ADB Approves 2021 Administrative Budget
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a 2021 administrative budget (internal administrative expense budget) of $771.2 million. This represents a 4.7% increase over...
Widespread regional challenges pervasive in Central Africa
Insecurity continues to plague Central Africa, the UN envoy for the region told the Security Council on Wednesday, highlighting concern for cross-border violence.
Special Representative...
More uprooted, fewer return, pushing forcibly displaced above 80 million
The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and is estimated to have passed 80 million in...
Human rights must be ‘front and centre’ of COVID-19 response
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for human rights to be put “front and centre” of COVID-19 response and recovery globally in order to...
Fund COVAX to reduce COVID vaccination distribution inequity
With so-called vaccine nationalism spreading “with full speed”, the Secretary-General told a journalists, following the fourth annual African Union-UN conference, that the continent must...
The dangerous job of separating ‘truth from falsehood’
Prominent journalists and champions of press freedom from across the world are examining ways to overcome increasing challenges facing the media during a two-day online conference organized jointly by the UN’s cultural and educational agency,...
UN makes progress on ‘greening the blue’
In 2019, the UN system continued to make steady progress towards reducing its environmental footprint, recording decreases in emissions and implementing advanced environment management systems.
According...
WFP chief uses Nobel speech as call for action to avert ‘hunger pandemic’
With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) called for greater action to avert a “hunger pandemic”, in...
Non-communicable diseases killing more people than ever before
Non-communicable diseases account for 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, a sharp increase from two decades ago, and heart disease remains...
Reasons to study international studies and diplomacy
If you feel more excited when you hear the word 'Diplomacy,' it means that you are on the way to learning more about it...