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NewsUN reaffirms commitment to the safety of journalists, and the defense of freedom of opinion and expression as a fundamental human right
World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on May 3rd each year by the United Nations. The Committee to Protect Journalists said 99 journalists and media ...
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NewsNEWS FEATURE: Acute hunger has remained persistently high since 2016; 282 million people affected in 2023: UN
Rome/New York, April 27, 2024 – A new study by 16 UN agencies and international organizations said close to 282 million people suffered acute hunger ...
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EnvironmentUS urged to lead fight against plastic pollution, support UN negotiations for a “global plastics treaty”
Washington/New York, April 10, 2024 – Ocean Conservancy and conservation groups have called on the United States to seize the “opportunity and responsibility to be ...
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NewsOne billion meals go to waste everyday while millions go hungry: UN
Food waste is a “global tragedy” while millions of people face severe food insecurity. The UN Environment Programme says in a report that an estimated ...
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ConflictUPDATE: UN Security Council demands immediate cease-fire in Gaza
New York, March 25, 2024 – Breaking its own deadlock for a solution since the Israel-Hamas war broke out five months ago, the UN Security ...
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NewsPeople in 10 countries are the happiest in the world, and it’s not money or material things
New York, March 20, 2024 – Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Australia top the list of 143 countries in the ...
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NewsTechnologyElectronic Waste Rising Five Times Faster than Documented E-waste Recycling: UN
A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced in 2022, Up 82% from 2010; On track to rise another 32%, to 82 million ...
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ConflictNewsUN warns of man-made famine in Gaza affecting more than 1.1 million people
New York, March 18, 2024 – Acute food insecurity is threatening groups of population in some countries but in Gaza, where the Israel-Hamas war is ...
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NewsRich countries attain record human development, but half of the poorest have gone backwards: UN
A new report issued by the UN Development Program says all 38 countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have achieved higher ...
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ConflictUPDATE: UN blasts Russia as Ukraine war enters third year, calling it “an open wound at the heart of Europe”
New York, February 23, 2024 – United Nations leaders delivered strong criticisms of Russia at meetings of both the UN General Assembly and Security Council ...
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ConflictHumanitarian agencies urge immediate ceasefire in Gaza to avoid catastrophe as civilians are in extreme peril
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee New York/Geneva/Rome, 21 February 2024 – In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 ...
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ConflictUkraine war two years on: destruction and displacement – 14.6 million people will need humanitarian assistance this year
Oslo/New York, February 21, 2024 – The Russian military invaded Ukraine two years ago on February 24 and the escalating war has inflicted a devastating ...
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