Fruits and vegetables crucial for healthy lives, sustainable world
The United Nations is marking 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, spotlighting their vital role in human nutrition and food security,...
New pan-African trade deal could be the “anti-Brexit” and unleash continent’s economic potential
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), due to launch in January 2021, is likely to be a watershed for African regional and international agri-food...
Integral to societies, migrants are central to COVID-19 recovery
The UN marks International Migrants Day on Friday, highlighting their essential contribution to societies everywhere, and underlining migrants' central role in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
In a message, Secretary-General...
Conflict, floods and COVID-19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday...
COVID-19: Avoid ‘nationalistic footrace’ in choosing vaccines
As governments move to secure COVID-19 vaccines for their populations, choosing these treatments should not be viewed as “some kind of nationalistic footrace”, with...
Thailand: UN rights office deeply troubled by treason charges for protestors
Thailand’s decision to charge protestors with treason is deeply troubling, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday following the arrest of at...
Funding needed to halt ‘life threatening crisis’ facing refugees in Kenya
Amidst a “critical shortage” of resources, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya will lack food unless new funds are swiftly received, the UN’s...
IRENA Offers El Salvador a Strategic Action Plan To Drive Energy Transformation
Enhancing long-term planning for the renewable energy sector, fostering project development and establishing clear institutional frameworks are among the key action areas that can...
Indonesia: Support for Public Health and Affected Households for a Secure Recovery
Indonesia will finish 2020 experiencing its first recession in two decades, but signs of recovery are increasing, driven by a pick-up in consumption and...
Aligning Recovery with Climate Efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean
Renewable energy is a central part of national climate pledges under the Paris Agreement. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) set out the steps that countries...