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Rescuing the SDGs: General Assembly highlights ‘world’s to-do list’
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General and the President of the 77TH General Assembly joined world leaders and Goodwill Ambassadors on Monday in a global call to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and get back on track to building a better world that “leaves no one behind”.
UN spotlights transformational potential of family farming for world food supply
- UN News
A Global Forum highlighting the UN’s Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) got underway on Monday, aimed at identifying priority policies to boost support for family farmers and agricultural development worldwide.
Reflections on High-Level Meetings of the UN General Assembly
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 19 (IPS) - The high-level segment of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is famous for its fiery speeches and the colorful personalities assembled in the GA Hall. But much more goes on beyond the hall itself –the frenzy of the press in the broadcast trucks, security personnel on every sidewalk, military aides in dress uniforms, and an endless round of receptions and parties of every kind.
The Day the UN General Assembly Abandoned its New York City Home
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 19 (IPS) - When the United Nations decided to locate its 39-storeyed Secretariat in New York city, the United States, as host nation, signed a “headquarters agreement” in 1947 not only ensuring diplomatic immunity to foreign diplomats but also pledging to facilitate the day-to-day activities of member states without any hindrance, including the issuance of US visas to enter the country.
Closing gender pay gaps is more important than ever
- UN News
On average, women globally are paid about 20 per cent less than men, the International Labour (ILO) Organization said on Saturday, International Equal Pay Day.
Financing education, imperative for 'peaceful, prosperous, stable societies’ – UN chief
- UN News
Education systems around the world need “more, not less money” the UN chief told journalists on Saturday during a joint press stakeout on the Transforming Education Summit and the International Finance Facility for Education.
Reimagining Urban Agriculture With Vertical Farming
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, USA, Sep 16 (IPS) - Cities across the world including New Jersey and California, a State that is home to a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry, have continued to experience climate change linked extreme events including scorching temperatures, extreme heat events, heavy storms and flooding with devastating impacts on agriculture, food security, and food systems.
Remedy in Sight to Subdue an Invasive Poisonous Enemy in Kenyas Drylands
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Sep 16 (IPS) - Hannah Sakamo is worried. She is about to lose yet another goat in less than a month. A pastoralist in Eldepe village, Marigat Sub-County, Baringo County in Kenya’s Rift Valley region, her household’s lifeline is at stake.
Achieving Lifelong Independence for People with Disabilities
- Inter Press Service
San Francisco, Sep 16 (IPS) - Vernae Gallaread aspires to teach sign language to people with disabilities and to families who cannot afford sign language lessons for their children.
Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 16 (IPS) - International Equal Pay Day, observed officially by the United Nations on 16 September, aims to draw attention to the gender pay gap – the difference between what a woman earns compared to a man for work of equal value – and the systemic inequalities it is rooted in.
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