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INTERVIEW: Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss
Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss
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Environment
Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss
30 June 2024 · 6 min read
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Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said the UN and partners were continuing to deliver “critical humanitarian assistance”, focusing on communities on the frontlines, but…
15 June 2024 · 4 min read
Human Rights
Although many States have intensified their efforts towards eradication, the practice continues across the world in part due to “the clandestine nature of cross-border and transnational FGM,” it said.“Female genital…
14 June 2024 · 3 min read
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“In Gaza, we are deeply committed to humanitarian aid to the population in Gaza, where UNRWA is the backbone of that support,” Mr. Guterres told journalists in Geneva. “We have…
14 June 2024 · 4 min read
Human Rights
UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré Wole Soyinka addresses a lecture series marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 2008. (file) This #ThrowbackThursday, when…
14 June 2024 · 4 min read
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“War is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. Only technicalities prevent famines from being declared, as people are already dying of hunger,” said Mr. Griffiths.“Waiting for an…
13 June 2024 · 3 min read
Human Rights
This was among the conclusions listed in the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, released on Wednesday.“Amid months…
13 June 2024 · 5 min read
Human Rights
Welcome to this first ever guest-edited UN News live page. We’re reporting from the opening day of the 17th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP17) to the game-changing…
12 June 2024 · 1 min read
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Laura Lo Castro, UNHCR's representative in Chad, said that expected rains have started in Adre, leaving tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees without shelter suitable for protection. The rains also…
11 June 2024 · 2 min read
Human Rights
They are gathering at the largest global disability rights-focused meeting, known as the 17th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or COSP17,…
10 June 2024 · 5 min read
