Completing a process that began about five years ago, the International Chamber of Commerce became the first business organization to receive observer status at the United Nations last month, a... read more →
Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after a post-crisis low last year as obstacles to activity recede among emerging market and developing economy... read more →
Despite attempts to increase food aid in Afghanistan, children bear the brunt of the country’s nutritional crisis, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported, warning that the ongoing fighting has also... read more →
With 14 million people in Yemen lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food, the European Union (EU) has committed 12 million Euros to assist the efforts... read more →
With Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – including East Jerusalem – and those who have fled the conflict in Syria, facing humanitarian crises, the United Nations Relief and Works... read more →
The United Nations announced that it plans to strengthen its approach to preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse by creating a high-level task force that will develop a... read more →
There are about 150 million migrant workers around the world, according a recent United Nations study, which provides useful labour migration data for policy makers as they seek to make... read more →
On his first day in office, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for teamwork, telling staff at the world body’s New York Headquarters that it is not enough to the “do the... read more →
In order to promote the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) and introduce its instances to wider groups of people in the area of west and central Asia, Regional Research... read more →
Global Goals can be a powerful catalyst of human progress. They make people’s shared aspirations tangible and tractable, directing our attention forward and focusing minds on what unites us. This... read more →