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Pointing to various social and economic difficulties of the times like youth unemployment, lack of affordable childcare, inadequate pensions or proper care for older persons and how such issues impose numerous burdens on families, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the world's...
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Good news for the green sector comes in from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), who said on Wednesday that the international market for low-carbon and environmentally friendly goods and services is rapidly expanding and will 'almost triple to $2.2 million by 2020' thus creating new...
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144 journalists, media assistants and netizens died as the result of violence against the media in an effort to curb freedom of expression in 2012. On this year’s World Press Freedom Day ? celebrated annually on May 3rd ? the United Nations focuses on the violence against media workers and the...
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The United Nations Security Council is about as august as an international institution can get. The strongest and most essential piece of the UN, the Security Council is the only organ whose resolutions are considered legally binding, and the only one with the power to authorize military action or...
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The amount of annual deaths by Malaria have fallen dramatically in the last decade, and 50 of the 99 countries with an ongoing Malaria issue are well on their way to meet the 2015 World Health Assembly goals of a 75% reduction in Malaria-related deaths. Reason for newly appointed Special Envoy for...
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reacted on Monday morning to new evidence that chemical weapons have been used by one side or the other in the Syrian civil war. Such an act, which would violate international law and cross a so called “red line” that could draw other countries into the...
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The amount of annual deaths by Malaria have fallen dramatically in the last decade, and 50 of the 99 countries with an ongoing Malaria issue are well on their way to meet the 2015 World Health Assembly goals of a 75% reduction in Malaria-related deaths. Reason for newly appointed Special Envoy for...
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Sustainable development depends on key strategic partnerships between science, technology and innovation, experts said during a meeting in the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday.
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UN DESA’s Expert Group on Small Island Developing States met at the UN headquarters on Tuesday to share best practices and discuss strategic partnerships that can boost economic growth in the region.
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Hunger remains a serious problem in many countries in Central America, including Guatemala, where about half of all children suffer from chronic malnutrition. In the country’s western highlands, there is little in the way of decent roads or infrastructure to transport food, and many rural citizens...