Cabo Verde: âUnprecedentedâ food insecurity triggers social and economic emergency
The island nation of Cabo Verde is facing record levels of food insecurity due to drought, the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, affecting...
Category : United Nations
Featured âMilitarised approachâ to policing peaceful protests, only increases risk of violence: UN human rights expert
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Civic space is shrinking, together with a rise in human rights violations during peaceful protests worldwide, while governments adopt an increasingly militarised approach to policing...
Ocean literacy and unlocking a revolution in ocean science solutions
by UN News
The ocean holds the keys to an equitable and sustainable development path for all. This is the premise behind the UN Ocean Decade and it...
Featured Celebrating the union of body and soul: UN marks International Yoga Day
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UN delegates and staffers spread out their yoga mats and stretched into various yoga âasanasâ or poses, at an outdoââor event on Monday evening at...
Featured Act now to end food, energy and finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders
by UN News
Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost-of-living crisis which no country or community can escape, UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres said...
Featured Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries warns Tedros; calls for more testing, vaccines to end COVID pandemic
by UN News
The âsudden and unexpectedâ appearance of Monkeypox in these countries suggests that it may have gone undetected for some time, Tedros reiterated. The World Health...
Featured Solidarity, sustainability, science, will guide new General Assembly Presidentâs agenda
by UN News
A veteran Hungarian diplomat was appointed President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly during an official ceremony in New York on Tuesday....
Featured UN and Tajikistan reaffirm âstrong partnershipâ in new cooperation agreementÂ
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During a visit to Tajikistan, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed congratulated the country on its 30th anniversary of UN Membership and attended a Cooperation Framework signing...
Featured Occupation, discrimination driving Israel-Palestine conflict, recurring violence
by UN News
Ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, and discrimination against Palestinians, is essential to stopping the decades-long conflict between the two sides, a new UN...
“We Strongly Encourage Respect And Tolerance For All Religions”:UN Spokesperson On Hate Speach Against Prophet Mohammed
by Shashank
The spokesperson was responding to a question on the condemnation by several Islamic nations over remarks on Prophet Mohammed by suspended BJP leader United Nations: Amid sharp...