Life

World food prices fall for third straight month, dip projected for grains – UN

Photo:Harvesting wheat near the West Bank town of Tammun.

Protection of forests ‘fundamental to security of humanity’s place on this planet,’ UN Forum told

Photo:The Selm Muir Forest of West Lothian, Scotland.

UNLAWFUL TRUMP ORDER THREATENS OUR OCEANS AND MOVES BACKWARD ON NEEDED CLIMATE ACTION

APRIL 27, 2017

New Analysis Reveals 10 Hungriest States in the U.S

April 28, 2017

FEATURE: International Jazz Day – a global celebration of creativity and diversity

Photo:World-famous musicians perform at the inaugural International Jazz Day Concert at UN Headqu

FEATURE: UN’s mission to keep plastics out of oceans and marine life

Photo:UNEP Patron for Oceans, Lewis Pugh, is swimming the Seven Seas to urge policy makers to pro

Indigenous peoples are ‘moral compass of humanity,’ special UN General Assembly meeting told

Photo:President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia, addresses the General Assembly high-level event to m

Latin America loses billions of dollars to ‘double burden’ of undernutrition and obesity – UN study

25 April 2017

Somalia: UN launches lifesaving vaccination campaign for children facing measles threat

Photo:On 24 April 2017, a child is vaccinated against measles at the vaccination campaign launch

UK: Tobacco Giant Should Respect Human Rights

Photo:An 8-year-old girl sorts and bundles tobacco leaves by hand near Sampang, East Java.