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Bolstering nature-based livelihood solutions through state and community action in Yucatán, Mexico
Pushing forward for gender equality: CSW68 event showcases strategies for countering pushback and advancing women’s rights around the world
Pacific Islands Write-Shop Empowers Leaders to Secure Climate Finance  
Financing social protection and care systems turbocharges economies, reduces poverty
Message From Director
GCF, UNDP and WHO join forces to ramp up climate health support for developing countries
Ms. Chisa Mikami, New Head of UNITAR Hiroshima Office
Joint statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on humanitarian supplies crossing into Gaza
Junior World Food Day: a diverse group of Food Heroes inspire young people to value water
Lives in Peril: Gaza’s Pregnant, Nursing Mothers, and Children Face Imminent Danger Amid Desperate Water Shortage
UN Women Executive Director visits Rwanda, applauds remarkable progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment
Human Rights Council President appoints Carlos Castresana Fernández to serve as member of South Sudan Commission
Less than 1 percent of women and girls live in a country with high women’s empowerment and high gender parity
Security Council: Yemen 11 July
What you didn’t know about sand, the art of closure and more
Enhancing Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction: Deltina Solomon, Solomon Islands
Study finds 2 billion people will struggle to survive in a warming world – and these parts of Australia are most vulnerable
UN special programme for research on sexual and reproductive health celebrates 50 years
Universal Periodic Review Working Group to examine human rights records of 14 States at its forty-third session from 1 to 12 May 2023
UN experts concerned over delay in Zambia’s debt restructuring
Statement by heads of FAO, IMF, World Bank, WFP and WTO
UNHCR teams support emergency response efforts for earthquake survivors in Türkiye and deliver aid in Syria
Generation Equality leaders UN Women and IDLO call for centring survivors in gender-based violence response efforts
UN human rights expert to assess trafficking in persons: South Sudan
Transformative solutions for inclusive development
Michael Kirby named life member of IBA Council
Presentation of Annual Report of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Americas Regional Forum to spotlight need for stronger minority protection and mark 30th anniversary of UN Declaration on Minorities
We should, if we can, cool planet back to pre-industrial levels
UN experts launch new guidance for businesses working in conflict-affected regions 11 August
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
Women are turning tide on climate policy worldwide, and may launch a new era for Australia
UN experts launch new guidance for businesses working in conflict-affected regions
Presenting UNDESA-UNITAR’s analytical paper at Multi-Sector Policy Dialogue between Government of Seychelles and UNCT
Annual thematic panel discussion on technical cooperation and capacity-building
Taking forward UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement
Emergency preparedness requires gender-aware responses to reduce burdens of care, violence and economic insecurity on women
Unraveling Interlinkages between Climate Change, Peace and Security through an online training
UNHCR’s Grandi urges redoubled support for Rohingya refugees, host communities in Bangladesh
Incentivizing collaboration towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Incentivizing collaboration towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals
FAO launches new phase of agriculture policy initiative with $11 million grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
KPMG welcomes Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Beta Framework release
Act Now to Save Lives and Prevent Migrants From Going Missing
UN NCD and Mental Health MPTF: First Steering Committee Meeting
First Steering Committee meeting – MPTF
Tonnes of Covid health care waste expose urgent need to improve waste management systems
Nothing under kilt: PM presents climate con to world at COP26