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Category: International
Pandemic impact on jobs, worse than expected: ILO
The jobs recovery is stalled worldwide and disparities between advanced and developing economies threaten the whole global economy...
Act swiftly and with determination on Afghanistan, UN c...
Countries must unite and act urgently to secure stability in Afghanistan, and a better future for its people, UN Secretary-General...
‘Vague’ net zero promises not enough: planet still on t...
New and updated commitments made ahead of the pivotal climate conference COP26 in the past months are a positive step forward, but...
UN Chief: ‘We need to make lying wrong again’, curb hat...
The UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that “hatred takes root in the soil of ignorance” of historical facts, science, and the...
General Assembly debate underscores need to deliver on ...
Bridging the financial and technical gaps that will limit global warming, is the focus of a high-level debate in the UN General As...
COP26: SDG or NDC? Our guide to the language you need t...
If you’ve been following the UN for any period of time, you will quickly notice the plethora of acronyms, initialisations and jarg...
Top economists call for ‘radical redirection’ focusing ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) body advancing public health for all is asking for ambitious investments in healthcare spendin...
Guterres calls again for detained leaders’ release afte...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday renewed his call for the immediate release of all those detained in the military ...
Women under fire in Belarus, activists tortured and exi...
While women in Belarus overall are being denied rights and freedoms, female political activists are subjected to enforced disappea...
In breach of diplomatic protocol; ‘don’t choose extinct...
In a UN first, a ferocious and talkative dinosaur bursts into the iconic General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York, wit...
Afghanistan on ‘countdown to catastrophe’ without urgen...
The combined shocks of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and an economic crisis in Afghanistan, have left more than half the population ...
UN chief calls for China commitment to ‘ambitious’ clim...
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on China to present an “ambitious” Nationally Determined Contribution in the run-up to t...