Haiti needs a strong COVID-19 response to maintain national stability
The UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and 19 UN agencies there have been working together to support a country in the throes of...
Human Rights Council calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies,...
COVID-19 Could Lead to Permanent Loss in Learning and Trillions of Dollars in Lost Earnings
School closures due to COVID-19 have left most students on the planet out of school – 1.6 billion students at the peak in April...
ADB Loan to Help Strengthen Metro Manila’s Water Supply Infrastructure
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $126 million loan to the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to support the construction of a...
7 Trends Impacting the Retail and Consumer Products Industries Amid a Global Pandemic and Beyond
As of April 2020, eCommerce year-over-year growth was up 68%, surpassing 40% of total retail sales.
Convenience continues to reign supreme as more than half...
Sadeem International Wins Innovate4Climate Top Prize for 2020
Today during a live virtual contest Innovate4Climate, the World Bank Group’s flagship event on climate change, announced Sadeem International as the winner of its...
COVID-19: UN health agency warns of ‘new and dangerous phase’ as cases mount
The world is entering “a new and dangerous phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic, as infection rates continue to climb, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Almost all workers and businesses affected by lockdown measures
Almost all of the world’s workers, some 94 per cent, were living in countries with some type of workplace closure measures in place in...
Kenya wins final contested seat on Security Council
Kenya has been elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, defeating Djibouti for a seat designated for African countries.
UN Member States chose...
Electricity transmission companies are learning to ‘perform and transform’ in move to low carbon future
Electricity transmission companies are deploying various innovative ‘perform and transform’ strategies as part of the energy sector’s transition to a low carbon future, according...