nations said it ...
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ConflictNewsU.N. slams lawlessness, from Russia’s war in Ukraine to illegal development of nuclear weapons by North Korea
New York, January 12 – The United Nations Security Council is called to find ways to promote and strengthen the rule of law as lawlessness ...
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NewsClimate change is a long-term threat to global economy, World Economic Forum says
Geneva/New York, January 11, 2023 – The Global Risks Report published by the World Economic Forum ahead of its annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland said ...
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NewsU.N. agencies and aid groups protest Taliban’s ban of women in humanitarian work
New York, December 28 – Heads of United Nations agencies and humanitarian groups denounced the Afghan Taliban government’s ban of women working with non-governmental organizations ...
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NewsHuman rights expert: U.N. Security Council resolution on Myanmar is weak
New York, December 22 – A resolution adopted by the U.N. Security Council demanding Myanmar’s military government to end violence and release political prisoners has ...
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NewsU.N. summit adopts plan to protect one-third of earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters
In landmark U.N. Biodiversity Agreement, nations decided to protect 30 per cent of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters; reduce by $500 billion annual ...
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NewsUPDATE: U.N. calls for peace pact with nature at biodiversity summit
Montreal/New York, December 7 – The United Nations called on governments attending the international conference on biodiversity to adopt an ambitious “true peace pact with ...
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NewsU.N.: Russia’s war in Ukraine inflicts “colossal” torment to millions of people
New York, December 6 – The U.N. Security Council was told that Russia’s “senseless war“ in Ukraine, which started on February 24 this year, has ...
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