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PRESS RELEASE: Professor Michael Ndurumo Named 2025 United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year
The United Nations in Kenya has named Professor Michael Ndurumo, the first deaf Professor in East Africa and founder of the Africa Institute of Deaf Studies and Research, as the 2025 United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year.
PRESS RELEASE: United Nations Department of Global Communications and World Federation of United Model Associations (WFUNA) Launch New Model UN Mini-Simulation Toolkit to mark United Nations Day
The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) and the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) announced the launch of a new Model UN Mini-Simulation Toolkit to mark United Nations Day 2025 and the 80th anniversary of the UN Charter.
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Doha summit ends with call to turn social pledges into action
The Second World Summit for Social Development concluded in Doha on Thursday with calls for countries to move swiftly from commitments to implementation, ensuring that the Doha Political Declaration delivers measurable progress on poverty reduction, decent work and social inclusion.
Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide
From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources such as water systems, farmland and forests.
Afghanistan: Opium cultivation drops sharply, but regional trafficking rises
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 20 per cent compared to last year, continuing a dramatic decline since the introduction of a nationwide ban under the Taliban in 2022 – but synthetic drugs and shifting trafficking routes are posing new challenges.
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