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UN seeks closer collaboration to address humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

The United Nations (UN) on Friday, October 5, 2018 called for stronger partnership with stakeholders to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency...

admin - October 7, 2018

Human Welfare

UN chiefs to visit Chad, Nigeria to assess humanitarian, development efforts

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Mr Achim Steiner, and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr Mark Lowcock, will visit Nigeria and Chad on a mission...

admin - October 4, 2018

Human Welfare

UN passes resolution adopting peasant rights declaration

Seventeen years of long and arduous negotiations later, peasants and other people working in rural areas are only a step away from having a...

admin - October 1, 2018

Human Welfare

Latin American countries sign treaty to protect environmental defenders

Twelve countries – from Antigua to Mexico to Argentina – on Thursday, September 27, 2018 signed the Escazú Agreement during the 73rd session of the United Nations...

admin - September 30, 2018

Human Welfare

Rights defenders gain increased protection under new RSPO policy

Communities defending their human rights in areas of certified palm oil plantation will now be better protected under new policy announced by the RSPO...

admin - September 26, 2018

Human Welfare

Social science forum on sustainable futures’ security opens

The 2018 World Social Science Forum was officially opened on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 by Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Crown Princess...

admin - September 25, 2018

Human Welfare

Half of world’s poor are children, says UN

Half of those living in poverty around the world are under 18 years of age, according to UN data released on Thursday, September 20,...

admin - September 20, 2018

Human Welfare

Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely – World Bank

People living on less than $1.90 a day have fallen to record low of about 655 million – or nine per cent of the...

admin - September 19, 2018

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