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Haiti: UN’s new approach on cholera puts people at heart of the response

Photo:A shipment of cholera vaccines arrives in Haiti.

Cultural traditions in Portugal, Uganda and Ukraine added to UNESCO heritage protection list

Photo:Bisalhães black pottery manufacturing process, Portugal.

Nicaragua’s ‘Dry Corridor’ to benefit from UN-backed sustainable agriculture project

Photo:One of the areas most affected by extreme hazards, in particular natural hazards, is the Dr

UN committee on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage opens session in Ethiopia

Photo:Performers at the opening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, of the 11th session of the United Natio

‘Massive efforts’ under way in flood-hit northern DPRK require additional support – UN

Photo:Flooding in DPR Korea, caused by Typhoon Lionrock, has displaced thousands of people and de

Participants endorse 'Ashgabat Statement' as first-ever UN conference on sustainable transport ends

Photo:In Morroco, people wait to board the tram providing service between Rabat and Salé cities.

'The answer to global transportation challenges is not less transport – it is sustainable transport' – UN chief

26 November 2016

Rural U.S. Appalachia Faces Growing Cancer Crisis, Research Shows

Nov. 25, 2016

Regulate small gold mines, too

Photo:Children pan for gold along the mercury-contaminated Bosigon River in Malaya, Camarines Nor

UN conference to address way forward on global sustainable transport challenges

25 November 2016