Indigenous often "overlooked" in conservation effort: FAO
Indigenous peoples have a “key role” in wildlife conservation because of their “deep understanding” of the native ecology.
Indigenous peoples have a “key role” in wildlife conservation because of their “deep understanding” of the native ecology.
Over five per cent of the world’s population is living with hearing loss, but preventing the condition is “infinitely easier” than treating it.
That’s according to Dr Shelly Chadha, an expert on hearing loss and deafness prevention from the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Pattern of excessive use of force” against dissenting voices in DRC
We must reinvent ourselves” to serve world better: UN deputy chief
Governments are being urged to provide more funding to prevent and treat drug abuse among women.
Any kid who “sticks out” and is different gets bullied, but it’s worse for those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI), a UN human rights expert has warned.
Multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion are behind the “alarmingly high prevalence” of violence experienced by indigenous women in Australia, according to a UN human rights expert.
Continuing conflict in Yemen has left millions without adequate access to food and water, and the international community needs to do everything it can "now" to fund a major relief effort.
There has been a pattern of excessive use of force in the repression of dissenting voices across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior UN official in the country has warned.
The first-ever conference that combines game playing and policy making got underway in the German city of Bonn this Wednesday.