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Category: International
COVID crises highlight strengths of democratic systems,...
The UN Secretary-General, on Wednesday, urged the world to “learn from the lessons of the past 18 months, to strengthen democratic...
Eating wild meat significantly increases zoonotic disea...
The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the C...
New South Sudan Parliament can ‘infuse urgency’ into pe...
South Sudan has made history with the appointment of two women to senior leadership positions within its Transitional National Leg...
Urgent action needed over artificial intelligence risks...
States should place moratoriums on the sale and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems until adequate safeguards are put in p...
Syria ‘caught in a downward spiral’ UN relief chief tel...
The UN humanitarian affairs chief warned on Wednesday that Syria, after more than a decade of war, remains “caught in a downward s...
UN sends Gabon peacekeepers home from Central African R...
The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central Afric...
From K-Pop heroes to net zero: 5 things to look out for...
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly is due to begin on 14 September, and it will be very different from 2020’s fully virtu...
Most agricultural funding distorts prices, harms enviro...
Around 87% of the $540 billion in total annual government support given worldwide to agricultural producers includes measures that...
Only 2% of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in ...
More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Org...
First humanitarian flight to Kabul marks 'turning point...
The return of humanitarian flights to Kabul since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a turning point in the crisis, the UN Wor...
After 10 years of war in Syria, siege tactics still thr...
The future for Syria’s people is “increasingly bleak”, UN-appointed rights experts said on Tuesday, highlighting escalating confli...
UN mission responding to evolving needs in Sudan transi...
Despite setbacks and challenges, Sudan continues its transition towards democracy, the head of the UN special political mission in...