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24 Nov 22
Work to strengthen the international tax system will begin at the United Nations after a group of African countries put forward a resolution they hope will give developing countries a bigger say in...
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22 Nov 22
Countries that suffer from climate change related natural disasters will be able to benefit from “loss and damage” funding after the COP27 conference agreed to set up a new global support mechanism.
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8 Nov 22
Developing countries will need $340bn a year by 2030 in order to prepare for the damaging effects of climate change, according to the United Nations, but they currently receive a tiny fraction of...
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11 Aug 22
The United Nations has nearly doubled its request for donations to help its aid workers continue to assist those displaced by the Russian invasion.
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12 May 22
The Lebanese political establishment is “completely out of touch with reality” according to a United Nations report that had particularly harsh words about the country’s central bank’s role in the...
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10 Feb 22
Covid-19 could stop being a global emergency as early as this year if countries donated $23bn towards access to tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment, according to the World...
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11 Jan 22
United Nations agencies are asking donors for a record sum of aid to help people in Afghanistan through a political and economic crisis.
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8 Nov 21
A United Nations short-term lending facility aimed at reducing Africa’s borrowing costs could save governments billions of dollars in interest payments, according to officials.
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13 Oct 21
The United Nations COP26 climate conference in Glasgow must be a turning point in the global fight to limit global warming and finance ministers need to play their part, the head of the UN has said.
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16 Sep 21
The majority of government agricultural support is harmful to society and the environment, a United Nations report has found.
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17 Aug 21
The Taliban must ensure continuity of public services in Afghanistan after taking power so as to mitigate the humanitarian crisis engulfing the country, the leader of the United Nations has said.
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13 Jul 21
Rising hunger statistics paint a grim picture for the world’s push towards meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned.
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12 Apr 21
Low-income countries have received just 0.2% of Covid-19 vaccines and advanced economies need to step up financing efforts amid growing deaths and new variants, the World Health Organisation has...
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6 Apr 21
Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
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29 Mar 21
An impending debt crisis in developing countries will lead to “another lost decade” without decisive action, according to the head of the United Nations.
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24 Mar 21
Africa will need to be able to manufacture its own vaccines to speed up its economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, a United Nations panel has been told.
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17 Mar 21
Governments are failing to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19, with just 18% of recovery spending going on ‘green' projects, a group of academics and the United Nations has said.
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15 Mar 21
The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted a framework for accounting for the value of nature when measuring the economy.
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2 Mar 21
The billions of dollars governments lose to tax abuse, corruption and money laundering could be used to fight the global challenges of our age, a UN panel has said.
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2 Mar 21
The international community has pledged less than half of what the United Nations said it needs to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, according to the organisation’s secretary-general António...
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23 Feb 21
Education budgets are being slashed in poorer countries as governments struggle to deal with Covid-19, a report has found.
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2 Feb 21
The European Union must rethink its strategy for getting people out of poverty after failing to meet its own targets during the past decade, a United Nations official has said following a visit to...
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22 Jan 21
The USA’s top health official says the country will join global efforts to help poor countries overcome Covid-19, while new Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has committed to big domestic spending...
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17 Dec 20
A $28bn programme aimed at getting Covid-19 treatments and vaccines to low and middle-income countries would “pay itself off within 36 hours”, a World Health Organisation official has said.
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4 Dec 20
One-in-seven people worldwide could be left with less than $1.90 a day to live on in the wake of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19, a UN study has warned.
24 Nov 22Work to strengthen the international tax system will begin at the United Nations after a group of African countries put forward a resolution they hope will give developing countries a bigger say in...
22 Nov 22Countries that suffer from climate change related natural disasters will be able to benefit from “loss and damage” funding after the COP27 conference agreed to set up a new global support mechanism.
8 Nov 22Developing countries will need $340bn a year by 2030 in order to prepare for the damaging effects of climate change, according to the United Nations, but they currently receive a tiny fraction of...
11 Aug 22The United Nations has nearly doubled its request for donations to help its aid workers continue to assist those displaced by the Russian invasion.
12 May 22The Lebanese political establishment is “completely out of touch with reality” according to a United Nations report that had particularly harsh words about the country’s central bank’s role in the...
10 Feb 22Covid-19 could stop being a global emergency as early as this year if countries donated $23bn towards access to tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment, according to the World...
11 Jan 22United Nations agencies are asking donors for a record sum of aid to help people in Afghanistan through a political and economic crisis.
8 Nov 21A United Nations short-term lending facility aimed at reducing Africa’s borrowing costs could save governments billions of dollars in interest payments, according to officials.
13 Oct 21The United Nations COP26 climate conference in Glasgow must be a turning point in the global fight to limit global warming and finance ministers need to play their part, the head of the UN has said.
16 Sep 21The majority of government agricultural support is harmful to society and the environment, a United Nations report has found.
17 Aug 21The Taliban must ensure continuity of public services in Afghanistan after taking power so as to mitigate the humanitarian crisis engulfing the country, the leader of the United Nations has said.
13 Jul 21Rising hunger statistics paint a grim picture for the world’s push towards meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned.
6 Apr 21Around 25 countries – about one in eight – spent more on servicing debts in 2019 than on education, health and social protection combined, according to UNICEF.
29 Mar 21An impending debt crisis in developing countries will lead to “another lost decade” without decisive action, according to the head of the United Nations.
17 Mar 21Governments are failing to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19, with just 18% of recovery spending going on ‘green' projects, a group of academics and the United Nations has said.
15 Mar 21The United Nations Statistical Commission has adopted a framework for accounting for the value of nature when measuring the economy.
2 Mar 21The billions of dollars governments lose to tax abuse, corruption and money laundering could be used to fight the global challenges of our age, a UN panel has said.
2 Mar 21The international community has pledged less than half of what the United Nations said it needs to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, according to the organisation’s secretary-general António...
23 Feb 21Education budgets are being slashed in poorer countries as governments struggle to deal with Covid-19, a report has found.
2 Feb 21The European Union must rethink its strategy for getting people out of poverty after failing to meet its own targets during the past decade, a United Nations official has said following a visit to...
22 Jan 21The USA’s top health official says the country will join global efforts to help poor countries overcome Covid-19, while new Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has committed to big domestic spending...
17 Dec 20A $28bn programme aimed at getting Covid-19 treatments and vaccines to low and middle-income countries would “pay itself off within 36 hours”, a World Health Organisation official has said.
