Life

UN inaugurates water project in Haiti benefiting 60,000 people as part of fight against cholera

Photo:Water Capture and Distribution now supplies clean water access to some 60,000 people on a d

New online portal helps World Health Organization track global access to universal health coverage

Photo:Strong primary health care is the lifeblood of every health system and no country can achie

US: Case Challenges Mass Internet Surveillance

Photo:A man is silhouetted near logos of the U.S.

UN aid agencies ramp up response amid the worst southern African drought in decades

Photo:Woman on her way to collect water in drought stricken Chikwawa district, Malawi

Countries urged to prioritize protection of pollinators to ensure food security at UN biodiversity conference

Photo:A bee does its business in Kenya's Kerio Valley.

EU-UNICEF #EmergencyLessons campaign supports crisis-affected youth with schooling

Photo:Children walk by houses destroyed by on-going fighting after their first day of school in e

Regulations, incentives can reduce high levels of informality in domestic work – UN

Photo:A domestic worker washes clothes by hand in New Delhi, India.

Women Should Take the Wheel in Saudi Arabia

Photo:Female driver Azza Al Shmasani sits in her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riya

New UN report finds marine debris harming more than 800 species, costing countries millions

Photo:Marine litter affects communities and seas in every region of the world, and negatively imp

Banning Europe’s ‘dirty’ fuels, West African countries put people's health first – UN environment wing

5 December 2016