CAMPAIGN NEWS

1 September 2021: Economic Development More than four billion people live without any welfare protection today to cushion them from...

1 September 2021 : Health A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being...

31 August 2021 : Humanitarian Aid The flights evacuating civilians from Afghanistan may have come to an end, but a deepening humanitarian...

6 August 2021 : Humanitarian Aid The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it is facing a 70 per cent funding shortfall in...

6 August 2021 : Peace and Security A ceasefire in Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more than ever if a massive aid operation...

6 August 2021 : Peace and Security With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official...

6 August 2021 : Peace and Security A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus,...

Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2021 Vandana Gupta, a community worker with SEWA, checking body temperature as part of COVID-19 safety protocols...

27 July 2021 : Peace and Security Practically all peacekeepers and staff have now left the hybrid UN-African Union Mission in Darfur...

27 July 2021 : Health While many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, a new World Health Organization (WHO)...

27 July 2021 : Culture and Education A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and...

27 July 2021 : Human Rights The UN independent expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday called for a “COVID ceasefire”...

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2021 As the Tokyo 2020 Olympics kick-off on 23 July 2021, almost 49 per cent of participating athletes will be...

22 July 2021 : Humanitarian Aid Lifesaving assistance arrived for the beleaguered Tigray region of Ethiopia on Thursday as the first UN...

22 July 2021 : Climate and Environment Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of...

22 July 2021 : Health Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this “small step forward” could be...

22 July 2021 : Health Nearly half of the 1.7 million children worldwide living with HIV were not on treatment last year, the UN programme...

Miatta Darwolor is the Founder and Executive Director of Sister Aid Liberia, a women-led non-governmental organization that promotes...

4 July 2021 : Migrants and Refugees After spending years living in UN-supported camps in Kenya, some 220 former refugees from Somalia now...

Trailblazing leaders commit to end gender-based violence, drive equality in technology and innovation, and ensure economic justice and...