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Group of Friends of Traditional Medicine highlights growing global cooperation and priorities
UN Human Rights Committee to review Austria, Rwanda, Cameroon and Jamaica
From farm to kitchen, Ficio is teaching robots about food
WHO and partners drive improved alignment for effective NTD and supply chain delivery
Over 500 displaced Ukrainian women join Japan-funded UNITAR digital-skills programme
UNITAR co-hosts LifeSpan Summit Málaga 2026: shaping the future of the 100-year life
PolyU proposes a technical blueprint for “wireless energy internet”, driving a shift from wireless power transfer towards direct wireless energy conversion
A century after the Slavery Convention, millions still await freedom
Middle Powers Can’t Be Bystanders As UN Falters
From llamas to lavender, agritourism grows in New York state
Member States advance negotiations on pathogen access and benefit-sharing ahead of UN General Assembly meeting on pandemics
UNITAR and York University Release New Attitudinal Change Assessment Toolkit
Attitudinal Change Assessment Toolkit
Women’s care work fuels an unaccounted death toll in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record
Civilians trapped between extreme State repression and violations arising from devastating conflict with US, Israel, UN Fact-Finding Mission finds: Iran
Professor Nobhojit Roy appointed Executive Director of The George Institute, India
To protect human rights now and into the future, we must govern AI urgently
UN expert group to review 518 cases from 44 countries at 140th Session: Enforced disappearances
Accountability, inclusion, and non-recurrence central to successful transition, UN Syria Commisssion says: Syria
General Assembly Adopts Resolution Endorsing the Merger of UNSSC into UNITAR, and Establishing the new United Nations Institute for Capability and Learning Innovation
UN human rights report urges robust accountability and institutional reforms: Sri Lanka
Un Commission on Human Rights to undertake 14th visit to the country: South Sudan
Autonomous weapons can select targets without human help – now is the time for binding rules
Nillumbik welcomes new Youth Mayor and Deputy Youth Mayor
UN working group advances discussions on possible new global agreement on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary education and free…
UN disability rights committee to review Qatar, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Chile and Slovakia
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to review Kuwait, India, Honduras and Finland
Australia helps shape new international food standards at Codex meeting
People Misunderstand Key Climate Actions, Study Shows
Civil society calls for stronger domestic health financing at the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly
WHO Member States continue negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing Annex
Tiny AI Device Taking On One Of World’s Deadliest Killers
WHO at the 152nd IPU Assembly: strengthening parliamentary leadership for global health
UNITAR and CIFAL Shanghai hosted the 2026 summer edition of the “UN Sustainable Development Goals Youth Empowerment Seminar for Change-Makers”
Indigenous Peoples’ rights in conflict situations and Artificial Intelligence on the agenda at Expert Mechanism session
UNITAR and UPU Join Forces to Help Governments Bridge the Digital Divide
Historic resolution on neglected tropical diseases adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council
Global food safety standards body Codex adopts new guidance on “may contain” allergen labels
FAO boosts support for Codex, calls for stronger implementation of global food safety standards
WHO Director-General meets HIV community leaders to reaffirm commitment to community leadership and meaningful engagement
Australian Human Rights Commission disappointed with Australian Government’s response to major human rights review of Australia
Countries pave the way for stronger local production and health sovereignty
Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on 3 July on the human rights situation in and around El Obeid: Sudan
Forty-ninth session of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards
UN Commission warns of exceptionally grave human rights situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
WHA79 – WHO supports high-level dialogues on cancer, innovation, and equitable access
Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
UNITAR Joined Global Discussion on the Intersection of AI and Behavioural Science