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Ports, shipping need to go green to resist future global crises: UNCTAD | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The entire shipping industry must invest urgently in sustainability if it is to withstand future shocks and help prevent another global...
At Fez forum, UN chief calls for global ‘alliance of peace’ recognizing inclusion and richness of diversity | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
In a world where “old evils – antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, persecution of Christians, xenophobia, and racism – are receiving new...
Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater global efforts to achieve the goal of reducing traffic deaths and injuries by...
Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Peru has become the most food-insecure country in South America, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO.
UN’s game plan for sanitation for all | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely...
‘Bridges across digital divides’ needed to boost development, Guterres tells G20 | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
With the right national policies, digital technology can give “an unprecedented boost to sustainable development”, particularly for the...
COP27: Protecting biodiversity is protecting the Paris Agreement | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
While for many years the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis have been treated as separate issues, the reality – as highlighted on...
‘Milestone for humanity’ as UN celebrates 8 billionth birth | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The Day of 8 Billion, officially marked on Tuesday, is a milestone moment for human longevity, according to the UN Population Fund...
Act together now, to prevent ‘raging food catastrophe’ next year: Guterres | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Without coordinated action, this year’s “crisis of affordability” threatens to become a dire global food shortage in 2023, the UN chief...
UN chief highlights crucial role of G20 in resolving global crises | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
With the global population now at eight billion and growing, action or inaction by the world’s largest economies, the G20, will be...