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FAO Director-General calls for AI’s transformative power to be at the service of rural communities and a bridge towards shared prosperity
The World Health Assembly adopts updated Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2026-2036)
Nuclear powers are expanding their arsenals instead of disarming. Australia doesn’t have to be complicit in this
Statement On Death Of Peter Buckskin PSM
Winston Peters: “No More Cinderella City”
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 22 May 2026
UN expert welcomes Colombian Supreme Court ruling recognising commercial sexual exploitation as part of system of violence
States must halt involuntary returns to Afghanistan: Türk
For 50 years, women have been overrepresented in Ebola deaths – UN Women fears the current outbreak will follow the same pattern
World must ‘double down on delivery’ for global road safety, says WHO
Two new tools to measure attitude towards cosmetic procedures
Developed countries exceed USD 100 billion climate finance goal for third consecutive year
Those Who Give To See Others Grow
UN ruling ends free pass for fossil fuel polluters
New biotech partnership to deliver advances in biomedical technology
UNGA heeds Pacific voices, backs world court on states’ climate obligations
Urgent structural reforms needed to settle historical debt to Afro-Mexican peoples, UN experts say: Mexico
FAO Director General honours India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with FAO’s prestigious Agricola Medal
Gdeim Izik cases reveal torture, coerced confessions, and failure to investigate, UN committee finds: Morocco
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly honours global champions advancing primary health care
Strait of Hormuz conflict threatens global food prices as FAO warns time is running out
Intrepid tails – fluke photos confirm humpback whales mount 14,000km ocean crossing to breeding grounds 
Greens Oppose Rushed Disability Support Law Changes
Fears of helping the enemy are blocking international agreements on AI in weapons systems
Special Rapporteur on torture warns of persistent risks for Palestinian detainees, implores Israel to change course
Netherlands violated child’s right to privacy by storing his DNA profile, UN committee finds
UNITAR Global Water Academy Co-hosts African Regional Consultation for UN Water Conference Academic Hub
Women Deliver 2026: Connecting Climate, Chronic Disease and Gender Equality
UN experts alarmed by yearlong detention of woman human rights defender Ruth López: El Salvador
WHO launches advocacy, communications and partnerships plan on the health response to climate change, air pollution and energy poverty
Australia’s First Peoples and Children’s Commissioners urge Northern Territory government to halt weakening of child placement principle
Winston Peters – “By Their Deeds You Will Know Them”
UN experts alarmed by complicity of online pornographic platforms and other intermediaries in sexual exploitation of women and girls
UN Women statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
UN expert commends economic development and digitalisation, urges decisive action for sustainable participatory economy: Kazakhstan
UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons: Mongolia
UN expert on independence of judges and lawyers to visit Poland
Risk of Famine persists as nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity in Sudan
TMC Announces Changes to Senior Professional/Senior Management Employee Positions
How menstruation is being weaponised in war
Queensland Government celebrates almost 50,000 extraordinary volunteers
Independent UN body finds systemic racism against people of African descent: Colombia
UN agencies warn of worsening hunger and malnutrition crisis in Somalia as famine risk emerges
Millions trapped in deepening hunger crisis in the DRC as needs far outpace humanitarian response
Rural transformation risks leaving peasants behind, political will needed to move forward, say UN experts: Ghana
Record high prison numbers hiding crisis in remand services
Hino Focuses on Hybrids at TruckShow X
Playford Celebrates Dedicated Volunteers