Iran launched a national strategic plan aimed at helping the country to adapt and mitigate to risks from climate change. The plan, developed in line with the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse... read more →
By Sulan Chen is Programme Advisor- International Waters and Chemicals & Waste Management – UNDP On 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the comprehensive and ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since... read more →
As war-torn Yemen grapples with heavy rains, a collapsed healthcare system and crippled economy, a resurgent cholera outbreak has spread with “unprecedented” speed and taken medical professionals by surprise, the... read more →
Poverty continues to impact the lives of Middle Eastern and Northern African children, according to new analysis from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which highlights that millions of the... read more →
FAO and the Government of Iran conducted a 10-day international study tour that aimed to share technical expertise on rehabilitation of forests and degraded land with experts from five countries.... read more →
Although global understanding of sexual violence in conflict is shifting, there remains the need to tackle the root causes of such violations that lie in fundamental inequality and discrimination against... read more →
By Benjamin Kumpf, Innovation Policy Specialist, UNDP and Lori Foster, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, North Carolina State University Should you take the medication you need every day at the designated time? Should you... read more →
Speaking at a major international conference in Beijing, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres drew comparisons between China's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals, saying both are rooted in... read more →
Warning of the disastrous impact of an imminent attack on a western city and port and Yemen, the United Nations migration agency has called on all actors to use dialogue... read more →
The United Nations agricultural agency unveiled guidelines to help Governments balance the needs of farming and climate change when making decisions, such as whether to refill a dried up lake... read more →