Category: International

UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo fo...

A total of 184 countries on Wednesday voted in favour of a resolution to demand the end of the US economic blockade on Cuba, for t...

Secretary-General underlines UN commitment to Libya

Full implementation of a historic ceasefire agreement and the withdrawal of foreign forces are critical for consolidating peace in...

Small businesses unprepared for pandemic-sized climate ...

  Small businesses which make up more than half of the global workforce were 2.5 times more likely to go under than larger firms i...

Link between education and well-being never clearer, UN...

With school closures triggered by COVID-19 disrupting both education and access to nutritious meals, two UN agencies on Tuesday la...

Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arisi...

With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops wi...

Great Barrier Reef in danger, UN World Heritage Committ...

A United Nations body is recommending that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef be included on a list of world heritage in danger, accor...

Famine knocking at the door of 41 million worldwide, WF...

Famine is already present in four countries but millions more people are at risk, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday...

‘Invisible’ stateless people could miss out on COVID-19...

Millions of stateless people around the world could miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations because they lack identity papers and are es...

Slow progress, stubborn cycles of violence, as South Su...

South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress ...

COVID-19: First mRNA vaccine tech transfer hub a ‘great...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a South African consortium in establishing the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine techn...

‘His words set a standard and will long endure’: UN mou...

Friends and former colleagues have been mourning the passing over the weekend of Edward Mortimer, the Chief Speechwriter for forme...

Human Rights Council urged to support UN chief’s call f...

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Monday urged UN Member States to promote a more inclusive post-pandemic recovery to help the ...

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