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New Global Goals cannot be achieved without ensuring gender equality and women’s empowerment – UN chief

As world leaders continued their Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, UN Women and China co-hosted a landmark event on 27 September on gender equality and women’s empowerment at which Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared that the new Global...

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European Commission welcomes new 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to be adopted on September 25 by the United Nations sets out a global framework to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development by 2030, building on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted...

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‘The future demands of us critical and global decisions’ Pope Francis tells UN General Assembly

Pope Francis delivered a wide-ranging address before world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, urging global action to protect the environment and end the suffering of "vast ranks of the excluded," saying that “...

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Yemen: UN condemns terrorist attack on Sana’a mosque

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Faj Attan neighbourhood in Sana’a, Yemen, is regularly hit by airstrikes. Most of the population has left.

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