The Smurfs are back – and this time they are smurfing up a global storm. Teaming up with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Paramount Pictures, the iconic blue characters are leading a campaign that encourages children and grownups everywhere to “Speak Up” for a better world.
Spacious paddocks, green pastures, and a devoted all-female staff: on [...]
Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease [...]
When Natalia Kanem reflects on her eight-year tenure at the [...]
Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest [...]
There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - [...]
Anaemia remains one of South Asia’s quietest but most pervasive [...]
The deadly flash floods in central Texas that claimed more [...]
As scores of people – including medical staff and their [...]
On the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of its independence, [...]
The UN’s flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva [...]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on all fronts and called on the international community to urgently tackle the intersection of health and climate issues.
A United Nations volunteer from Japan has said as a teenager he was motivated by the “passion” of young people he met on an exchange programme to contribute to peace and development initiatives.
The landmark Financing for Development conference in Sevilla has concluded with a renewed sense of resolve and a focus on action that can change lives worldwide, according to UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark sustainable development conference concluding this Thursday in Sevilla, while cautioning that real progress will depend on sustained action.
Temperatures across lower South America have plummeted – falling as [...]
Space technologies are no longer a distant frontier but a critical foundation for daily life and global development, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday.
A senior UN official has told UN News that the global development challenge is not lack of money, but how to align public and private capital flows. The Sevilla Agreement adopted this week, sets out a roadmap for all UN Member States — except the US which pulled out earlier this month — with the aim of mobilizing that capital.
A new mechanism offering debt-distressed countries a way to coordinate action and amplify their voice in the global financial system, has been launched at the UN’s pivotal sustainable development conference in Sevilla.
The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much [...]
