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Oversight’s key to ensure sustainability in outer space: Guterres | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Effective governance of outer space is necessary to propel innovation and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN...
Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Soaring debt levels compounded by high inflation and rising interest rates have dashed job-seekers’ hopes in developing countries, the...
UN humanitarians complete first food distribution in Khartoum as hunger, threats to children intensify | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been able to reach desperate families trapped in the...
Nearly half of Haiti going hungry, new food security report warns | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country's population – are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity,...
WMO makes urgent call to action over melting cryosphere | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Global warming’s devastating effects on the world’s sea ice, icebergs and glaciers – part of what is known as the cryosphere – need to be...
Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi said on Monday,...
IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unambiguously support five...
Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A large group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all...
Fresh diplomatic gains must match action on the ground in Syria to end war | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once...
UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 ‘hotspots’ | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people at risk of starvation, the Food and...