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Roads to food security in South Sudan
To improve food security, and to support trade and market development, UNOPS constructed feeder roads – secondary roads designed to funnel traffic to major roads leading to markets.
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Breastfeeding safely during the pandemic
UNICEF answers some common questions from new and expecting mothers to help provide the safest experience for you and your baby, about breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lebanon’s capital city continues to pick up the pieces
According to a UN-Habitat assessment one year after the Beirut Port explosion, 130 of 175 buildings within 2km of the explosion’s epicentre have been rehabilitated.
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Ending Poverty
While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions still lives on less than US$1.90 a day.
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Gender Equality
Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. This is important for sustainable development
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UN75: 2020 and Beyond
The UN’s 75th anniversary in 2020 arrived at a time of great upheaval and peril. To secure a world where everyone can thrive in peace.
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Did you know that elephants germinate many plants that do not grow without passing through their digestive system? Elephants don’t only provide for ecosystems, they do so for economies.
Escalating Afghanistan crisis becoming of deep concern
With Taliban fighters continuing to gain ground in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General is following events “with deep concern” said the UN Spokesperson on Thursday, including
Struggle for better future: Guterres
Young people are on the “frontlines of the struggle to build a better future”, the UN chief said on Thursday, International Youth Day.
Price hikes can increase resilience of LAC economies
Commodity prices across the board have increased significantly in recent months in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.
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Security Council
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Economic and Social Council
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Sea lions at Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
Secretary-General António Guterres gets vaccinated
A 106-year-old woman sits in front of her home guarding it with a rifle in Degh village
A sculpture by Alan Parkinson at UNOG is designed to challenge communities to think more creatively
