Life

'A healthy planet' is birthday wish for UN development agency advocate and 'Game of Thrones' star

Photo:Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau kicked off his role as Goodwill Ambassador for t

AIDS-related deaths decline; 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment – UN report

Photo:On World AIDS Day, people in Nigeria took a walk in the Asokoro neighbourhood of Abuja to i

Japanese YouTube star Piko Taro makes first UN appearance, promotes Global Goals

Photo:Piko Taro shows his 17 (Goals) sign in front of ‘Spotlight on SDGs’ photo exhibition on 17

Despite some improvements, food security remains dire in Syria – UN agencies

Photo:A mother, displaced with her family, feeds her 18-month-old daughter at a shelter in a vill

As ‘drivers’ of innovation, youth need skills and capacity – UN General Assembly President

Photo:An 11 year old boy grins while using a laptop computer at Makani centre in the Za’atari cam

FEATURE: Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of students

17 July 2017

UN food standards body kicks off session by tackling arsenic in rice, pesticide residues

Photo:Rice.

Health services, especially vaccines, must ‘reach the unreached,’ stress UN agencies

Photo:A little girl, 1 year old, held by her mother during a medical examination in Ukraine.

WITH GREAT REEFS COME GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES: WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE CALLS FOR URGENT CLIMATE ACTION TO SAVE WORLD HERITAGE-LISTED CORAL REEFS

JULY 14, 2017

'Smart' money moving to 'green' financing, reveals new UN report

Photo:A wind farm near Kavarna, Bulgaria.