UN and World Bank ink pact to spur cooperation on Global Goals
The United Nations and the World Bank Group on Friday signed an agreement to work closer together to help countries implement the 2030 Agenda for […]
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Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office
The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, after he had allegedly […]
Force used against protestors in Gaza ‘wholly disproportionate’ says UN human rights chief
A special session of the UN Human Rights Council has ended with a resolution by Member States to investigate weeks of violence on the Israeli […]
UN warns of ‘deteriorating climate’ for human rights defenders in Guatemala
It’s becoming increasingly dangerous to defend the rights of indigenous people in Guatemala, the United Nations human rights office warned on Friday, following the murder […]
Economic growth ‘exceeds expectations’ but trade tensions are rising: UN report
Global economic growth is exceeding expectations this year but heightened geopolitical tension and tensions over international trade. could thwart progress, according to a new United […]
Celebrate love, strengthen partnerships to end AIDS epidemic by 2030 says UN agency
Marking the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the United Nations is calling for strengthened partnerships to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex […]
UN rights office urges restraint over intensifying violence in northern Myanmar
The United Nations human rights arm has voiced deep concern over escalating conflict between the military and armed groups in Myanmar’s Kachin and Shan provinces […]
Climate change: An “existential threat” to humanity, UN chief warns global summit
None of the world’s challenges loom as large as climate change, the United Nations chief told a major climate action summit on Tuesday, reiterating his […]
Gaza medics ‘struggling to cope with influx of wounded’: UN agencies
Medical teams inside Gaza are running out of supplies to cope with the wounded, following the deadliest day of protests against occupation along the border […]
Key UN forum in Asia-Pacific sets its sights on combatting inequality
With concern growing that the divide between rich and poor is continuing to widen – especially in the Asia-Pacific region – top United Nations officials […]