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Latest food security report confirms fears of deepening hunger crisis in Afghanistan as winter sets in
Note: The World Food Programme has issued its latest report on the food security situation in Afghanistan, where the rate of hunger is soaring to ...
READ MORE → Global summit on traditional medicine seeks to advance evidence and data to inform policies: WHO
Geneva/New York, 14 December 2025 – With growing number of people worldwide now using traditional medicine when they cannot afford regular health services, the World ...
READ MORE → 2026: Millions in need will not get aid unless global solidarity revived
Oslo, 8 December 2025 – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a press release that highlights fear that the lack of funding means that millions of ...
READ MORE → Rebuilding Multilateralism: Europe’s Role in UN Reform
Note: The European Centre for Socio-Economic, Technological and Environmental Research has announced the conference “Rebuilding Multilateralism: Europe’s Role in UN Reform.” The conference on 3 ...
READ MORE → Cities are home to 45 per cent of the global population, with megacities continuing to grow, UN report finds
Jakarta (Indonesia) is now the world’s most populous city, with nearly 42 million residents, followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh) with almost 40 million, and Tokyo (Japan) ...
READ MORE → Over half a million people dying each year from extreme heat – “Climate crisis is a health crisis,” World Health Organization says
Note: The World Health Organization (WHO) and Brazil have issued special reports on the deadly impact of climate change on humans worldwide at the 30th ...
READ MORE → Majority of 117 million refugees displaced by war and persecution live in countries exposed to extreme weather and climate shocks: UN Refugee Agency
Belem, Brazil, 10 November 2025 – Millions of refugees, people forced to flee, and their hosts are trapped in an increasingly vicious cycle of ...
READ MORE → UN climate summit urged to set 1.5 degrees C as red line to avert global catastrophe
Belem, Brazil/New York, 9 November 2025 – Government leaders and civil society organizations as well as climate scientists have begun once again each year the ...
READ MORE → UN: World faces serious climate crisis and damages despite efforts to keep global temperatures low.
New York, 4 November 2025 – Decades of efforts and new pledges by nations to keep global temperatures down have done little to fight climate ...
READ MORE → UN marks 80th birthday with demand to reform the powerful Security Council
New York, 24 October 2025 – The United Nations was established on this date in 1945 when its founding Charter went into effect after World ...
READ MORE → UN welcomes US-brokered Gaza ceasefire, calls for Israel and Hamas to implement peace plan
New York, 9 October 2025 – The United Nations hailed the Trump administration’s 20-point plan that was signed off by both Israel and Hamas, triggering ...
READ MORE → Gaza: Civilians are starving, displaced and trapped, world leaders must act now
Note: The Norwegian Refugee Council is urging global leaders to press Israel and Hamas for an immediate and permanent ceasefire as the second anniversary of the ...
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