“One’s success is everyone’s success” is not just a phrase – it is the core principle behind the India-UN Development Partnership Fund, which is transforming […]
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Coffee, tea and cocoa costs see global food import bill soaring past $2 trillion
The biannual report, which focuses on developments affecting global food and animal feed markets, highlights that higher costs for cocoa, coffee, and tea are driving the […]
Transnational organised crime: ‘It’s time we pull together to push back’
Proclaimed by the General Assembly in March 2024, the observance honours victims of organised crime – including law enforcement and judicial personnel who have lost […]
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Public execution in Afghanistan condemned as ‘clear human rights violation’
The latest incident comes amid growing international concern over the use of capital punishment in the country since 2021, when the Taliban swept back into […]
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Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter’, Security Council hears
“Sudan is trapped in a nightmare,” Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs told ambassadors, echoing the grim declaration made by the Secretary-General two weeks […]
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Children face unprecedented crisis amid rising violence in Haiti
Virginia Gamba, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, highlighted the impact on children of the extreme levels of brutality and […]
WHO ‘working tirelessly’ to help save lives as Middle East crisis grinds on
Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, was speaking during a press briefing on emergencies in the occupied Palestinian territory and Lebanon, […]
Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored
According to a 2021 global survey, more than one-third of responding health institutions reported at least one ransomware attack in the preceding year, and a […]
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Nicaragua: Alarming erosion of freedom and academic autonomy
In a new report released on Friday, the three-person group of experts – who are appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – found authorities […]
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Ukraine’s nuclear security situation ‘highly challenging’, warns UN atomic watchdog
Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – which is also Europe’s biggest nuclear energy facility – has been under Russian control since shortly after it launched […]
