On this 20th anniversary of the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, the United Nations is inviting...

An estimated 78 million babies – or three in five – are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at higher risk of death...

The Challenge Since gender inequality constitutes one of the history’s most persistent and widespread forms of injustice, eliminating it...

Limited educational opportunities for girls and barriers to completing 12 years of education cost countries between $15 trillion and $30...

The Challenge The world today has more knowledge than ever before, but not everyone can benefit from it. Globally, countries have made...

One clear morning in February, off Costa Rica’s Cocos Island, a small, boxy submarine was lowered into the water. The vessel quietly...

The Challenge Poor health constitutes suffering and deprivation of the most fundamental kind. Over the years, significant strides have...

Visible from the Palace of Nations’ “ambassadors' court”, made of Douglas fir wood, Broken Chair stands in delicate balance on three legs...

Rapid advances in gene editing and so-called “DIY biological laboratories”which could be used by extremists, threaten to derail efforts...

The Challenge One in every nine individuals around the world today experiences hunger, despite the fact that enough food exists to feed...

Mr. Annan was the seventh man to take the helm of the global organization and the first Secretary-General to emerge from the ranks of its...

Marginalized groups suffer unduly harsh consequences due to Brazil’s economic policies of austerity, prompting United Nations rights...

An “invasive pest” that devours more than 80 different plant species, including many staple crops, could threaten the food security and...

The Challenge Around the world today, a staggering 800 million people still live in conditions of extreme poverty. With one in five...

Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa have discovered startling new evidence that the plastics on land and in the ocean...

The Sundarbans forest, a which is the largest contiguous mangrove forest in the world and home to several endangered species, is being...

The many life-threatening dangers faced by children from Central America who are being deported from the United States of America and...

Two years into the Iran-Iraq War, in the early hours of 25 November 1982 in Erbil, my parents rushed to the hospital as my mother was...

Dr. Dominic Dixon, Executive Director of UNADAP, celebrates the Independence day with Diplomats at the Indian Embassy in Vienna amidst...

Halima Yakoy Adam won’t forget 22nd December in 2015, the day she was supposed to carry out a suicide bomb attack in the Lac Region town...