Life

Madagascar: UN health agency sees drop in cases of plague; urges vigilance as risk of spread remains

3 November 2017

All 17 Global Goals interrelated, with strong links to gender equality – senior UN official

31 October 2017

Ahead of Brazil Summit, UN reports three million people now have access to hepatitis C cure

31 October 2017

Tuberculosis world's top infectious killer; UN health agency calls for political action to stop spread

30 October 2017

UN experts sound alarm on mounting rights concerns in Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Maria

30 October 2017

Migrants helped to return from Greece, reintegrate, start businesses back home – UN agency

Photo:Hassan Hosseini working in a metal workshop that he partially owns, due to assistance from

Brazilian student wins Tokyo photo contest on UN Global Goals

Photo:This photo, which won the SDGs Student Photo Contest, jointly held by UNIC Tokyo and Sophia

Don't just blame teachers when system is at fault, says UNESCO

Photo:Students sit in front of new textbooks in one of 12 tented classrooms at Al Takiya Al Kasna

Wildlife conservation, sustainable development in spotlight at UN-backed conference

Photo:A lion watches his territory in Kenya.

Despite drop in under-five mortality rate, 7,000 newborns die every day – UN report

Photo:A nine-day-old baby boy is cradled by his mother (partially visible) in Bambaya Village in