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NewsUN determined to assist Afghan people despite attacks, mounting threats of humanitarian catastrophe
New York, August 26 – The United Nations has condemned the bomb attacks in Kabul and outside its airport thronged with fleeing Afghans and foreigners, ...
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NewsUPDATE: Rise of Covid-19 cases keep annual United Nations meetings virtual and diplomats away
New York, August 20 – The United Nations headquarters has informed international media as well as the 193 governments that will send representatives to attend ...
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NewsUN pledges not to abandon Afghan people, demands Taliban respect human rights
New York, August 16 – The United Nations decided to stay put in Afghanistan after Taliban armed forces took over the Kabul government, spreading fear ...
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HealthGovernments urged to depoliticize Covid-19 issues and let scientists study Covid-19 virus’ origins
Geneva/New York, August 12 – The World Health Organization is calling on governments to stop politicizing the issue regarding Covid-19 virus’ origins and provide “all ...
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ClimatePlanet earth faces certain hotter climate, UN climate panel warns
Geneva/New York, August 9 – Planet earth is certain to get increasing life-threatening heat waves and water shortage that will affect hundreds of millions of ...
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EconomyMajority of people think global economy will recover in two years, market survey says
Geneva/New York, August 5 – Three in four people think it will take at least two years for economies around the world to recover from ...
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NewsFifty small businesses hailed as “hidden heroes” in food systems while hunger spiked under the pandemic
Rome/New York, July 27 – Fifty small- and medium-sized enterprises spanning all continents are declared “hidden heroes” in the fight against hunger at a pre-summit
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NewsOver 130 governments discuss ways to improve global food systems after pandemic caused food shortage and starvation
Rome/New York, July 15 – The number of people suffering hunger and malnutrition surged up to 811 million, or about one-tenth of the world population
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NewsEU faces opposition as it unveils ambitious climate blueprint to reduce emissions 55 per cent by 2030
Brussels/New York, July 14 – The European Union has unveiled its most ambitious blueprint to fight global climate change by proposing to eliminate sales of ...
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EnvironmentFinancial institutions urged to engage in reversing biodiversity loss, which impacts on people and eco-systems
New York, July 12 – Backed by strong evidence gathered over past decades that human activities caused the loss of the planet’s biological diversity, the ...
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EnvironmentNew Global Framework for Managing Nature Through 2030: First Detailed Draft Agreement Debuts
(Editor’s note: this press release dated July 12, 2021, from the UN Convention on Biodiversity is published in full on this website for the benefits ...
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HealthEthics and human rights should be at the core of using artificial intelligence for health, WHO says
Geneva/New York, June 28 – In its first move to provide guidance for the application of artificial intelligence in the vast field of healthcare, the ...
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