AIIB Donates USD1M to Help China Fight COVID-19
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is contributing USD1
million to help China control the spread of COVID-19. The amount comprises
donations from AIIB staff and...
APEC Needs to Look Beyond Numbers, Bring Concrete Benefits to People
The current volatility and uncertainty of the international trade
environment requires APEC to be dynamic, said Dato’ Sri Norazman Ayob, Deputy
Secretary General of Industry of...
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties exceed 10,000 for sixth straight year
More than 10,000 civilians in Afghanistan were killed and injured last
year, according to a new United Nations report that details record-high
levels of civilian harm in...
UNIDO and Switzerland expand cooperation to support cocoa value chain in Nicaragua’s mining triangle
LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO), and Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, Foreign Minister
of the Swiss Confederation, have signed an...
La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra Develop Urban Resilience with World Bank Support
The World Bank Board of Directors approved two loans totaling US$70 million
today to support the cities of La Paz and Santa Cruz de la...
Haitian leaders urged to end political impasse
Leaders in Haiti must step up and end the political impasse between President Jovenel Moïse and a surging opposition movement that has paralyzed the island nation since July 2018, the top UN official there said on Thursday...
Safer Roads to Add Over $1 Trillion to South Asian Economies
South Asia’s eastern subregion, comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and
Nepal, needs to invest an estimated extra $118 billion in road safety over the
next decade to...
Shaping Europe’s digital future: What you need to know
The EU is pursuing a digital strategy
that builds on our successful history of technology, innovation and ingenuity,
vested in European values, and projecting them onto...
Afghan youth are helping shape the country’s first national environmental policy
Over 40 years of conflict and insecurity have taken their toll on
Afghanistan in countless ways. Amongst the casualties, nature. For example,
interminable conflict has increased...
European Commission presents strategies for data and Artificial Intelligence
Today, the Commission unveils its ideas and actions for a digital transformation that works for all, reflecting the best of
Europe: open, fair, diverse, democratic...