World Pulses Day empowers youth, for sustainable ‘agrifood’ systems
The UN marks World Pulses Day on Thursday, this year celebrating how these nutritious beans, grains and seeds, crucial to so many cuisines worldwide, can empower youth...
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Radio Miraya builds trust in South Sudan, amid hate and disinformation
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Although internal conflict erupted within the world’s youngest country after independence in 2011, Radio Miraya, the news service launched by the UN Peacekeeping Mission in...
Veterans reflect on past, present and future of radio at the UN
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On this World Radio Day, we asked them to share some pertinent memories of their work in radio and their views on the prospects and...
Ensuring safety and inclusive elections in Timor-Leste: A UN Resident Coordinator blog
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“The United Nations in Timor-Leste has been supporting democracy in the country for more than two decades, by promoting human rights, development, and peace and...
Africa on track to control pandemic this year but vigilance is key: WHO
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Africa is on track to control the COVID-19 pandemic this year if current trends continue, but vigilance will remain key, the head of the World...
Encourage today’s girls to become ‘tomorrow’s leading scientists and innovators’
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In his message marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the UN chief on Friday called for an enabling environment where “today’s...
Battle against Da’esh, a ‘long-term game’, Voronkov tells Security Council
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The global fight against the shadowy, ever-morphing threat posed by the ISIL terrorist group – known officially as Da’esh – and its affiliated terrorist groups,...
Ethiopia in ‘much better place’ to resolve Tigray conflict: Mohammed
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On the last day of a five-day trip to Ethiopia, the Deputy Secretary-General said the East African nation is in “a much better place” to resolve the conflict that erupted 15 months ago in...
Displacement, humanitarian needs surging inside Afghanistan and across region
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Conflict last year had forced more than 700,000 Afghans to leave their homes and added to the 5.5 million people already displaced over past years,...
Severe drought threatens 13 million with hunger in Horn of Africa
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An estimated 13 million people are waking up severely hungry every day in the Horn of Africa, as the region grapples with a major drought...