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Historic resolution on neglected tropical diseases adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council
Australia Announces New High Commissioner To Ghana 5 July
UN Human Rights to shut down country office: Burkina Faso
UN report warns about persistent use of anti-personnel mines, urges adherence to mine ban treaty
Women experience extreme heat differently to men. And they’re adapting to it in creative ways
World No Tobacco Day 2026 awards – meet the winners
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on Burkina Faso, Cuba, Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia and Uzbekistan
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition remain alarmingly high as crises deepen, UN, EU and partners warn in new report
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Serbia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso and Cuba
Statement of the Forty-fourth Meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
Türk calls on authorities to halt rapid closure of civic space: Burkina Faso
Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Extending Mandates of Fact-Finding Mission and Special Rapporteur on Iran and Calling for an Urgent Investigation into…
Security Council Told Political Upheaval, Violent Extremism Continue to Challenge West Africa, Sahel Region
We Care: building evidence for safer abortion services
Sabre Peak climber Connor Scott McKenzie: A statement on behalf of the family
Management of extreme heat events in LMIC and the exclusion of women from the discussion
Orezone Reports First Gold from Bomboré Hard Rock Expansion
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
New FAO-WFP report warns of shrinking window to prevent millions more people facing acute food insecurity in 16 hotspots
Scaling up family planning approaches
South Africa celebrates African Traditional Medicine Day with national commemoration
Statement of the Forty-second meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
Building local research capacity to advance sexual and reproductive health evidence
Senegal joins growing list of countries that have eliminated trachoma
Advancing Airport Modernization with Technology-Focused Workshop in Rabat, Morocco
FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots; five with immediate risk of starvation
Initiative to mainstream behavioural insights concludes in four African pilot countries
WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” female genital mutilation and support survivors
Country-level champions meet to strengthen interagency coordination of mental health and psychosocial support across humanitarian emergencies
Statement of the forty-first meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
‘Efforts to Address Root Causes of Conflict, Mitigate Impact of Climate Change’ in West Africa, Sahel Must Be Supported, Senior Official Tells Security Council
30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
Fast facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls 
‘African-led, African-owned Solutions Must Take Lead in Tackling Terrorism across Continent’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council Debate
With Terrorism at ‘Tipping Point’ in Africa, Security Council Speakers Call for Development-Driven Solutions
Amid Growing Strength of Terrorist Groups in Sahel, West Africa, Senior Official Urges Security Council to Scale Up Support within Regional Frameworks
End-of-year message from the Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme
$1.7 Billion In Airline Funds Blocked By Governments
New $282 million program targets climate and environment action through agriculture and food systems
Statement of the fortieth meeting of the Polio IHR Emergency Committee
New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Launches General Recommendation 40 on the Equal and Inclusive Representation of Women in Decision-Making Systems
Improving the shipping of biological specimens to rapidly detect, diagnose and respond to disease outbreaks
As Destabilizing Conflicts Escalate across Africa, United Nations-African Union Partnership Has Never Been More Critical, Top Officials Tell Security Council
Committee on Enforced Disappearances Meets with States Parties, and with Non-Governmental Organizations, National Human Rights Institutions and Intergovernmental Organizations
FAO publishes continental atlas of tsetse flies in Africa
UN Security Council failing people living in conflict: Oxfam report
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Sixth Session