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Storm Desmond brings a red warning for rain over Cumbria and the Scottish Borders

5 December 2015

As Ethiopia battles devastating drought, UN sends in emergency health team

4 December 2015 – With Ethiopia battling its worst drought in 30 years due to the El Niño weather

As Ethiopia battles devastating drought, UN sends in emergency health team

4 December 2015 – With Ethiopia battling its worst drought in 30 years due to the El Niño weather

Children under five account for one third of deaths from foodborne diseases – new UN report

3 December 2015 – Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of all foodborne disease

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UN urges inclusion, access for people of all abilities

3 December 2015 – The United Nations is marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Dis

In Malta, Ban urges Commonwealth leaders to join UN in 'final push' to wipe out polio

28 November 2015 – A world that may have once seemed unimaginable is within reach – a polio-free

Ban tells world why he cares ‘so deeply’ about climate change

25 November 2015 – Reminding the world that the sooner action is taken to tackle climate change,

UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related

23 November 2015 – A new report issued today by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduc

On Africa Industrialization Day, Ban warns gender inequity, youth unemployment risk continent’s progress

20 November 2015 – Marking the Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary General Ban

Biodegradable plastics are not the answer to reducing marine litter, says UN

17 November 2015 – Widespread adoption of products labelled “biodegradable” will not significantl