Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled the country – two million of them, are children. As the UN agency mandated to …
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UN Dubai Forum closes with calls for focus on women entrepreneurs, innovation, and sustainable development for all
The closing day of the WEIF 2022 saw WEIF, UNIDO-ITPO, Arab League, Arab Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Bahrain come together with the government of UAE Declaration to express their …
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UN chief hails net-zero pledge plan for partners in climate change fight
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged private investors businesses, cities, states, and regions, to do more to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Guterres’s comments came as he unveiled …
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World football goes for goal, in aid of Ukraine
With the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine rapidly approaching four million, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched a new emergency appeal, with an assist …
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Quebec National Assembly passes motion to support breastfeeding in public
Quebec City/CMEDIA: A motion stipulating that mothers have the right to breastfeed their children in public places was unanimously adopted on Mar 29 by the Members of the National Assembly …
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‘Difficult months ahead’ in Ukraine, as deaths rise, along with global shortages
New York: At least 1,100 civilians have been killed in a month of fighting in Ukraine, a senior UN humanitarian official told the Security Council on Tuesday, stressing that the …
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WFP reaches one million people with life-saving food support in conflict-stricken Ukraine
Lviv/CMEDIA: One month into the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing emergency food assistance to one million people in the country and has built …
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Federal official block residential school survivor group’s request to identify missing children
CMEDIA: A residential school survivor’s organization seeking access to 100-year-old records to identify four children who died at the Shingwauk and Wawanosh residential schools in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. in …
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‘It is for the first time that we have had a screening for inmates of a jail’: Nirmat Kaur
Mumbai/IBNS: All eyes are on Nimrat Kaur ahead of her much-anticipated release of the year, Dasvi! While the leading actress has sure left a mark with her character glimpse in …
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‘Struggle is a part of the journey. But I never had insecurities’: Vaishalee Thakkar, actor
Mumbai/IBNS: Career is important for everyone agrees Vaishalee Thakkar. The actor shares that once when she had gone to drop her father at the airport, she met director Shafi Inaamdar. …
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