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The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, says the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is an “essential pillar” of international peace and security.
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty essential to global peace – UN Read More
The World Food Prize Foundation has awarded the 2018 World Food Prize to Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and David Nabarro, former special adviser to the UN Secretary General. Announcing the award Ambassador Quinn, World Food Prize President cited the recipients for their “extraordinary intellectual and policy leadership in bringing maternal and child nutrition to the forefront of the global food security agenda and thereby significantly reducing childhood stunting”
GAIN executive director awarded 2018 World Food Prize Read More
By balancing higher yields and incomes with healthy ecosystems, a new report shows how the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a UN specialized agency dedicated to smallholder agriculture development, and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), are benefiting millions of rural people in developing countries.
IFAD, GEF partner to boost the development dividend in developing countries Read More
No fewer than 815 million people are hungry in the world, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report 2018 has revealed.
815m people hungry globally – UN Read More
The United Kingdom and China have expressed regret over the decision of the U.S. to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.
UK, China regret U.S. withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council Read More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi said the number of people forced to flee their homes in 2017 rose to 68.5 million, warning that the world’s displacement hotspots “are becoming hotter”.
Over 68.5m people displaced globally – UNHCR Read More No fewer than 500,000 people are killed aannually byrevolvers, pistols, assault rifles, machine guns and other similar weapons, a new UN report, ‘Small Arms Survey’, has found.
Over 500,000 people killed annually by small arms – UN Read More The United Nations has described as ‘unconscionable’, the U.S. border policy of forcibly separating migrant children from parents.
UN condemns U.S. border policy separating migrant children, parents Read More On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the UN called for effective land preservation to combat desertification.
UN urges effective land preservation to combat desertification Read More It has been estimated that the remittances sent to developing countries could cross 6.5 trillion dollars between 2015 and 2030.
Remittances to developing countries to rise to over $6.5trn by 2030 -IFAD Read More