Drought in southern Africa: EU releases over €22 million in humanitarian aid
The
European Commission is mobilising a humanitarian aid package of €22.8 million
to help address emergency food needs and support vulnerable people in Eswatini,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Zambia...
5 Thrilling Reasons to Visit Four Seasons Hotel Montreal This Winter
When
it comes to winter destinations, Montreal tops the lists of many travellers
from all corners of the world. The Canadian metropolis and its surroundings were
made...
Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali
Implementation of
the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the
only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN
peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre
Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments in the West African
country, where a UN operation,...
AIIB Investing to Address the Digital Divide in Asia
With four billion people globally still
unconnected, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seeking to
address the growing digital divide.
In Asia only 26 per...
4IR Tech Can Fast Track 70% of Sustainable Development Goals
2030
is the “Decade of Delivery” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – yet
the gap between where we are, and where we need to be...
Biodiversity loss: what is causing it and why is it a concern?
Biodiversity, or
the variety of all living things on our planet, has been declining at an
alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities,...
UNWTO successfully completes tourism marketing project for Yunnan Province, China
A delegation from UNWTO visited Kunming to deliver a
training seminar on implementing the International Tourism Marketing Strategy
designed for the Yunnan Province of China.
The
strategy...
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams -new UN report
Nearly
nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their
childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their
rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight
or...
ADB Inaugurates Project to Replace Diesel Systems with Solar Hybrid Across Maldives
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the
Maldives have inaugurated the implementation of a solar–battery–diesel hybrid
system in 48 islands under the...
Higher Productivity is Key to Thailand’s Future Economic Growth and Prosperity
Thailand’s
growth slowed to an estimated 2.5 percent in 2019 from 4.1 percent in 2018, due
to external and domestic factors. The economy is projected to...