Ending pandemic, building resilience, key to sustainable development: UN deputy chief
The Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is being held to review progress towards implementing the SDGs and the African Union's (AU) Agenda 2063....
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Turning waste to wealth: In Nairobi, UN deputy chief lauds youth-led development solutions
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On a normal day, she would have been spending her time surrounded by plastic waste, innovatively turning a would-be menacing problem into a sustainable solution....
COVID-19: Depression, anxiety soared 25 per cent in a year
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“The information we have now about the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s mental health is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Tedros Adhanom...
Push for ‘more caring, thoughtful’ relationship with nature: UN chief
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“Each year…we celebrate the beauty and wonder of our planet’s wild plants and animals,” reminded Secretary-General António Guterres...
To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council
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Thanking donors for generous humanitarian contributions since August 2021, when international forces left Afghanistan after a two-decades-long engagement, she said the worst possible outcome was...
Syria: Use of chemical weapons ‘blight’ on international community’s conscience
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“Any use of chemical weapons is unacceptable and the absence of accountability for the past use of such weapons remains a blight on the conscience...
Human Rights ‘inescapable and powerful’: Guterres
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In a video message to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Mr. Guterres said that although rights “are under assault everywhere”, people are “hard-wired”...
UN Environment Assembly opens, sets sites on ending plastic pollution
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Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment, Espen Barth Eide, who is the current President of the UN Environment Assembly, addresses the Assembly’s opening plenary session....
UN to launch appeal to fund humanitarian operations in Ukraine
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As people there are "bunkered down," Mr. Griffiths said that the UN is scaling up its efforts to help meet the needs of those effected,...
Security Council vote sets up emergency UN General Assembly session on Ukraine crisis
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The measure convening the General Assembly session was adopted by a vote of 11 in favor, with Russia voting against, and China, India and the...