Digital tech investment, critical to workforce in least-developed nations
Structural weaknesses in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) have made them more vulnerable to shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the...
Category : United Nations
Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency
by Arti Ghargi
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how effective dialogue between employers, workers and governments, is the best way to strengthen safety and health at work, the...
Tech needs girls, and girls need tech
by Agency
More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the digital world. Marking International Girls in ICT Day,...
General Assembly reviews global progress towards sustainable urbanization
by Agency
With six in 10 people expected to be living in cities by the end of the decade, the UN General Assembly met on Thursday to...
Kinder brand chocolates now linked to salmonella poisoning in 11 countries
by Agency
Eleven mainly European countries have now reported salmonella food poisoning, linked to popular “Kinder” chocolate products produced in Belgium, the UN World Health Organization (WHO)...
Sustaining peace, more important, but ‘more complex’ than ever, as wars rage
by Agency
Keeping the peace has become more important but also more complex in a world of proliferating conflicts, that are becoming more “intertwined”, the UN’s policy...
Guterres in Ukraine: War is ‘evil’ and unacceptable, calls for justice
by Agency
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited sites of suspected war crimes in Ukraine on Thursday, where he condemned the “evil” acts committed against civilians and urged...
‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains
by Agency
Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million...
Ukraine war: UN chief arrives for talks in Moscow as ‘messenger of peace’
by Agency
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the need to “keep alive the values of multilateralism” amid the war in Ukraine and its fallouts across the...
Heightened security fears on Chernobyl disaster anniversary
by Agency
On the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the world is again concerned about the safety of nuclear power plants, amid the ongoing...