UN-led efforts to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea took a major step forward on Thursday with the announcement of a deal to purchase a vessel that will remove more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker that has threatened the region for years.
This blog was written by Subhash Nepali, Economist at the Resident Coordinator’s Office in Nepal. From March, Nepal is scheduled to take over the chairmanship of the group of Least Developed Countries for the next three years.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed called on heads of regional UN entities across Africa to accelerate the collective achievement of the Sustainable Development Agenda in the region.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
A quarter (24.1%) of people living in eight of Yangon's poorest townships have often not had any income in the last 12 months, a new UNDP report shows.
As UN aid convoys prepared to deliver more relief to quake-hit northwest Syria via two additional land routes from Türkiye on Tuesday, UN humanitarians warned that many thousands of children have likely been killed, while millions more vulnerable people urgently need support.
A joint United Nations Initiative, implemented by 6 different UN entities, is expanding women's leadership, personal and business development and supporting gender-responsive job creation in the agri-food sector in Lebanon.
Our UN teams are on the ground in 162 countries and territories, coordinating joint programmes and tackling a range of priorities and initiatives — from climate action and food security to gender equality and safety of civilians.
Resident Coordinator in Mongolia Tapan Mishra outlines how the the UN country team has come together to extend social protection benefits for herders and their families.
