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251 million children still out of school worldwide, UNESCO reports | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Despite decades of educational progress and international commitments, a quarter of a billion children and youth remain out of school...
World Cities Day calls for youth-led local change | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Despite international progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cities, particularly in the Global South,...
Balancing biodiversity at global UN summit in Colombia | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Countries from around the world are meeting in the Colombian city of Cali, to discuss how best to protect biological diversity and develop...
Drought or flooding? No match for this climate-friendly bean | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
There is no word for climate change in Wayunaikki, the language of the Wayúu Indigenous Peoples of South America, but since the crisis is...
The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree...
A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace with nature” and shore up a plan to stop...
Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
More than a billion people worldwide live in acute poverty and 40 per cent are in countries exposed to violent conflict, according to a...
WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, is being celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50...
Two billion women without access to social protection | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A UN Women report reveals that policies ranging from cash benefits to healthcare and pensions are not being extended to enough women and...
‘Africa must continue to rise,’ says General Assembly President | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN General Assembly President on Monday emphasised Africa’s potential and the...