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Science-driven transformation pivotal to SDGs acceleration – UN report

Ahead of the SDG Summit, a new UN report by an independent group of scientists launched on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, has called for transformational...

UN chief tasks G20 leaders on climate action, sustainable development

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appealed to world leaders attending the ongoing two-day G20 summit in India to come together to solve humanity’s biggest...

The world is failing girls and women, says UN report

Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year's edition of the UN Women and UN DESA "Progress on the...

Spill averted as UN removes 1m barrels of oil from decaying Yemeni tanker

A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, August 11,...

SDGs: UN calls on leaders to turbocharge action at landmark Summit

While the war in Ukraine is deepening food insecurity and the climate emergency is reaching cataclysmic proportions, millions more people globally are expected to...

Guterres creates Scientific Advisory Board to advise on breakthroughs in science, technology

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday, August 3, 2023, announced the creation of a new Scientific Advisory Board to advise UN leaders...

UNFSS2023: UN chief calls for massive investment in food systems

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for urgent action and a massive investment in sustainable, equitable, healthy and resilient food systems. Guterres made the...

AFIDEP wins UN Population Award for 2023

The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) is the laureate of the 2023 United Nations Population Award in the institutional category, United Nations announced...

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of...
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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

As governments, social movements, and multilateral institutions gather in Cartagena for ICARRD+20 to advance agrarian reform and rural development,...

NAPTIP, UK unite to amplify voices of trafficking survivors

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the British High Commission Abuja,...

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems,...

ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

As governments, social movements, and multilateral institutions gather in...
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