Month: September 2017
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Articles
Mainstreaming migration for poverty reduction –in diverse country contexts
By Owen Shumba, Team Leader, Livelihoods and Economic Recovery I recently visited a number of countries on a monitoring mission…
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Horrific accounts of sexual violence against Rohingya ‘just tip of the iceberg’ – UN agency
Warning that the horrific accounts of rape and sexual assault against Rohingya women and girls fleeing unrest in Myanmar could…
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UN Human Rights Council wraps current session, adopts texts on Myanmar, Yemen, Burundi
The United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its 36th session in Geneva, having adopted 33 resolutions, 20 by consensus, addressing…
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Global ‘learning crisis’ threatens future of millions young students – World Bank report
Schooling without learning is a terrible waste of precious resources and of human potential, the World Bank said, warning in…
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The road from Paris starts and ends with the media
By Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Head of Climate Change Adaptation, Global Environmental Finance Unit, UNDP 132 We live in a world of tenuous…
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With annual general debate over, time has come for action, UN Assembly President says
The United Nations General Assembly wrapped up its 72nd annual general debate, with its President underscoring prevention of conflicts before…
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UN Statements
UN chief voices concern over ‘potentially destabilizing effects’ of Kurdish referendum
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced concern about the “potentially destabilizing effects” of yesterday’s referendum in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. “The…
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Sustainable Development Goals are country-led and country-owned
By Magdy Martínez-Solimán, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support and Oscar Fernández-Taranco, UN Assistant Secretary-General for…
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World leaders gathered at UN commit to boosting investment in education
World leaders pledged to tackle the education crisis that is holding back millions of children and threatening economic development, at…
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At General Assembly, Iran’s President denounces those seeking to rip apart nuclear pact
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaking at the same United Nations podium from which the United States denounced the accord curbing…
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