India plays a pivotal role in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the chief UN development officer based in New Delhi. In an interview with UN […]
India plays a pivotal role in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the chief UN development officer based in New Delhi. In an interview with UN […]
President Kennedy said: Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” I’m sure peace and the breaking […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently announced the winners of the Equator Prize 2017, recognising innovative solutions for tackling poverty, climate and environment challenges from 15 local […]
“Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror”. This is the message the United Nations spread on June 20, World Refugee Day in which UN […]
A study conducted by UNESCO (the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation) examines the correlation between poverty and the accessibility of education. Due to the high rates of […]
Close to 1.2 million refugees need resettling globally, but only 93,200 places in resettlement countries are expected to be available this year – 43 per cent fewer than […]
The first United Nations Oceans Conference was held June 5-9, concluding with a global agreement to reverse the decline of the ocean’s health and more than 1,300 pledged actions […]
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has made a major donation of $US 100,000 to help complete the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial being constructed on Anzac Parade in Canberra. The […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has entreated governments to support and adopt their plan to protect children moving across international borders. Ahead of the G7 Summit taking […]
Every two years, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, or UNISDR, convenes the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, which is the world’s leading convention on […]