It’s International #LeadPoisoning Prevention Week. No level of lead exposure is safe. Look out for the early signs of lead exposur…
No level of lead exposure is safe.
Look out for the early signs of lead exposure to prevent long-term health impacts.
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One wrong letter: How new UN Convention will help prevent cybercrime
You place your order, make the payment, and only later notice a small detail: just one letter in the website address was different.
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Guterres calls for urgent reform of the Security Council
Mr. Guterres was addressing ambassadors in the iconic chamber in New York on United Nations Day, marking 80 years since its founding.
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UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages
Since the ceasefire on 10 October, the UN migration agency IOM has dispatched more than 47,000 relief items, including 2,500 tents, to help families rebuild amid devastation.
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World News in Brief: 80th birthday greetings, South Sudan floods, South Lebanon update
In Nairobi, home to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Executive Director Inger Andersen highlighted the city’s unique role as the only UN headquarters in the Global South – and underscored UNEP’s long-standing work on climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.
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“We innovate. We adapt. We evolve.” Today is #WorldPolioDay. Learn about how the #polio programme is driving progress, from upgrad…
Today is #WorldPolioDay.
Learn about how the #polio programme is driving progress, from upgraded labs to next-generation vaccines, to #EndPolio everywhere.
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Security Council LIVE: Gaza ceasefire, aid crisis dominates agenda as ambassadors meet on the Middle East
The UN Security Council meets at the top of the hour in New York to debate the Middle East, with Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Coordinator for the region expected to brief.
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Fragile Gaza ceasefire marks ‘a momentous but precarious juncture,’ UN envoy tells Security Council
The Gaza ceasefire provides a rare opportunity to end one of the most destructive phases of the wider Israel-Palestine conflict, the UN’s deputy Middle East envoy told the Security Council on Thursday.
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Millions pushed to ‘brink of survival’ in Sudan
Sudan stands at the epicentre of one of the world’s “most severe” humanitarian crises, according to the UN.
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Ceasefire offers ‘lifeline’ but Gaza hospitals remain in ruins
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the halt in hostilities but said “the crisis is far from over and the needs are immense.”
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