The United Nations global emergency response fund has reached its 2017 funding target of $450 million, but much more is required given that the number of people in need of... read more →
More than 200 million people are out of work around the world – an increase of 3.4 million since last year, the United Nations labour agency said Monday, calling for... read more →
United Nations agencies are seeking more funds to cope with the mass exodus of people fleeing violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, which the top UN aid official described the world's... read more →
By Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca* In our age of conspicuous consumption and excess, it frightens us to know that one out of nine people – or 815 million children,... read more →
An economic model to estimate the costs of intimate partner violence – the most common form of violence against women in the Arab world – was spotlighted this week at... read more →
More than half a million vulnerable and food-insecure people in war-torn Yemen will receive immediate relief and long-term sustainable agricultural support, thanks to a $36 million project launched by the... read more →
The UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office and the International Centre on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (ICQHS) kicked off a three-day international expert meeting in Yazd, Iran, about Climate Change Adaptation... read more →
Wars in the Middle East prevent achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs), said Iran's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Eshaq Al-e Habib on Monday. Al-e-Habib made the remarks while... read more →
With 1.6 billion people living in inadequate housing, one billion of whom reside in slums and informal settlements, the United Nations is spotlighting affordable homes on the World Habitat Day, which... read more →
By Sara Jerving* Thirty-one-year-old Omar Muhudin Abdulle is trying to lure tourists to his hometown, Mogadishu. His company, Visit Mogadishu, provides tours to the city’s beaches, markets, and historical landmarks, including the... read more →