The World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted, through several shipments in August, over 500 tons of essential medicines and medical...

The Challenge Globally, annual economic growth declined from 3% in 2000 to 1.3% in 2014. Roughly half the world’s population still lives...

“Mer de Glace”, or Sea of Ice, is France’s largest glacier and the second largest in the Alps. Located in the Mont Blanc massif, the...

Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall...

The Challenge There is no development without fuelling the engine of growth. Energy is critical and people with no sustainable access to...

Every effort should be made to bring a global treaty into force that prevents more countries from developing nuclear weapons, UN...

The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an...

The Challenge Every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply,...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has...

Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...

The Challenge Since gender inequality constitutes one of the history’s most persistent and widespread forms of injustice, eliminating it...

The Challenge The world today has more knowledge than ever before, but not everyone can benefit from it. Globally, countries have made...

The Challenge Poor health constitutes suffering and deprivation of the most fundamental kind. Over the years, significant strides have...

Visible from the Palace of Nations’ “ambassadors' court”, made of Douglas fir wood, Broken Chair stands in delicate balance on three legs...

Rapid advances in gene editing and so-called “DIY biological laboratories”which could be used by extremists, threaten to derail efforts...

The Challenge One in every nine individuals around the world today experiences hunger, despite the fact that enough food exists to feed...

Mr. Annan was the seventh man to take the helm of the global organization and the first Secretary-General to emerge from the ranks of its...

Marginalized groups suffer unduly harsh consequences due to Brazil’s economic policies of austerity, prompting United Nations rights...

An “invasive pest” that devours more than 80 different plant species, including many staple crops, could threaten the food security and...

The Challenge Around the world today, a staggering 800 million people still live in conditions of extreme poverty. With one in five...