ENTEBBE, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday urged African countries to adopt a green procurement system whereby they purchase products and services that cause minimal environmental impacts. Ernest Kamala, a program officer at the UNEP Africa office, told ...
" he noted, adding that the member countries must support all the UN's efforts to address peace and security issues worldwide. "Liberia is concerned about the escalating security challenges in the West African region, including terrorism
The former refers to “the systematic segregation of one people, race or group from another,” while the latter means “the systematic favoring of one people, race or group over another, such as exists in numerous countries around the world today.” And while Israel may practice regrettable di...
NEW YORK (AP) — Our children are told when they're little: Play nicely. Work together. Don't hit. Use your words. Multiply that by nearly 200 countries, leaders of varied backgrounds and a preposterously complex set of 21st-century priorities and goals,...
UN last year said it aims to evacuate as many as 10,000 in 2018. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has also helped 15,000 migrants return to their countries of origin with EU support and the active cooperation of the African Union. ...
Background The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better…Read moreWeb Development Intern (2 posts) ...
Today, membership totals 192 countries. The European Union was made a member as a 'regional economic integration organization' in 1991. Aims and Activities. The aims of FAO are to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production and distribution of all food and ...
countries in Africa in ICT, coding, leadership and communications skills, in the context of the African Girls Can Code Initiative • Siemens to make €780,000 available in the form of hardware, IT training materials and technical assistance to enhance young girls' access to jobs and...
Since 2018, more than three-quarters of all conflict-affected and Sub-Saharan African countries report declining funding for maternal and newborn health. Just 1 in 10 countries (of more than 100 surveyed) report having sufficient funds to implement their current plans. Moreover, according to the...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320 billion lost in exports in the first five months of the year and more than 120 million jobs at risk, the U.N. chief said Tuesday.