Sustainability
A sustainable future for all depends on ‘resolve to act together in solidarity’ |
Mher Margaryan, the vice-president of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), was speaking at the Integration Segment of a...
‘Stay the course together to emerge stronger’ from COVID-19 crisis: UN chief’s message to major sustainability forum |
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which formally begins on Tuesday, is an annual stock-take of the world’s progress towards achieving...
Business sector still far from reaching sustainability goals, UN report shows, 20 years on from landmark summit |
“The scale and pace of change, to date, to deliver SDGs has not been big enough or fast enough”, said...
Pause before sharing, to help stop viral spread of COVID-19 misinformation |
That’s the latest message from the United Nations’ Verified initiative, which wants people around the world to pause before sharing...
‘Transfats’ from processed foods may increase ovarian cancer risk |
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued the announcement at the end of a study of nearly 1,500...
COVID-19 fast becoming protection crisis, Guterres warns Security Council |
“The health pandemic has fast become a protection crisis”, António Guterres warned. With more than one billion children out of...
Protecting migrant workers in Kuwait: a Resident Coordinator’s blog |
The increase in xenophobic language directed towards migrants – who make up more than 70 per cent of the population...
Stalled Security Council resolution adopted, backing UN’s global humanitarian ceasefire call |
Unanimously adopting resolution 2532 (2020) on Wednesday, the 15-member peace and security body demanded “a general and immediate cessation of hostilities in...
Helping youth enterprise take off, will bring sustainable returns, say UN economists |
Amid worsening global employment prospects owing to the pandemic, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) maintained in...
‘Long, hard road ahead’ for countries taking piecemeal approach to COVID |
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the regular coronavirus press briefing at WHO headquarters in Geneva, that “flare-ups are to be expected as countries...
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