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Thursday’s Daily Brief: World Refugee Day, Middle East peace marred, Epilepsy report, Cities #WithRefugees initiative and Ebola-response funding gap in DR Congo
Fill teacher training gaps to tackle trauma, psychosocial challenges, urges UN cultural agency on World Refugee Day On World Refugee...
It is everybody’s business to put degraded lands back to life, UN says
The following is a joint press release from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Ankara, 17 June 2019 –...
Growing at a slower pace, world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100: UN Report
PRESS RELEASE Growth rates vary across regions and more countries are experiencing population decline New York, 17 June –The world’s...
Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, new UN report spells out
“Mere access is not enough” said UNICEF’s Kelly Ann Naylor, Associate Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). “If the...
UN health agency steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance
The AWaRe portal divides antibiotics into three groups – Access, Watch and Reserve – and explains which antibiotics should be...
9.7 billion on Earth by 2050, but growth rate slowing, says new UN population report
“The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights”, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra...
UN oceans treaty ‘essential’ to combat ‘unprecedented pressure’ on the world’s seas – UN chief
“In the past four decades, plastic pollution in the sea has increased ten-fold”, he told the meeting. A third of...
Global Call on Climate Action – Food Challenge
The goal of ActNow is to educate and encourage individual behavioral change, mainly by adjusting consumption patterns. The decisions we...
24 billion tons of fertile land lost every year, warns UN chief on World Day to Combat Desertification
‘It isn’t just about sand’ In his message, Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention, said there are...
More funding needed to tackle child labour in agriculture says UN, marking World Day
What did you dream of becoming when you were a child?🚀 An astronaut?🚒 A firefighter?💉 A veterinarian?1⃣5⃣2⃣ million children are...
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