Sustainability
World ‘off track’ to meet most Sustainable Development Goals on hunger, food security and nutrition
Four years since the international community agreed to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals - whose objectives include tackling food...
‘Stay together and step up’ action to meet Global Goals, ECOSOC President tells development forum
“Even though the global picture is mixed”, she stated during the closing of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development...
Ebola emergency meeting to go ahead as UNICEF warns of higher risk to very youngest children
Speaking in Geneva, UNICEF spokesperson Marixie Mercado said that “there have been 750 infections among children. This represents 31 per cent of...
‘Greater urgency’ needed in fight against HIV/AIDS, warns UN agency, amidst $1 billion investment cuts
Ending AIDS is possible if we focus on people, not diseases Gunilla Carlsson, acting Executive Director of UNAIDS The news...
DR Congo Ebola outbreak now an international Public Health Emergency, UN health agency declares
With the first anniversary of the complex outbreak in the volatile eastern part of the country looming, WHO chief Tedros...
‘Young people care about peace’: UN Youth Envoy delivers key message to Security Council
However, Jayathma Wickramanayake made clear that “young women and men still suffer from stereotypes, myths and policy panics that harm...
Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Ebola Public Health Emergency in DR Congo, young peacemakers, defining moment for Sudan, war crimes fugitives, migrant ‘crisis’ in Hungary
DR Congo Ebola outbreak now a Public Health Emergency, UN health agency declares The second worst Ebola outbreak of all...
Governments at UN forum on development urged to close spending gaps, honour aid commitments
Meeting for two panel discussions, respectively on the theme ‘Financing the SDGs: Moving from words to action’, and ‘Four years...
Inclusion, empowerment and equality, must be ‘at the heart of our efforts’ to ensure sustainable development, says UN chief
He stressed that the conclusions emerging from the Forum “are rooted in the pressing need to address the Inclusion Imperative...
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Development forum focuses on inclusion; monsoons pummel Asia; young children at greater Ebola risk; small islands fight hunger, obesity; Yemen ceasefire for Red Sea port
Inclusion, equality resonate widely at key UN development forum At the opening of the Ministerial Segment of the UN High-Level...
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