The UN80 Initiative is anchored in answering these questions – and equipping our organization in an era of extraordinary uncertainty. Yes, these are times of peril.

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India suspended the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a 65-year-old agreement that had been a rare symbol of cooperation between ...

As discussions on the restructuring of the United Nations– including a possible merger of UN agencies and staff lay-offs system-wide — continue at the highest levels of the Secretariat—the Staff Union ...

The REN21 has named James Fletcher of Saint Lucia and Dr Ramón Méndez Galain of Uruguay as its first Renewable Energy ...

The circular economy is more than an environmental fix; it’s a smarter, more resilient strategy for sustainable development. It has the power to revolutionize how we produce, consume, and thrive ...

Zimbabwean Migren Matanga joined others in researching conservation agriculture under the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative, led by the WFP in Rushinga.

On May 7, the exchanges between India and Pakistan since the Pahalgam attack took on a serious turn when India launched a ...

Following a series of brutal altercations in the communes of Mirebalais and Saut d’Eau in Haiti back in late March, local ...

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The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons ...