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10 Aug 16
A second aid official from Gaza has been charged by Israel for allegedly using his position to support Hamas.
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2 Aug 16
Australia, the UK and South Korea are world leaders in using e-government to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, according to a United Nations survey.
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2 Aug 16
Child hunger costs Ghana some $2.6bn every year, equivalent to 6.4% of the country’s GDP, a report from the United Nations has found.
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1 Aug 16
The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian aid missions to north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state after a convoy was attacked last week.
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27 Jul 16
A new online platform launched this week by the United Nations Development Programme will directly address the needs of the urban poor, it is hoped.
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26 Jul 16
Enthusiastic commitment from governments is an “indispensible prerequisite” to building tax capacity in developing countries, four of the world’s most prominent international institutions have said.
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22 Jul 16
Building institutions that are effective and accountable is crucial if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme, has said.
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22 Jul 16
The United Nations Security Council has conducted the first secret ballot to decide who will succeed Ban Ki-Moon as the UN's next secretary general.
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21 Jul 16
A conference to raise funds for Iraq has collected more than $2.1bn in aid pledges, according to US State Department spokesman John Kirby.
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20 Jul 16
Almost a quarter of a million children in north-eastern Nigeria are at risk from severe, acute malnutrition, UNICEF has warned.
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20 Jul 16
Strengthening domestic revenues and finding new financing tools will be key to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific, panellists at a United Nations forum have said.
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19 Jul 16
Developing countries are “leading the world” on green finance initiatives, according to the United Nations Environment Programme.
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19 Jul 16
Countries must take early action if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved, the chief of the United Nations Development Programme has said.
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18 Jul 16
Morocco has asked to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left the organisation due to a dispute over the sovereignty of the Western Sahara.
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18 Jul 16
Fears of a resurgence in the HIV/AIDS virus are growing as the reduction in the number of new infections has stalled and funding has fallen for the first time in five years.
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11 Jul 16
More than 300 people have reportedly been killed in the South Sudanese capital Juba after violence flared between government and rebel forces.
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11 Jul 16
Delaying action on the Sustainable Development Goals will put achieving them ever further out of reach, the UK’s Overseas Development Institute has warned.
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4 Jul 16
European Union aid for refugees in Africa may be “too expensive”, according to a report from the European Court of Auditors.
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28 Jun 16
The United Nations has warned of a $16.1bn funding gap in its humanitarian aid appeal that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s most vulnerable people.
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24 Jun 16
A United Nations expert has warned that the European Union may violate international human rights standards if it attempts to push through controversial trade deals without involving national...
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22 Jun 16
Refugees have a positive impact on the economies of their host communities, in particular when given cash transfers, a study conducted in Rwanda has found.
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22 Jun 16
Planning for risks and investing in resilience is critical to achieving sustainable development, a United Nations Development Programme chief has said.
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22 Jun 16
Mayors from across the globe are to come together to fight climate change after the world’s largest coalition of cities committed to environmental leadership was launched today.
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20 Jun 16
One in every 113 people in the world was a refugee in 2015, according to new figures released today by the United Nations’ refugee agency.
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15 Jun 16
The 220 million people at risk of falling into poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean need a “resilience basket”, weaved from a new generation of public policies, the United Nations Development...