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Women in Tanzania harvest seaweed as part of a climate-smart agriculture project.

5 things you need to know the world’s least developed countries

Three years after the world began to shut down as COVID-19 took hold, the UN and other partners will gather in Doha, Qatar, to deliver a historic new compact to support the countries whose vulnerabilities the pandemic most exposed.

Cheetahs stand in wait at sunrise, in the Maasai Mara national park in Kenya.

To save a million species, World Wildlife Day underscores crucial role of partnerships

António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General (2nd right) meets returnees from Syria at the Jeddah Rehabilitation Centre, Iraq,

Iraq: Repatriations from notorious Syria camp ‘an example for the world’

Thousands of Nicaraguans have protested since April. More than a hundred people have died in clashes with the authorities. (file)

Crimes against humanity likely committed in Nicaragua, says independent rights probe

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Niger joins crucial UN transboundary water-sharing accord

Cindy McCain appointed next head of the UN World Food Programme

Food rationing for Rohingya refugees a ‘matter of life and death’: rights expert

WHO chief underscores need for ‘peace for health’ in landmark visit to northwest Syria

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The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed meets students at the Pays-Bas school in Niamey, Niger.

In Niger, UN deputy chief highlights power of partnership to forge schools for the future

Ambassadors Yoka Brandt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (left) and Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat of the Republic of Tajikistan at UN Headquarters in New York. Their countries are co-hosts of the 2023 UN Water Conference.

INTERVIEW: Turn the tide on water crisis with game-changing commitments, urge co-hosts of UN conference

Security Council Meets on Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine

PODCAST: Top UN official in Ukraine reflects on a year of war and suffering

Beth Bechdol is Deputy Director-General at the UN's Food and Agriculture, (FAO).

One year since Russian invasion, concerns grow over global food affordability

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February 24, 2023 marks a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine: ‘Calling it a crisis seems so insignificant compared to everyday reality on the ground’: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

Humanitarian Aid The people of Ukraine remain resilient a year since Russia’s 24 February 2022 invasion but “humanitarian aid is as necessary as ever,” according to the UN’s most senior official in the country.

A rescue dog searches for survivors of the earthquake in Antakya, Hatay, Türkiye.

‘No words’ to explain people’s suffering in Türkiye: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

IOM’s Johannes Fromholt helps to unload relief items in Kurakhove in central Ukraine.

First Person: The towns in Ukraine which no longer exist

Young children in conflict-affected Bol, Chad study science at school.

Dreams in crisis: Children send world leaders postcards from the edge

Carnival is one of the cultural highlights of the year in Trinidad.

Caribbean carnival performers take stage to fight COVID disinformation

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Staff work behind the scenes in the UNTV control room during the General Assembly’s annual general debate and associated high-level meetings.

Photo story: A watershed moment - transformation the key word at UNGA77

The opening session of the 77th General Assembly session was held under the theme of “transformative solutions to interlocking challenges,” and featured a high-profile summit aimed at tackling the education crisis.

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

Displaced children living in a camp in Djugu, which was visited by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Photo Story: South African peacekeepers display courage and compassion wherever they serve

Members of the MONUC’s South African parachute battalion disembark from a military vehicle for patrol duties around the village of Ntamugenga.

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets Iraq's Prime Minister in Baghdad.

Guterres stresses UN commitment to Iraq during first visit in 6 years

Peace and Security The Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, is in Iraq for the first time in six years, expressing support for the country’s people, the new Government and its ambitious reform agenda.

UNICEF are providing support for vulnerable children in Gujarat, India.

Governments urged to strengthen child social protection

SDGs The number of children worldwide without access to social protection continues to rise, putting them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report published on Wednesday.

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