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#UN, #UNWomen, #FIFA IBNS: The UN agency championing gender equality has underlined its strong stance against abuse or harassment of women taking part in sport. UN Women issued a statement on Tuesday …
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#WorldHeritageSite, #UN New York: Some of the world’s most iconic natural and cultural sites are also a haven for thousands of endangered species, the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) …
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#Terrorism, #UN, #Peace Paying respect to the thousands lost or harmed through terrorist attacks around the world each year, the UN is launching a project to help survivors’ testimonies be heard, Secretary-General …
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#GlobalWarming, #UN, #GlobalTemperature, #FoodSupply, #Temperature, #OceanHeating, #Heat, #HeatWarning, #Food, #Hunger, #Drought, #Poverty A top UN official has warned that the world might face a major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target. Alain-Richard Donwahi, a former …
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#ChildrenEducation, #Education, #UN New York: The UN launched on Friday a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to …
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#TB, #UN New York: UN health innovation initiative Unitaid warned on Wednesday that the failure to implement tuberculosis contact tracing and prevention could lead to close to one million deaths by …
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New York: An independent UN-appointed climate expert on Tuesday called for full legal protection to be given to those displaced by the impacts of climate change, to guarantee their human …
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New Delhi/IBNS: Showcasing India’s soft power at the global stage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Yoga celebration at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday created a Guinness World Record for …
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Lasting peace hinges on everyone being on an “equal footing” and an all-of-society approach, a top UN official on Friday told the UN Peacebuilding Commission as it met to discuss …
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Afghan Women Rights. Image credit Twitter @afgwomenrights1 Ottawa/CMEDIA: Canada’s ambassador for women, peace and security, Jacqueline O’Neill, Thursday, endorsed in a letter calling for inclusion of women in UN talks of decision-making …
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