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UN General Assembly celebrates 20 years of promoting a culture of peace
Just as the greatest global challenges cannot be solved by a single country, peace cannot be pursued in isolation, outgoing UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa said on Friday.
Ms.…
Friday’s Daily Brief: 12 million may miss school, Bangladesh and Mali updates, Kenya’s malaria…
A recap of Friday’s top stories: 12 million children may never go to school; Monsoon rains crush Rohingya shelters; 3.9 million Malians in need of humanitarian aid; Kenya launches malaria vaccine; and agreement made to neutralize land…
Around 12 million children may never see a classroom, UN data reveals
New data published by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday, reveals that without taking urgent measures, around 12 million young children will never set foot inside a school, with girls facing “the greatest barriers”.…
New Academic Year in Yemen Despite Continued Targeting of Education’s Infrastructure by US-Saudi War
Students of general and secondary education, on Saturday, will head to their schools to start their new school year, the fifth year since the start of the brutal US-Saudi aggression that has not been deterred by religion or international…
In visit to hurricane-ravaged Bahamas, UN chief calls for greater action to address climate change
World leaders attending the upcoming UN Climate Action Summit are being urged to show up armed not with speeches but with plans to achieve carbon neutrality, reduce emissions and improve adaptation.
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US Senators Write to Bin Salman, Demand Saudi Fulfill Yemen Aid Pledge
A group of American Republican and Democratic senators have written to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, calling on the kingdom to live up to its pledge to contribute to a 2019 United Nations humanitarian appeal for Yemen.
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UN Report: 350 Thousand Displaced in Yemen in 2019
About 350,000 people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Yemen in 2019, the United Nations said Thursday.
In a tweet, the UN’s International Organisation for Migration said that the body’s Displacement Tracking Matrix…
Is the world living up to its climate commitments?
As the United Nations gears up for the September Climate Action Summit in New York, one of its most high-profile climate conferences in recent times, what progress is the world making in tackling the climate crisis, and how is that…
UN report on Syria conflict highlights inhumane detention of women and children
As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying violence, tens of thousands of women and children continue to be kept in “inhumane conditions” in a remote camp on the other side of the country, UN-appointed independent…
SDG progress ‘in danger’ of going backwards without change in direction, new UN report reveals
The current worldwide sustainable development model is threatening to reverse years of progress, if strategies don’t drastically change, an independent group of scientists has concluded in a major new report launched on Wednesday.…