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Unprecedented joint call to shield children on the move from violence | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children, joined UN agencies on Wednesday in highlighting the urgent need to protect the...
‘No time to spare’: Israel-Palestine ceasefire holds, but hunger, tensions mount | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Swift action is needed to prevent flare ups of Israeli-Palestinian violence and avert a looming food crisis, the top UN official in the...
UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by,...
Guterres: ‘We can turn the tide’ towards ending colonialism | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
New ideas must open fresh pathways towards finally ending the era of colonialism and to help advance sustainable development in the...
Green light for global greenhouse gas tracking network | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A hundred and ninety-three countries have unanimously approved the creation of a global greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism, the World...
Türk appeals to Sudan’s warring generals; calls out ‘dangerous anti-rights tendencies’ worldwide | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The “senseless” fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist on zero tolerance for sexual violence among their...
WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Following widespread diversion of lifesaving food aid in Ethiopia last month, the World Food Programme (WFP) has strengthened safeguards...
Protecting civilians in times of crisis | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Civilians continue to bear the brunt of conflict-related violence and destruction, and during the Protection of Civilians (PoC) Week 2023,...
UN ‘determined’ to end backsliding on development goals, Guterres tells ECOSOC | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Despite going into reverse on more than 30 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it’s not too late to “turn the tide” said...
Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed on Monday, centres on moving from talk to action: build back...