Month: October 2016
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News
Afghanistan: Improving means of resolving water-rights disputes key to economic growth – new UN report
The demand for water to support agricultural development in conflict-plagued Afghanistan often results in high-stakes water-right disputes, according to a…
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The nexus of climate change and conflict in the Arab region
Alongside the daily barrage of rockets and gunfire facing the Arab region is a more insidious but perhaps no less…
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Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Civil Society
At its twenty-seventh session (September 2014), the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 27/31 (A/HRC/RES/27/31) on civil society space, in which…
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UN Statements
UN: Eradicating ‘all forms’ of poverty means ending humiliation and exclusion
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of marginalization and social exclusion, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, stressing that to…
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UN report: Agriculture must adopt climate-smart practices
The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly…
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UN Statements
Agriculture must transform to feed a hotter, more crowded planet, UN says on World Food Day
To mark World Food Day 2016, the United Nations is highlighting the close links between climate change, sustainable agriculture, and…
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Green transformation ‘unstoppable’ as countries agree to curb powerful greenhouse gases
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have welcomed the landmark deal struck yesterday by nearly 200 countries…
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UNICEF: Only one out of six children under the age of two worldwide receives adequate nutrition
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a new report with the alarming statistic that five out of six…
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One year in, how the SDGs are taking shape
As the groundwork for the new development agenda and its complicated lexicon, takes shape in every sector and part of…
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UNESCO vote: No link between Al-Aqsa and Judaism
UNESCO today voted on a draft resolution which denies any Jewish connection to Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Buraq (Western) Wall in…
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