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Strengthening Whole-of-Society Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Resilience
UN Commission of Inquiry completes Syria mission in midst of regional clashes, encouraging respect for human rights: Syria
OECD appoints Stefano Scarpetta as Chief Economist
Lebanon’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Peter Bofinger In Pension Commission
Minister visits KI for global seminar on young people’s health and wellbeing
Closing the gender digital divide could boost global GDP by USD 1.5 trillion and lift 30 million women from poverty
ACIAR celebrates 25 years of partnership with Timor-Leste
Regular Everyday Activity Can Promote Healthy Aging
Systems thinking and strategic foresight for national planning
WHO recognizes four countries with life-saving trans fat elimination policies
KI-report on costs of dementia diseases to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Investment in the BrAInChild project from the Ministry of Social Affairs – Barntumörbanken plays a key role
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse
Centre for Health Crises organises Sweden’s first Health Crises Forum
PUMA’s ‘Stitch + Spice’ Running for Top Prize at the World’s Biggest Sustainability Film Festival
UN report urges immediate global action to close critical gender gaps
Antibiotic resistance – an engaging topic at the first policy lab of the autumn
Canada needs to overhaul the Temporary Foreign Worker program, not just tinker with it
UNITAR and DESA Launch 2024 SDGs in Practice, a Special Event of the HLPF
Experts of the Human Rights Committee Welcome Syria’s Cooperation with the United Nations Refugee Agency, Raise Questions on the Treatment of Kurdish…
Declining fertility rates put prosperity of future generations at risk
New workshop practiced rapid knowledge-bases in health crises
WHO calls for action to uphold right to health amidst inaction, injustice and crises
An educational policy lab about the journey of a Swedish Government Official Report
United Nations agencies launch first report on the Decade of Healthy Ageing, 2021-2030
UNITAR holds workshop on Stakeholder Engagement for Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs and NGOs
UN expert on debt and human rights to visit Liechtenstein
Ischemic heart disease linked to increased risk of dementia
Burundi’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Briefing Security Council on Visit to Democratic Republic of Congo, Members Note Difficult Safety, Humanitarian Situation in Country
Children who have survived the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria need help finding their families, not adoption
Australia signs new social security agreement with Serbia
ADHD medication for amphetamine addiction linked to reduced risk of hospitalisation and death
Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers Commends Syria on Progress
Presenting first ever Healthy Ageing 50: Leaders transforming world to be better place to grow older
Achieving full gender equality is still centuries away, warns UN in new report
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Slovakia on Improving Census Methodologies
University of Toronto grad Mukti Patel on studying religion and its role ‘in everyday’
Health system performance assessment: new framework for policy analysis
14.9 million excess deaths associated with Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021
Healthy Ageing 50: call for leaders transforming world to be better place in which to grow older
Act Now to Save Lives and Prevent Migrants From Going Missing
In Dialogue with Qatar, Experts of Human Rights Committee Commend Legislative Revision Efforts and Ask about Stance on Capital
Statement on initial measures taken in response to Russia’s large scale aggression against Ukraine
New Course Explores Making Fashion More Sustainable
WHO establishes Technical Advisory Group on Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
Elevated heart rate linked to increased risk of dementia