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FAO welcomes Canada’s pledge of nearly $10 million to Global Fire Management Hub
App In Development To Help Young Children Fall Asleep
QU Dongyu closes 44th FAO Conference urging ingenuity, solidarity and collective will
UN experts urge Iran to choose protection over repression after ceasefire
Türk hails stance by Inter-American Court of Human Rights on States’ obligations to tackle climate crisis
FAO Food Price Index up slightly in June due to higher meat, dairy and vegetable oil prices
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Miguel Flemming, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: New FAO report shines light on pitfalls and prospects for 1.3 billion young people
Why Go Off-grid? Survey Helps Researchers Understand Those Who ‘unplug’
Griffith Awarded AIS Gold Status For Athlete Education
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk gravely alarmed by steps to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban convention
Security Council Debates Multifaceted Crisis in Haiti
Why investing in climate-vulnerable countries makes good business sense
FAO launches groundbreaking financing facility to help prevent food crises before they escalate
UN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine Action
Fifteen Years, Fifteen Facts: Challenges and solutions for gender equality
FAO Director-General urges hope, collective action and genuine multilateralism
2025 FAO Awards honour organizations from Colombia, Egypt, and the Philippines for their contributions to agrifood systems transformation
Green Climate Fund approves a record $300 million for FAO-designed projects in Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia and the Sahel
Security Council Takes Up Renewal of Disengagement Observer Force
De-fossilising economies key to course correction on climate change and human rights protection, says UN expert
Queensland risks condemning generations of students to segregated schooling 
Most vulnerable nations call on FAO to develop strategy and action plan to transform agrifood systems
FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
Independent torture prevention watchdog should not be replaced, UN experts warn: Kyrgyzstan
USD 420 billion annual shortfall blocking gender equality in developing countries
Joint Statement on the Second Australia-UK Strategic Dialogue on Gender Equality’
Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes
FAO urges collective action for food security, climate and development challenges in Africa
Security Council Meets on Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo
Partners unite to launch WHO Disability Health Equity
‘De-escalation Urgently Needed’ in Sudan, Says Senior UN Official
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea to visit Japan
Sales, Production, and Export Results for May 2025
Beyond playgrounds: how less structured city spaces can nurture children’s creativity and independence
Security Council Holds Briefing on Situation in Central African Republic
UN experts condemn United States attack on Iran and demand permanent end to hostilities
Special Rapporteur: No sign of improvement in Belarus
United Nations CEDAW committee breaks new ground with first treaty body review of Afghanistan since Taliban takeover in 2021
UN experts raise concern over juvenile detention in adult prisons: Peru
UN Expert calls for urgent institutional reform of electoral authority ahead of 2025 elections: Central African Republic
Two UN Funds launch results and renewed joint call for action to finance feminist change
Australia’s Torture Failures Must End
Hard-won lessons on military mental health
New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam…
Attacks on world order and global aid derailing decades of progress on poverty, warns UN poverty expert
UN expert: States must recognise Indigenous Peoples’ justice systems
UN expert calls for reaffirming importance of sex in description of violence against women and girls