The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has adjoined the ancient city of Yazd in central Iran to the list of world heritage sites, it was reported on... read more →
Countries meeting at a United Nations conference in New York yesterday adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to have... read more →
Only about half of all countries have a cybersecurity strategy or are in the process of developing one, the United Nations telecommunications agency today reported, urging more countries to consider... read more →
By James Vener, Climate Change Mitigation Economist, UNDP When governments do not properly consider the link between policymaking and how the policy would be practically implemented on the ground,... read more →
United Nations relief agencies and their partners in the occupied Palestinian territory are calling on the international community to provide $25 million in new funding to stabilize the deteriorating humanitarian... read more →
“We cannot overcome the environmental crisis, unless we foster cooperation among neighboring nations as well as other countries,” President Rouhani said, addressing the International Conference on Combating Sand and Dust... read more →
By Matthew French, Programme Specialist, UNDP Iraq The fall of Mosul to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014 and the group’s quick advance across nearly... read more →
Cooperatives help to build inclusive economies and societies, and can help to eliminate poverty and reach the other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the head of the United Nations labour agency... read more →
The United Nations Security Council yesterday adopted its first-ever resolution on mine action, noting the serious and lasting threat posed by landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices,... read more →
Investing in preparedness and building the resilience of farmers is fundamental to facing situations of extreme drought, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said. According to a press release published... read more →