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NewsUN launches 2022 humanitarian campaign for Afghanistan as it is “hanging by a threat” under Taliban authorities
Kabul, Geneva, New York, January 26 – Afghanistan is “hanging by a threat” just six months after Taliban forces took over the country and it ...
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NewsUPDATE: UN chief names five priorities for 2022; calls for actions to keep trust in institutions
By J. Tuyet Nguyen New York, January 21 – Governments have failed to meet five major challenges under the pandemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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NewsCovid-19, global economy are top issues at Davos Agenda 2022
Geneva/New York, January 17 – World government and corporate leaders have begun addressing the week-long, virtual annual meeting of the Davos Agenda 2022 in Switzerland ...
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EconomyUN warns global economic recovery is facing “significant headwinds”
New York, January 13 – The current global economic recovery is losing steam after recording a solid expansion of 5.5 per cent under the pandemic ...
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NewsClimate Failure and Social Crisis Top Global Risks 2022, World Economic Forum says
-Top risks are climate crisis, growing social divides, heightened cyber risks and an uneven global recovery, as pandemic lingers on -Global survey of experts finds ...
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EconomyUPDATE: New Asia-Pacific free trade agreement enters into force, creates “center of gravity” for global trade
New York, January 1 – A new Asia-Pacific free trade agreement that entered into force on the first day of 2022 will create the world’s ...
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NewsJournalists who won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize denounce tyranny, torture and deaths of colleagues
By J. Tuyet Nguyen Oslo/New York, December 11 – Dmitry Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines, who co-share the 2021 Nobel Peace ...
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TechnologyUN internet forum seeks accountability, equal access, end of disinformation and hate speech
Katowice, Poland/New York, December 6 – The number of people accessing the internet under the Covid-19 pandemic has surged to an estimated 4.9 billion this ...
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HealthUPDATE: WHO launches negotiations for legal, binding agreement to fight future pandemics
Geneva/New York, December 1 – The World Health Organization has launched a global process to draft and negotiate an agreement under its constitution to
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NewsUN calls for resilient agri-food systems; warns 3-4 billion people cannot afford healthy diet
Rome/New York, November 23 – The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for agri-food systems that can withstand shocks and stresses such as the ...
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ClimateA Clean Ocean by 2030: UN Experts Panel Charts the Most Direct Course
The Clean Ocean International Expert Group of the UN Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable Development will formally present its short list of activities and ...
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ClimateUPDATE: Climate change summit adopts final document at closing, calls for phasing down coal
Glasgow/New York, November 13 – The UN climate change conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow adopted a final outcome document, which for the first ...
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