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General Assembly reviews global progress towards sustainable urbanization
With six in 10 people expected to be living in cities by the end of the decade, the UN General Assembly met on Thursday to examine progress towards implementing a…
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Tech needs girls, and girls need tech
More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the digital world. Marking International Girls in ICT Day, on Thursday, UN agencies have…
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Small solutions, big impacts: 5 community-level projects tackling climate change
There are thousands of small-scale, community driven initiatives making a huge difference in people’s lives and contributing to efforts to curb global warming.
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Girls’ performance in maths ‘starting to add up to boys’, says UNESCO
The UN published promising news in the global fight for gender equality and opportunity on Wednesday, showing that when it comes to mathematics, girls are now performing as strongly as…
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Russia agrees ‘in principle’ to UN and Red Cross involvement in evacuations from Mariupol
Russia has agreed “in principle” to UN involvement in the evacuation of citizens from the last remaining holdout in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, following a meeting between Secretary-General António…
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More than one disaster a day looming without action on risk reduction, UN warns
Human activity and behaviour is contributing to an increasing number of disasters across the world, putting millions of lives in danger, together with a wide range of social and economic…
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Heightened security fears on Chernobyl disaster anniversary
On the 36th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, the world is again concerned about the safety of nuclear power plants, amid the ongoing Russian invasion, which has seen…
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The UN chief passed through Turkey on his way to Ukraine and Russia
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Ankara amid Turkey's mediation efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia. The closed-door meeting was just before Guterres'…
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Extractive projects cause irreparable harm to indigenous cultures, languages, lives, speakers tell Permanent Forum
The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on indigenous people’s lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages and lives, speakers…
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Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of crises take shape
Against the backdrop of shifting population demographics, conflicts, post-pandemic shocks and climate change, the developing world is on the brink of a “perfect storm” of debt, food and energy crises,…