This year’s Human Rights Day marks the 74th year since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an international document that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all people. The right to food became a legal obligation for countries to promote and protect as part of the
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UN chief appeals for more fund to preserve biodiversity
Developed countries must provide bold financial support for the countries of the Global South as custodians of the world's natural wealth, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here on Tuesday. Addressing a ceremonial opening of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological
One in five people face harassment at work: UN
More than one in five people employed - almost 23 per cent - have experienced violence and harassment at work, whether physical, psychological or sexual, according to a new analysis by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Lloyd's Register Foundation (LRF) and Gallup."The Experiences of Violence and Harassment at Work: A
UN deploys unarmed weapon in humanitarian & peacekeeping operations
A sign outside the United Nations reads, perhaps half-seriously, that it is a “No Drone Zone”—and “launching, landing or operating Unmanned or Remote-Controlled aircraft in this area is prohibited”. The “warning” comes even as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – or drones – are some of the new weapons of war deployed
A world of 8 billion: Population growth will continue but it’s slowing down
What does it take to build a culture of equality & inclusion at the UN?
Hundreds protest at UN climate summit
Hundreds of environmental activists on Saturday called on industrialized nations at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt to pay for the impact of global warming, the largest demonstration yet that came as German officials raised concerns about possible surveillance and intimidation of delegates and other conference attendees.Protests have mostly been
UN to track big emitters of heat-trapping methane
Big emitters of the heat-trapping gas methane can expect a call from the United Nations starting next year, when the global body launches a new platform to combine existing systems for tracking the potent greenhouse gas from space.The U.N. Environment Programme said Friday that the new Methane Alert and Response
Making UN Charter a Reality: Towards a new approach to development cooperation?
Limits to Growth: Inconvenient Truth of Our Times
Ahead of the first United Nations environmental summit in Stockholm in 1972, a group of scientists prepared The Limits to Growth report for the Club of Rome. It showed planet Earth’s finite natural resources cannot support ever-growing human consumption. Limits used integrated computer modelling to investigate twelve planetary scenarios of economic