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Marine experts welcome global resolution to save whales from plastic
End racism to advance health and other human rights says UN expert
Afghanistan human rights and humanitarian crisis continues, urgent action necessary, says UN expert
Making choices to place women at heart of our agenda
World Food Forum: FAO introduces Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook
Commission of Inquiry finds that Israeli occupation is unlawful under international law
Exploring how science, technology and innovation can boost Africa’s lagging agricultural productivity
Calls on UN General Assembly to request that International Court of Justice urgently advise on legal consequences of such actions
UNHCR issues urgent appeal to stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals
World Food Forum: Youth leaders ask policy makers to step up efforts to bring about real change
Amidst increase in violent conflict, situation for women, peace and security worsens, new UN report shows
Further actions in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine 20 October
An entirely new illicit drug has been discovered by Australian chemists
UOW’s contribution to UN’s Sustainable Development Goals focus of new report
World Food Forum: Science, technology and innovation take centre stage in transforming our agrifood systems
Central America’s Dry Corridor: Turning emergency into opportunities
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Honduras on Progress Made on Trafficking
UN experts condemn Israel’s ‘sadistic’ punitive measures against French-Palestinian rights defender Salah Hammouri
Experts of Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Ukraine for Achievements
Increasingly precious asset in digital era says UN expert: Privacy and data protection
UN Special Rapporteur: States must address impact of climate change on human rights of migrants
Urgent Action Needed on Peace Agreement for South Sudan
UN Commission has found array of war crimes, violations of human rights and international humanitarian law have been committed
UN oversight body asked to rule on cruelty of Australian immigration detention
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issues findings on El Salvador, Guatemala, Italy, Luxembourg
World Food Forum: Hand-in-Hand Initiative brings partners into agrifood family
UN expert: Internally displaced must have say in development decisions to help avoid rights abuse
World Food Forum: Young people’s role in transforming agrifood systems at heart of global youth event
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk warns of devastating impact of continued hostilities on civilians: Ethiopia
Staggering backsliding across women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health revealed in new UN analysis
UN expert: Protect freedom of expression as vital ‘survival right’ of civilians in armed conflict
Australia-Singapore Annual Leaders’ Meeting statement
UOW iAccelerate and Makerspace highlight careers for young women in STEM
Russians fleeing draft are owed universal protections
UN experts concerned that criminalising women activists will silence victims of sexual harassment: Peru
End killings and detentions of children immediately, UN Child Rights Committee urges: Iran
Civilian casualty update 17 October 2022: Ukraine
World Food Forum opens to galvanize youth engagement, science and innovation and investment
UNHCR celebrates DAFI’s 30 years of refugee scholarship support, calling for more investment in education
Healthcare providers who protect our children’s present are riding to protect their future
UN poverty expert: Increase benefits and wages in line with inflation or lives will be lost
Visit from UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
State’s exceptional young people recognised at WA Youth Awards
UN says access to a healthy environment is a human right
New report aims to help fast-track Australia’s OPCAT implementation process
Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet
One in three of world’s poorest countries pay more on debt repayments than education
‘Killer robots’ will be nothing like movies show – here’s where real threats lie