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UNGA78: UN chief brushes off key leaders' absence, says delivery paramount

Date
Saturday, September 16, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Description
With several high-profile world leaders opting out of the UN General Assembly’s annual opening session next week, Secretary-General António Guterres has said that he cares less about who comes to New York and more about what gets done, especially to

UNFPA reveals winners of AccessAbility innovation challenge

Date
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Description
Four organizations working with young people with disabilities are the winners of the first AccessAbility innovation challenge held by the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA. 

US state abortion bans ‘putting millions of women and girls at risk’

Date
Friday, June 02, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Description
Millions of women and girls across the United States have suffered an alarming deterioration in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, following the US Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, UN

UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

Date
Thursday, June 01, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Description
As the world comes together to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month on Thursday, the UN agency dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, issued a declaration of solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI)

UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch 

Date
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 6:00 AM
Description
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the latest satellite launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), his spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.