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 ...

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 ...

Ryan reflected that “Working our way out of it is not easy because there are deep inequities that are built deep into the system - hardwired – and we cannot deal with those directly right now. We need ...

23 September 2016 – Reaffirming that proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and their means of delivery, threatens international peace and security, the United Nations Security Council today ...

We had suddenly become super conscious of our duty to contribute our mite for a tobacco free society. And having done our share of the propaganda, most of us can now hibernate smugly till the dawn of ...