The goal of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme is to protect and share the documentary heritage of humanity, guided by the vision that it...
The Arctic continued in 2017 to warm at double the rate of the global temperature increase, resulting in the second warmest air temperatures, above average ocean...
The United Nations political chief told the Security Council Tuesday that the UN Secretariat is not yet in a position to confirm whether the ballistic missiles...
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $25 million policy-based grant to continue ongoing efforts to improve the investment climate in the...
Economic growth in China has remained strong in 2017, supported by rising household incomes and improving external demand. Growth is projected at 6.8 percent in 2017,...
The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $150 million loan to help improve economic connectivity and raise living standards in four of...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $60 million grant to provide more electricity for Afghan households, businesses, and industry by extending the national grid...
On International Migrants Day, the United Nations is appealing for cooperation in managing migration to ensure that its benefits are most widely distributed, and that human...
On November 30th 2017, Peru adopted the Supreme Decree No. 010- 2017-MINAM presented by the Ministry of Environment, which establishes maximum permissible limits of atmospheric emissions for...
Monitors from the International Labour Organization (ILO) have found that the systematic use of child labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest has come to an end over...
