Human Welfare

Human Welfare

AfDB gives South Sudan $43.5m to fight hunger

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 provided a grant of $43.5 million to South Sudan to help in the fight...
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UNHCR urges Australia to address worsening health condition of offshore refugees

The United Nations (UN) has urged the Australian Government to address the collapsing health situation among refugees and asylum-seekers at its offshore detention centres...
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San Francisco proclaims October 8th as Indigenous Peoples Day

The City of San Francisco in California, USA, has joined several other cities in the country to proclaim October 8th as Indigenous Peoples Day. On Monday,...
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UN seeks closer collaboration to address humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

The United Nations (UN) on Friday, October 5, 2018 called for stronger partnership with stakeholders to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency...
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UN chiefs to visit Chad, Nigeria to assess humanitarian, development efforts

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, Mr Achim Steiner, and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr Mark Lowcock, will visit Nigeria and Chad on a mission...
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UN passes resolution adopting peasant rights declaration

Seventeen years of long and arduous negotiations later, peasants and other people working in rural areas are only a step away from having a...
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Latin American countries sign treaty to protect environmental defenders

Twelve countries – from Antigua to Mexico to Argentina – on Thursday, September 27, 2018 signed the Escazú Agreement during the 73rd session of the United Nations...
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Rights defenders gain increased protection under new RSPO policy

Communities defending their human rights in areas of certified palm oil plantation will now be better protected under new policy announced by the RSPO...
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