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Integrate water supplies and climate action, world leaders urge (UN News)

Water and climate action must be integrated to ensure sufficient water supply in the face of a rising global population and environmental degradation, a...

Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief (UN News)

Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on...

10 blue helmets injured during attack in Central African Republic (UN News)

According to MINUSCA, the blue helmets were part of the Egyptian Constituent Police Unit and were shot by elements of the presidential guard. Two were seriously injured. The peacekeepers arrived...

In Madagascar, pockets of famine as risks grow for children, warns WFP (UN News)

“We have some pockets of IPC 5 or famine-like conditions, this is basically the only - maybe the first - climate change famine on earth,” said Arduino Mangoni, WFP Deputy...

Afghanistan: Deadly hospital attack; UN ramps up aid delivery (UN News)

A deadly attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital, is a reminder that health facilities should never be a target, the UN’s...

Guterres urges developed countries to deliver on climate pledge for vulnerable nations (UN News)

With world leaders expressing hope that the goal of supplying $100 billion a year in climate finance support for developing countries is within reach, the UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that the target would likely not be met until 2023...

World leaders, corporations at COP26, take major step to restore and protect forests (UN News)

A pivotal pledge to save and restore our planet’s forests was officially announced on the second day of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, and...

Ukraine’s dangerous Winter Olympic obsession (Nicholas Bell, Lukas Straumann, Atlantic Council)

In September 2021, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared his determination to host the Winter Olympics in Ukraine. This followed on from Zelenskyy’s earlier comments...

Two years of Lifeline Ukraine (Paul Niland, Atlantic Council)

Lifeline Ukraine recently marked its second anniversary. At 18:00 on 14 October 2019, the telephone number 7333 went live. Since then, Ukraine’s national suicide...

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