Nations must ‘act together, urgently and with solidarity’ to end crisis of food insecurity
Hunger levels around the world are at “a new high”, the UN chief said on Wednesday, in a call to action to fight the...
‘We cannot rest’ until child labour is eliminated
Countries taking part in the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour this week in South Africa, are being urged to do...
Israel: UN rights chief calls for end to ‘culture of impunity’
Investigations must be held into the actions of the Israeli security forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Saturday, calling...
World Bank to support Education Recovery Strategy in Brazil
The World Bank Board of Directors approved today the US$250 million Recovering Learning Losses From COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil project. The program will support...
Sustainable Development Goals in peril due to overseas aid cuts
Recent deep cuts to overseas aid budgets by governments, will have “direct, negative impacts” on the ability of the world to reach the 2030...
UN envoy condemns latest Israeli settlement expansion plan
The top UN official in the Middle East has urged Israel to halt all settlement activity following the latest approval given to new construction...
UN officials call for probe into killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Senior officials from across the United Nations are calling for an investigation into the killing on Wednesday of well-known Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Another European war ‘not an impossibility’
Amidst rising tensions, a months-long political stalemate and increasing speculation about yet another conflict in Europe, the international community must stand firm behind a...
Helping social innovators scale up in size and impact
Even with brilliant, original ideas, social innovators are often limited by funding and skills shortages when it comes to scaling up. A new Horizon...
On a mission to cut Papua New Guinea’s high levels of sexual violence
Nearly 60 per cent of women and girls aged 15-49 in Papua New Guinea have experienced some form of physical sexual violence, almost twice...