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UN calls on world’s mayors to make commitments realities
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 3:06 pm | UN News
UN agriculture agency chief calls on world’s mayors to make ‘global commitments local realities’ More >>
UN urges new funding for children forced out of education
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 10:54 am | UN News
UN global education envoy urges new funding for ‘lost generation’ of children forced out of classrooms by conflict More >>
Myanmar and UN agriculture agree framework to improve food
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 10:24 am | UN News
Myanmar and UN agriculture agency agree framework to improve nutrition and food security More >>
UN rights chief alarmed by civilian attacks in Idlib
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 10:20 am | UN News
UN rights chief ‘alarmed’ by upsurge in attacks against civilians in Syria’s Idlib More >>
‘New tech’ business model threatens decent work conditions
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 9:42 am | UN News
Unemployment is down globally but workers’ conditions have not improved, the UN said on Wednesday , warning that some businesses driven by new technology “threaten to undermine” hard-won social gains of recent decades. More >>
Radio still a powerful worldwide tool
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 9:41 am | UN News
Radio still a powerful worldwide tool for ‘dialogue, tolerance and peace’: Guterres More >>
‘Shared need’ to stop 420000 deaths from tainted food yearly
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 9:33 am | UN News
Each year, food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins or chemicals cause more than 600 million people to fall ill, and 420,000 to die worldwide, prompting a call from world leaders on Tuesday for greater international cooperation to make ... More >>
UN guidelines unveiled to prevent rising hearing loss
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 9:29 am | UN News
More than one billion 12 to 35-year-olds, risk irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds such as music played on their smartphone, UN health experts said on Tuesday, unveiling new guidelines to help address the problem. More >>
Dramatic drop in South Sudan political violence
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 11:48 am | UN News
Dramatic drop in South Sudan political violence since peace agreement signing More >>
Safer Internet Day: ‘Be kind online’, says UNICEF
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 11:43 am | UN News
Safer Internet Day: ‘Be kind online’, says UNICEF, urging action to prevent cyberbullying, harassment More >>
Piracy and high seas crime growing
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 11:32 am | UN News
Piracy and high seas crime growing, becoming more sophisticated, UN Security Council told More >>
Libya: $202 million needed to bring life-saving aid
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 11:28 am | UN News
Libya: $202 million needed to bring life-saving aid to half a million people hit by humanitarian crisis More >>
North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues
Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 11:27 am | UN News
North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues amid ‘increased sophistication’ of attackers, warns UN More >>
Neither side stands to benefit in US-China trade spat - UN
Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 9:22 am | UN News
The tit-for-tat trade dispute between China and the United States may do little to protect domestic producers in either country and could have “massive” implications on the global economy unless it is resolved, United Nations experts said on Monday. More >>
Top envoy to Yemen praises ‘flexibility’ of negotiators
Friday, 1 February 2019, 12:50 pm | UN News
Top envoy to Yemen praises ‘flexibility’ of chief negotiators as new UN mission chief is named More >>
Boom in AI patents points to ‘quantum leap' in tech - UN
Friday, 1 February 2019, 9:17 am | UN News
The “upsurge” in patent applications for devices and machines powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the last five years, suggests that it could soon revolutionize all areas of daily life far beyond the tech world, a UN report suggested on Thursday. More >>
UN relief chief urges Security Council to back aid delivery
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 9:51 am | UN News
With people in Syria “suffering a cold, hard winter ”, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Wednesday appealed for international funding, backed by UN Security Council support for safe aid delivery, to alleviate the conditions faced ... More >>
Mass-graves found of at least 535 killed in DR Congo
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 9:47 am | UN News
A preliminary UN investigation into a massacre reportedly carried out in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month, reveals that “at least 535 civilians were killed in four attacks”, the UN Mission in the country, MONUSCO , said on ... More >>
‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 9:46 am | UN News
Six people died every day last year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe – “the world’s deadliest sea crossing” - the UN refugee agency, UNHCR , said on Wednesday, citing ongoing political deadlock over sea rescue and disembarkation. More >>
UN lauds special chemistry of the periodic table
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 9:39 am | UN News
On Tuesday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements at its headquarters in Paris, kicking off a series of events and activities to be ... More >>
