Sustainability
Friday’s Daily Brief: UN chief meets cyclone survivors in Mozambique, Human Rights Council investigates Philippines state violence, UN weather agency tracks Arctic fires
UN chief meets survivors of devastating cyclones Meeting schoolchildren in Mozambique’s second city of Beira on Friday, UN Secretary-General António...
Angry Birds 2 PSA in support of the ActNow Climate Campaign
The Department of Global Communications is partnering with Sony Pictures Entertainment and the UN Foundation for a second time on...
Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province
UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said on Thursday that it aims to inoculate 67,000 children in Ituri province. The combined threat of Ebola...
New UN poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’ between countries
The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), shows that, in the 101 countries studied...
‘Unlock opportunities’ and pave the way for sustainable development, UN chief urges on World Population Day
“For many of the world’s least developed countries, the challenges to sustainable development are compounded by rapid population growth as...
Thursday’s Daily Brief: Poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’, measles compounds DRC Ebola woes, Guterres visits Mozambique, Bangladesh update, freedom of expression online
New UN poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’ between countries There are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments...
Science is ‘key’ to pushing forward the 2030 Agenda, UN development forum told
Romain Murenzi, Executive Director of the World Academy of Sciences Resource shared key findings of the 2019 Global Sustainable Development...
In Mozambique, it’s ‘a matter of the heart’ says Guterres, lauding the cyclone-struck nation’s ‘undeniable moral authority’
“For me, visiting Mozambique is a matter of the heart”, he told reporters after meeting President Filipe Nyusi, recalling previous trips as...
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: #GlobalGoals progress, essential meds, updates from Cox’s Bazar, Sudan and DR Congo
Now is the time to seize ‘unprecedented opportunity’ of the Sustainable Development Forum, says ECOSOC President Nations across the world...
A quarter of Pacific islanders live below ‘basic needs poverty lines’, top UN development forum hears
“Of the four countries globally that are without women parliamentarians, three are in the Pacific,” she asserted. Turning to non-communicable...
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