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In late January, David Sheff and Vicky Cornell joined a panel discussion on addiction organised…
In late January, David Sheff and Vicky Cornell joined a panel discussion on addiction organised…
As the UN’s International Year of Indigenous Languages begins, ancient mother-tongues under threat of extinction…
Award-winning producer James Manos, Jr. has written a pilot for a new television series focused on…
The chestnut tree that Anne Frank could see from her famous attic hiding place in Amsterdam during the Second World…
With news that Ebola virus disease has now surfaced in Uganda, where it has claimed two…
Guterres strongly condemns latest attack on oil tankers in Gulf ‘Heated clashes’ lead to 17 deaths…
Mental health problems are “huge” in conflict or emergency settings, with more than one in…
Sudan sliding into ‘human rights abyss’, warn UN independent experts Key overseas investment data show…
UN Security Council offers Yemen Special Envoy ‘their full support’ Macron leads EU-wide minimum wage…
Senior Google executive and internet pioneer, Vint Cerf, is a member of the UN High Level Panel…
Policymakers in most parts of the world are taking decisions in the dark when it…
The global scale of sexually transmitted infections (STI) should be a “wake-up call” to governments,…
The delicate balance between indigenous farming practices and conservation in Morocco is under threat, but according to the UN, local…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that much greater protection for educational facilities…
On a three-day visit to New Zealand, UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid his respects to…
An updated assessment by a United Nations Environment Programme-administered treaty has confirmed that poaching continues…
The “race is on” in Indonesia to halt the illegal trade in wildlife and the…
Following recent reports of attacks and rape by security forces and paramilitaries against the pro-democracy…
As the world prepares to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day this Saturday, the UN independent human rights expert mandated with defending…
Together with Uganda, UN humanitarian agencies are racing to contain deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD)…
International Albinism Awareness Day is a time to “recognize, celebrate and stand in solidarity with…
This Wednesday’s top stories are: one-in-five conflict-affected people suffer from a mental illness; the Security…
More than one-in-five people living in conflict-affected areas suffers from a mental illness, according to…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health, confirmed on Tuesday the first case…
This Thursday, we cover: the latest global report by the UN health agency (WHO) on…