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Warming earth threatens to release huge amounts of carbon – UN agency

Photo:Soil erosion and deforestation shown in the mountains of Guatemala’s Quiche province.

Nowruz a reminder that heritage helps make resilient, sustainable societies – UN cultural agency

Photo:In Afghanistan, bakeries prepare a special type of cookie, called “Kulcha-e Nowrozi,” which

Poetry gives us hope to scale and climb 'cloudy summits of our time' – UN cultural agency

Photo:Children reading a panegyric during a festival in Timbuktu, Mali.

Record-breaking weather in 2016 pushes world into ‘truly uncharted territory’– UN agency

Photo:A view of icebergs in Ilulissat Icefjord Greenland, where the melting of ice sheets is acce

Older Syrian Refugee Dies Waiting for Family Reunification

MARCH 21, 2017

UN disability rights committee opens with a call to spotlight gender issues

20 March 2017

UN forum in Paris to spotlight mobile learning for refugees and displaced persons

Photo:in Jordan, adolescent girls use cellphones and tablets in a solar kiosk providing internet

EU-UN cash transfer plan for education aims to reach 230,000 refugee children in Turkey

Photo:On 16 January 2017, a girl in a Turkish language class in Nizip 1 refugee camp, Gaziantep,

Employers must address all aspects of gender-based violence in workplace – UN Women chief

Photo:“Preventing sexual harassment means to empower women at the workplace,” says Srey Sros, a g

UN launches 'Platform of Champions' calling to end global gender pay gap

Photo:The Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions at the UN General Hall on 13 March 2016.<