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Tech needs girls, and girls need tech

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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 issued a call to action to ensure equal access to digital learning opportunities.
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Small solutions, big impacts: 5 community-level projects tackling climate change

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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

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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 boys in the classroom – although there are plenty of barriers holding them back.
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Russia agrees ‘in principle’ to UN and Red Cross involvement in evacuations from Mariupol

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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 Guterres and President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.
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More than one disaster a day looming without action on risk reduction, UN warns

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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 gains over recent decades, a new UN report published on Tuesday warns.
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Heightened security fears on Chernobyl disaster anniversary

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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 shelling take place at Chernobyl, and other nuclear sites in the country.
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The UN chief passed through Turkey on his way to Ukraine and Russia

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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' visits to Russia and Ukraine. Guterres...
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Extractive projects cause irreparable harm to indigenous cultures, languages, lives, speakers tell Permanent Forum

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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 told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Monday, as it opened its 2022 session amid calls to respect their free, prior and informed consent on the existential decisions uprooting their communities.
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Population and Development Commission: ‘Perfect Storm’ of crises take shape

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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, experts warned the Commission on Population and Development on Monday.
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Development financing crucial to get global economy back on track

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The global economy is under severe stress and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in “need of urgent rescue”, the deputy UN chief told the Financing for Development Forum on Monday.
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Humanitarians seek $2.25 billion for Ukraine response

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Humanitarians have launched a renewed appeal for war-ravaged Ukraine that calls for $2.25 billion to provide assistance and protection to nearly nine million people, the UN announced on Monday. 
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Working towards a malaria-free world

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year has seen “significant breakthroughs in malaria prevention and control”, a senior official of the UN health agency said on Monday, World Malaria Day.
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Turkey will follow sanctions against Russia if approved by the UN

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Turkey will apply sanctions against Russia only if they are approved at the UN level, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. "Turkey will abide by all restrictions agreed and approved at the UN level," he...
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UN Secretary-General to meet with Putin in Moscow

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The UN chief announced on Friday that he will be traveling to Russia to meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and will also be received by President Vladimir Putin.
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Strengthening regional partnerships for drug prevention

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Partnerships for drug prevention: Around the world, young people are cooperating with their local communities and decision-makers on public drug policies
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Earth Day: 5 ways we’re working to repair the damage to our planet

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International Mother Earth Day is a chance to reflect on how humanity has been treating our planet, and let’s face it: we’ve been poor custodians. And while a steady stream of reports has painted a legitimately worrying picture of the current state of the planet, don’t lose hope: there are more innovative ideas for serious climate action than ever and more and more people around the world are working together on solutions to help repair the damage that’s been done to our fragile home.
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Sustainable development hinges on fate of world’s cities

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The future of sustainable development will hinge on the fate of cities, officials told a special meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Thursday, stressing that the more than half of the world’s population currently live in urban environments, a number likely to rise to nearly 70 per cent by 2050.
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Ukraine: ‘Massive scale’ devastation, one-quarter of population in need

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Over the past two months, Ukraine has seen “suffering, devastation, and destruction on a massive scale”,  the UN Crisis Coordinator for the country told journalists on Thursday, and echoed the Secretary-General in saying, “we must stop the bloodshed and destruction”.
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Guterres requests meetings with Russian and Ukrainian Presidents

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In efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres has written separate letters to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to request meetings with them in their respective capitals, the United Nations said on Wednesday. 
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Guterres urges youth: Keep pushing, mobilizing, ‘bringing your ideas to the table’

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Despite war, COVID-19 and the climate crisis, all of which compound the other challenges facing young people today, the UN chief lauded youth for raising their voices and mobilizing for a better future.
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More dialogue needed to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia

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Pristina and Belgrade must engage more actively in dialogue facilitated by the European Union (EU), the head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)  told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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UN chief appeals: ‘Forge a path to safety’ during a 4-day Holy Week humanitarian truce

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This year, Orthodox Holy Week is being observed under a “cloud of a war” that totally negates the Easter message of unity, the UN chief said on Tuesday, calling for a four-day humanitarian pause in Ukraine.  
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Ukraine: Security Council urged to ‘put aside’ divisions, end ‘senseless war’

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As five million people have already fled Ukraine and another seven million are displaced internally, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements urged the Security Council on Tuesday to ‘put aside’ its divisions and find a way to end the “horrific and senseless war”, now in its eighth week.  
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First Person: A month in a Mariupol basement 

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Invading Russian forces have almost completely destroyed Mariupol, a port city in southern Ukraine. Former resident Alina Beskrovna recalled to UN News, a month-long ordeal sheltering in a basement there as she witnessed fierce fighting and obliteration, before her eventual escape. 
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Guterres appeals for urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine to allow delivery of life-saving aid as well as evacuations, his spokesperson said on Monday.
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