Criminals and violent extremists are exploiting the pandemic to build their support networks, undermine trust in government and even weaponize the virus, according to a research report published on Wednesday... read more →
FAO kick-starts project on improvement of Iranian agro-rural capacities for disaster risk management
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture Jahad (MAJ), started the implementation of a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) project to... read more →
The World Health Organization (WHO) set out a strategy on Tuesday for eliminating cervical cancer, which would avoid the death of an estimated five million women and girls from the disease,... read more →
Reporters and other media workers in warzones across the world are reliable witnesses who contribute to forging peace, and must be better-protected under international humanitarian law, said the UN chief on Wednesday.... read more →
A UN rights committee has called on social media platforms to use big data and artificial intelligence to help eliminate trafficking in women and girls, amid an increase in online traps designed... read more →
The fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “go hand in hand”, the UN chief told a major development bank conference on... read more →
Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work... read more →
Although more Governments and businesses are committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the world is still falling far short of that goal, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday... read more →
The only way to fight the COVID-19 crisis is to make affordable vaccines available to everyone, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday, underscoring that in an interconnected and... read more →
Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three students subject to attacks at least once a month and one in 10, a... read more →