World
Monsoon rains turn millions of children’s lives ‘upside down’ across South Asia
A young boy in Bangladesh navigates a river swollen from days of monsoon rain. He is collecting plastic bottles washed into the river to sell to recyclers to help his family purchase food.
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UN agency helps stranded Ethiopians return home, ending ‘harrowing migration ordeal’
After being stranded in Yemen, a group of Ethiopian migrants return to Addis Ababa with the support of the International Organization for Migration.
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25 years after population conference, women still face challenges to ‘well-being and human rights’, says UN chief
A mid-wife at the Sar-e-Hause medical health clinic in Tajikhan Village, Afghanistan, speaks with a mother and her 5-month-old baby.
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UN’s Guterres condemns ongoing airstrikes on Syria’s hospitals, medical workers
In a statement issued late July 11 evening, António Guterres said that one of the damaged facilities included a large hospital in Maarat al-Numan whose coordinates had been shared with belligerents, through the UN’s de-confliction mechanism.
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In Mozambique, it’s ‘a matter of the heart’ says Guterres, lauding the cyclone-struck nation’s ‘undeniable moral authority’
Secretary-General António Guterres meeting with H.E. Mr. Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique at the Office of the President in Maputo.
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New UN poverty report reveals ‘vast inequalities’ between countries
A woman from a low-income neighbourhood in Brazil, photographed at her window. The 2019 Multidimensional Poverty Index shows vast inequalities within countries.
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Global response to poverty and environmental goals 'not ambitious enough’
Secretary-General António Guterres visited the low-lying island of Tuvalu in May 2019 to see how Pacific Ocean nations would be effected by the rise in sea levels.
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Homicide kills far more people than armed conflict, new UN study shows
In Mexico City, an artistic installation consisting of a number of signs of Venus, representing women, stresses the magnitude of femicidal violence. (March 2018). Femicide is too often ignored, warns UNODC's Global Study on Homicide 2019.
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Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue
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Europeans Urge Iran to Reverse Decision to Surpass Enrichment Limit
European nations appealed Sunday for Iran to reverse its decision to raise its enrichment of uranium beyond the levels of a 2015 nuclear deal that placed limits on its nuclear program.
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Human Rights
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Declaration of World Day of the Power of Hope Endorsed by People in 158 Nations
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020