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Category: International
By 2030, half world’s population will be exposed to flo...
By the year 2030, an estimated 50 per cent of the world's population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, sto...
World food prices reach highest level in more than a de...
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agricu...
COVID-19: Europe and Central Asia at epicentre of new r...
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved, reporte...
‘Energy day’at COP26: Voices call out for an end to use...
Fittingly, the sun broke through the clouds over Glasgow on Wednesday as delegations and participants prepared for ‘energy day’ at...
Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration...
A stark warning for the people of Afghanistan has been issued by UN migration agency chief António Vitorino who on Thursday said t...
UN experts call for protection of trafficked workers fr...
Some women and girls being recruited in Viet Nam to serve as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, are suffering sexual abuse and tort...
‘Dramatic’ boost needed in climate adaptation: UN envir...
Although policies and planning for climate change adaptation are increasing, financing and implementation lag behind, the UN Envir...
Yemen: Four children killed or maimed a day as war grin...
At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days.
‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders i...
Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly de...
Israel settlement expansion ‘tramples’ on human rights ...
Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has drawn strong co...
COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney pr...
It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wedn...
End war now before it’s too late for Ethiopians, UN rig...
All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the regi...