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MEDELLรNโFor much of the 20th century, the Medellรญn River was an open sewer, collecting the untreated human and industrial waste of the Aburrรก Valley. Stretching through the valleyโs center, Medellรญnโa fast-growing city with a reputation for entrepreneurshipโturned its collective back and closed its collective nose. Warehouses and rail tracks buffered the city from the rank ... Read more The post Inside the dramatic...
Published on: October 18, 2019 | Source:Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.
Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source:In an era of dramatic advances in communications, radio retains its power to entertain, educate, inform and inspire, United Nations Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres said, marking World Radio Day with a call to celebrate both radio and sports as ways of helping people achieve their potential.
Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source:Over 22,000 desperate Congolese refugees crossed Lake Albert to Uganda last week, with four drowning when their boat capsized on the perilous journey from the conflict-hit eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source:Nearly six months after an outbreak of violence drove almost 700,000 minority Rohingyas from Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh, senior United Nations officials on Tuesday said it is time to address the root causes โ including decades of repression inside Myanmar โ so those who fled feel safe enough to return to their homeland.
Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source:Raising alarm over continuing civilian casualties in the midst of increased hostilities in war-ravaged Yemen, the United Nations human rights chief underscored that all parties to the conflict are obliged under international humanitarian law to ensure that civilians are not harmed.
Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source:Concluding a twelve-day visit to Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide called for concerted and sustained efforts to prioritize reconciliation and prevention.
Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source:As many countries prepare to mark Valentineโs Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on people to end their โtoxic relationshipโ with single-use plastic and find โnew love,โ with more environmentally sustainable options.
Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source:Denouncing the detention of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives, United Nations human rights experts warned that the independence of the judiciary is under โserious threatโ in the country, as is the principle of separation of powers between the State and the courts.
Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source:About a quarter of all Iraqi children are living in poverty, and in the wake of more than four years of violence, families are being pushed to โextreme measuresโ in order to survive, said the United Nations Childrenโs Fund (UNICEF) on Monday, as a major conference on rebuilding the country was set to open tomorrow in neighbouring Kuwait.
Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source:The global commitment to end the use of children in armed conflict led to the release and reintegration of more than 5,000 children in 2017, but tens of thousands of boys and girls are still being recruited, kidnapped, and forced to fight or work for military groups or armed forces at โalarming rates,โ according to the United Nations.
Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source:United NationsSecretary-GeneralAntรณnio Guterres on Sunday expressed deep sadness at the plane accident in the Moscow region, Russia, in which all passengers and crew are reported to have died.
Published on: February 11, 2018 | Source:United NationsSecretary-GeneralAntรณnio Guterres on Sunday expressed his sorrow at the demise of prominent human rights defender and UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, who passed away at the age of 66.
Published on: February 11, 2018 | Source:United NationsSecretary-GeneralAntรณnio Guterres has called for an immediate and unconditional de-escalation of violence in Syria as civilians in the war-torn country suffer through one of the most violent periods in nearly seven years of conflict.
Published on: February 10, 2018 | Source:Surging violence across Yemen has resulted in the displacement of more than 85,000 people in just the last 10 weeks, the United Nations refugee agency reported Friday.
Published on: February 09, 2018 | Source:Lieutenant Colonel Katie Hislop of the United Kingdom said she was happy to serve as a role model for young women considering a career with the armed forces. The mother of two was the only woman to head a military contingent at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Published on: February 09, 2018 | Source:Following reports that dozens of children have been killed in violence this week alone in Syria, a senior United Nations official on Friday stressed the need for unconditional evacuations of sick and wounded children from East Ghouta and other sieged areas.
Published on: February 09, 2018 | Source:It is time to support and invest in women and girls who want to pursue careers in scientific research, United Nations Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres said in a message to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed annually on 11 February.
Published on: February 09, 2018 | Source:As the world comes together for the Winter Olympics, which kicked off Friday in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, United NationsSecretary-GeneralAntรณnio Guterres called on everyone to recognize and promote the Gamesโ universal message of peace and tolerance.
Published on: February 09, 2018 | Source:Asylum seekers are reporting sexual harassment and violence at some sub-standard reception centres on Greek islands โ where even bathing during the daytime can be dangerous โ despite Government measures to address the dire living conditions, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Friday.
Published on: February 09, 2018 | Source:United Nations Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres on Thursday highlighted the importance of engagement and empowerment to transform the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into benefits for all people worldwide and called on all sectors of the society to actively involve themselves in this endeavour.
Published on: February 08, 2018 | Source:With the crisis in north-east Nigeria โ a region devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency โ into its ninth year, United Nations agencies together with humanitarian partners today launched a $1 billion appeal to fund life-saving and emergency assistance programmes in the region.
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