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To beat hunger and combat climate change, world must ‘scale-up’ soil health

To beat hunger and combat climate change, world must ‘scale-up’ soil health
15 August 2018
Healthy soils are essential to achieve ‘Zero Hunger’ – and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – peace and prosperity, the United Nations agriculture agency chief underscored in Brazil at the World Congress of Soil Science.   On Sunday, more than 2,000 scientists gathered in Rio de Janeiro under the theme “Soil Science: Beyond…
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Nagasaki is ‘a global inspiration’ for peace, UN chief says marking 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing

Nagasaki is ‘a global inspiration’ for peace, UN chief says marking 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing
09 August 2018
Haiti: UN agricultural development fund supports hurricane-affected farmers with $11 million

Haiti: UN agricultural development fund supports hurricane-affected farmers with $11 million
03 August 2018
Progress has been made, but 'not at a sufficient speed to realize the SDGs': UN ECOSOC President

Progress has been made, but 'not at a sufficient speed to realize the SDGs': UN ECOSOC President
16 July 2018

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Defending people - An interview with the UN rights cheif - Zeid

Defending people - An interview with the UN rights cheif - Zeid
In his last major interview with UN News, the outgoing UN human rights chief tells us that the “real pressure on this job comes from the victims and those who suffer and expect a great deal from us.” [testimonial author=" Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" avatar="images/2018/zeidraadhussm.jpg" icon="icon"]If you don't sometimes speak out, if you don't threaten to speak out, you don't grab…
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UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets

UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets
Women journalists in Afghanistan, defiant in the face of violence

Women journalists in Afghanistan, defiant in the face of violence
Governments should place more emphasis on drug treatment and rehabilitation, says UN-backed narcotics control board

Governments should place more emphasis on drug treatment and rehabilitation, says UN-backed narcotics control board

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  • UNFPA staff Ella presents a gift to a visitor at the UN booth on International Women's Day 2018
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