Sustainability
Zimbabwe: Droughts leave millions food insecure, UN food agency scales up assistance
Citing the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s recently concluded Rural Livelihood Assessment, WFP Spokesperson Herve Verhoosel, said that the situation was likely to last from...
Don’t panic, support DR Congo in fight against deadly Ebola virus, UN health agency urges
Speaking in Geneva, spokesperson Dr. Margaret Harris noted that measles has already killed more people this year than the Ebola outbreak, which began last August. ...
Top UN sustainable development forum closes with galvanized effort toward ‘empowerment, inclusiveness and equality’
By “increasing awareness and galvanizing efforts towards empowerment, inclusiveness and equality”, the entire ECOSOC system has worked “to address gaps...
Friday’s Daily Brief: solidarity with Japan, call for DR Congo support, family-friendly workplaces, hottest June ever, Venezuela and Afghanistan updates
UN stands in solidarity with Japan following deadly arson attack at leading animation studio in Kyoto UN chief António Guterres said on Friday...
Increased community-based engagement seen as critical to build climate action and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
New York, 19 July—With reports indicating that current efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are being undermined by climate...
Asia and Pacific on course to miss all Sustainable Development Goals, says UN region chief
Under-Secretary-General Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana was in New York to take part in the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, the main UN...
UNICEF urges ‘transformative shift’ in family-friendly work policies to reap ‘huge’ benefits
“There is no other time more critical to children’s lives than their earliest years”, said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director,...
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...
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