193 countries adopt the first global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
All the nations members of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted on…
All the nations members of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted on…
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In a virtual event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorated…
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The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday condemned Iran’s execution of a young man…
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WHO updates guidelines on organ inflammation in children from COVID-19 Grave concerns over civilians in Yemen’s Marib region Spike in grave violations against kids since 2016 in West, Central…
Children who have developed organ inflammation linked to COVID-19 infection should be given steroid treatment in hospital,…
Pandemic reform is progressing, but not fast enough: WHO panel Sick Chinese journalist must be released immediately,…
Efforts to reform global pandemic preparedness and response are happening too slowly, the World Health…
UN-appointed independent human rights experts urged the Chinese authorities on Monday to release on humanitarian grounds, imprisoned citizen journalist and…
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Afghan farmers desperate for seed, food and cash: FAO UN rights office and WHO on…
In Afghanistan, some 22.8 million people are facing food insecurity, including 14 million children. The situation s expected to worsen, with the UN Children’s…
Despite COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions, some 650,000 women and girls were provided with gender-based violence…
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At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the 25 October military coup, 15 of…
Ethiopia: arrested UN staff must be released, says UN chief One in two youngsters in Bosnia…
Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the…
Ethiopia: mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office UNITAID deal seals COVID-19 antiviral…
With more than 300,000 women dying from cervical cancer each year, the World Health Organization…
Following pandemic-driven school closures, five UN agencies threw their strong support behind an international coalition…
A new Iranian law that raises the prospect of the death penalty for abortion has…
Access to a potential new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries…
COP26 made progress, but climate catastrophe not averted: UN chief $40 million in aid relief…
The number of tobacco users continues to decrease globally, going from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said onTuesday. …
Dual test kits, which cost less than $1, are now available for pregnant women to stem mother-to-child HIV and…
Three months after a devastating earthquake struck the south-west of Haiti, a hospital that was…
Even amid the dire humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, health workers continue to…
At times it seemed that a COP26 resolution was still hours or even days away…
Growing up in 1970s New York, Mindy Howard received no encouragement at home and was…
With negotiators still haggling over the details of the COP26 final declaration, Conor Lennon and…
Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants are paramount UN Special Advisor urges bolder action on #COP26 draft…
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in Myanmar to immediately…
Almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe last week, the most in a single…
Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as…
A century after it was discovered, insulin still remains out of reach for many people living with diabetes,…
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It’s looking more and more likely that electric vehicles will dominate the roads of the…
COVID-19 cases see slight global increase, says WHO Landmine Monitor reports ‘exceptionally high’ use in…
In the past few weeks, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), under an agreement with the Global Fund, has…