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MEDIA ADVISORY | Launch of the Gender Snapshot 2025 report
Media advisory | Launch of the Gender Snapshot 2025 report
UN Press Release | Rebalancing world military spending for a sustainable and peaceful future
UN PRESS RELEASE | Rebalancing world military spending for a sustainable and peaceful future: Record military spending threatens global peace and development, new UN report warns
‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually
More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for “shifting the narrative” on the issue “to challenge harmful [...]
80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports
School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity,” according to the World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Cindy McCain. Read Full Story on UN News
Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns
For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common form of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents worldwide, UNICEF revealed in a new report on Tuesday. Read Full Story [...]
Military spending worldwide hits record $2.7 trillion
Global military spending reached an unprecedented $2.7 trillion in 2024 amid intensifying wars and rising geopolitical tensions worldwide.
Afghanistan quake: ‘Communities are struggling with basic survival’
A senior UN aid coordination official in Afghanistan on Monday urged the international community to respond to earthquake victims’ urgent need for support “not only to survive today, but to have the strength to rebuild [...]
Local leadership powers Indonesia’s climate ambitions
In the heart of Indonesia’s vast tropical landscapes, the province of Riau, known for its rich peatlands and biodiversity, is emerging as a beacon of climate leadership thanks to a new initiative that places local [...]
The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake
The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to his phone. It was right before midnight, last Sunday, and the steep, mountainous valleys of eastern Afghanistan had just [...]
UN chief hails ‘remarkable example’ of Papua New Guinea as he concludes historic trip
Speaking to journalists in the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Friday, UN chief António Guterres rounded off the first ever visit to the Pacific nation by a sitting Secretary-General, paying tribute to the [...]