At Fez forum, UN chief calls for global ‘alliance of peace’ recognizing inclusion and richness of diversity
Mr. Guterres was speaking at the opening of the 9th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) which
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Sustainable Development Goals
Peru’s food crisis grows amid soaring prices and poverty: FAO
Some 16.6 million people – more than half the population — now find themselves without regular access to enough safe
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UN’s game plan for sanitation for all
“SDG 6.2 is about ending open defecation and providing access to safe sanitation and hygiene, and it is the furthest off-track of
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‘Bridges across digital divides’ needed to boost development, Guterres tells G20
“This calls for more connectivity; and less digital fragmentation. More bridges across digital divides; and fewer barriers. Greater autonomy for
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COP27: Protecting biodiversity is protecting the Paris Agreement
“The two need to be looked at as being on the same wavelength, and not one higher than the other,”
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‘Milestone for humanity’ as UN celebrates 8 billionth birth
While fewer risks and increased life expectancy are to be lauded, the moment is also a clarion call to look
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Eight billion people, one humanity; Development milestone ‘testament’ to power of health and science
“But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided”, warned Secretary-General António Guterres in an editorial
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Sri Lanka: Cost-of-living crunch threatens to sink millions already facing hard choices
Long before the country’s first-ever international debt default in May 2022 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which added to the
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ASEAN States ‘well-placed’ to advance human rights, freedoms and a strong global economy
Speaking at the 12th ASEAN-UN Summit, Secretary-General António Guterrespainted a picture of many in the Global South, “battered” by COVID
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COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
The Executive Action Plan for the Early Warnings for All initiative, calls for initial new targeted investments of $ 3.1
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