UN announces new partnership and leadership to spearhead sustainable energy efforts Source:UN News. 16 September 2015 – A firm foundation to ensure affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy ...

Recognizing this week’s World Environment Day reminds us of the evolution of the concept of sustainable development since the phrase was coined in a 1987 United Nations’ report. At that time, ...

Source:UN News 29 August 2016 – Marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests, senior United Nations officials today called for the entry into force of a multilateral treaty that bans all ...

Ms. Kane has served as High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for the past three years, a period during which, she says, the very deep gap between the nuclear-weapon States and the ...

Nepal: People In Search Of A Future A desire for job, security and opportunity is sending many of Nepal's young people out of the county in search of better lives. "I feel secure. My son goes to ...

Pandemic treaty talks resume amidst lurking corporate pressure SHOBHA SHUKLA - CNS Unless profiteering from illness stops, corporations which are becoming richer even during disasters and pandemics, ...

Key decision-makers and senior representatives of several constituencies are convening to review progress on the effective development co-operation (EDC) agenda and to discuss how to accelerate ...

Artwork by Michael Anderson and Sam Ben-Meir The decertification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by Trump is most unfortunate. It seems that Trump was not swayed by either France’s ...

Many modern Indian women find their womanhood incomplete without begetting a son. I know of several highly educated and professionally qualified young Indian women who heaved a sigh of relief and smug ...

In response to such problems, There is a need to establish specific requirements for higher incomes and then to look at the history of regions, economies and policies. This has had an impact on these ...

20 October 2016 – Warning that the freedom of expression is under the widespread assault, a new United Nations human rights report has found that governments worldwide, wielding the tools of ...

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