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The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and partners announce the winners of the 14th Equator Prize, acknowledging Indigenous peoples and local communities from ten countries. Selected from a pool of over 500 nominations received from 108 countries, the winners are from Brazil, Burundi, Bolivia, Ecuador, Greenland, Guatemala, Liberia, Philippines, Nepal and Zambia. The winners will be awarded at a ceremony in November, during UNDP’s Nature for Life Hub event.

The United Nations Volunteers returning to Sudan to support those in need

Like many other farmers in the district of Ea Kar in Dak Lak province, Mr. Luc Van Long and Ms. To Thi Van have struggled in the face of water scarcity and annual droughts.

The most important provisions outlined in the foreign policy strategy of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov include the strengthening of universal peace and security in modern conditions, including in the field of food security. Our neutra...

This August marks twenty years of peace in Liberia following the end of the brutal civil war there, followed by a successful democratic transition. In this blog, the UN Resident Coordinator in the West African country, Christine N. Umutoni, reflects on the enormous progress Liberians have made.

WARRAP – Following years of civil war, South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, has been grappling with curbing civilian access to small arms. With elections slated for next year and surging conflict across many of the country’s 10 states, concrete measures are required for successful civilian disarmament, given that similar exercises in the past haven’t yielded desired

KABUL: Two years since the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the United...

The Taliban movement, birthed in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, controlled the country from 1996 to 2001.

Access to education, jobs and public spaces for women have all been curtailed under Taliban rule.

UN World Tourism Organization members meet to rethink agenda for African tourism