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The Second United Nations Habitat Assembly (UNHA2) is set to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 9 June 2023. The Assembly is expected to bring

By treating nature like a dumping ground, we are digging our own graves, says UN chief António Guterres

As the world marks the first International Day of Zero Waste, Doha based environmental campaigner has stressed more awareness and adopting zero waste...

Waste crisis is undermining the Earth’s ability to sustain life. Waste costs global economy billions of dollars each year.

In response to the worsening impacts of waste on human health, the economy and the environment, the world today marked the inaugural International Day of Zero Waste, which encourages everyone to prevent and minimize waste and promotes a societal shift towards a circular economy.

In response to the worsening impacts of waste on human health, the economy and the environment, the world on Thursday marked the inaugural International Day of Zero Waste, which encourages everyone to prevent and minimize waste and promotes a ...

International Day of Zero Waste highlights the environmental and human health risks of waste.

RIYADH: Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the Royal Court and supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, met Maimunah Mohd Sharif, executive director of the UN Human Settlements Programme, on the sidelines of the Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum. Prospects for cooperation between KSrelief and UN-Habitat were discussed during the meeting,

The 211-page report, “This Is Why We Became Activists: Violence Against Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women and Non-binary People,” is a groundbreaking investigation into violence and discrimination in 26 countries. Human Rights Watch looked beyond the criminalization of same-sex conduct to analyze how sexist, patriarchal legal regimes such as male guardianship, unequal inheritance laws, and discrimination against single women violate LBQ+ people’s rights and leave them at a significant dis...

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has called for enhancing viewpoint coordination among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the United Nations.