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Peace and Security
Amidst COVID-19 challenges, UN ‘remains operational’ across Central Africa
The coronavirus pandemic has compounded increasing economic, social and humanitarian challenges facing States and regional institutions across Central Africa, the…
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Local Governments / SDG's
Women’s Leadership will be Critical for Rethinking the Future in the Post-COVID-19 Era
(Kenya/ Barcelona): The COVID-19 crisis is affecting women and men differently. The twelfth thematic live learning experience provided an opportunity…
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Human Rights
UN backs global action to end violence against women and girls amid COVID-19 crisis
The United Nations is advocating immediate global action to end all forms of violence against women and girls in the…
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Human Rights
Shehryar Afridi warns UN against human crisis developing in Afghan camps
ISLAMABAD: Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Shehryar Khan Afridi Sunday warned the Prosperous World and the United Nations…
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Health
UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’
The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Human Rights
More support needed for victims of sexual abuse by UN personnel
Although measures to support victims of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) committed by UN personnel are proving effective, there is still room to do more, the senior…
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Environment
Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world
Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in search of food or breeding grounds. How best to protect them in a…
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International
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres meets PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: The UN Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres called on Prime Minister Imran Khan today. The Secretary General is visiting…
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International
UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ following end of DPRK nuclear test moratorium
Peace and Security: The Un Secretary General is “deeply concerned” that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has ended a…
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International
UN Secretary General Guterres’s message for 2020: In world of turmoil, youth are its ‘greatest source’ of hope
As the world enters 2020 with “uncertainty and insecurity all around”, the United Nations chief maintained that the world’s young…
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