Sustainability
Coronavirus update: UN addresses school disruptions, suspends public access to New York Headquarters
Close to 363 million learners worldwide have been impacted said UNESCO, as it convened a videoconference of higher education officials...
COVID-19: UN ‘remains open for business’, determined to deliver for the people we serve, says UN chief
In an email to all UN staff as the weekend began, the Secretary-General António Guterres, emphasized that the Organization “remains open for...
Brazilian mountain farmers reap recognition, through UN heritage listing
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has, for the first time, recognized these traditional farmers who inhabit the Sempre...
Coronavirus: Pandemic alert should be trigger for countries to do more against COVID-19
Speaking in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the fact that the term was being...
Five things you should know now about the COVID-19 pandemic
1) What’s the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? Before Wednesday’s WHO announcement, the COVID-19 outbreak was described by the...
Coronavirus update: new WHO fund, Guterres calls for ‘prudence, not panic’
In the face of a health crisis unlike any other in our lifetimes, said the Secretary-General, it is natural to...
Many Mozambicans still struggling to get back on their feet, one year after cyclone
While emergency assistance kickstarted the recovery of 1.8 million affected people, the strongest storm to ever hit the country has...
PRESS RELEASE: UNECE launches Dashboard to track regional progress on SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals’ globally-agreed framework of 232 indicators allows everyone— governments, researchers, civil society, business and beyond—to keep track...
Coronavirus update: Countries urged to fight ‘controllable’ pandemic
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was speaking during his regular update on the new coronavirus disease, one day after the new designation was announced. “Let me be clear:...
Climate change: educating students to fight the crisis
A UN programme for schools is looking to make education a central part of the international response to climate change,...
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