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UN, African Union partnership to foster job opportunities for African rural youth

New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has partnered with the New Partnership for Africaâ€™s Development (NEPAD) to generate job and business opportunities for young people in rural Benin, Cameroon, Malawi, and Niger, thanks to a $4 million grant from the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund. more

In Bhutan, UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador Aamir Khan spotlights battle against malnutrition

New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): After a visit to Bhutan yesterday, actor and director Aamir Khan, a UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador, praised the countryâ€™s progress to end maln ...

INTERVIEW: 'Implementation of the 17 SDGs is the core of my work’ – UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson

New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): On 13 June 2016, the United Nations General Assembly elected Peter Thomson of Fiji to serve as President of its seventy-first session, which runs from Sep ...

HABITAT III: ‘A human-centred city is a culture-centred space’ says UNESCO report

New York, Oct 19 (Just Earth News): With top diplomats and urban development experts gathered this week in Quito, Ecuador, for a major United Nations conference on green, clean urban spaces, ...

Sustainable food systems vital to achieving 2030 Agenda nutrition targets – UN Rome-based agencies

New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): Opening its 43rd plenary session in Rome on Monday in the wake of major global agreements on sustainable development and climate change, the main United N ...

HABITAT III: Sustainable, inclusive cities ‘can transform our world for the better,’ Ban tells UN conference

New York, Oct 18 (Just Earth News): Opening on Monday the United Nations Habitat III conference in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, Secretary-General Ban-Ki-Moon told the gathered delegations ...

'The United Nations is with you,' Ban tells people of Haiti after witnessing hurricane's wrath

New York, Oct 16 (Just Earth News): Haiti is facing its largest humanitarian disaster since the 2010 earthquake, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday in Port-au-Prin ...

HABITAT III: UN conference to set new urban development agenda creating sustainable, equitable cities for all

New York, Oct 15 (Just Earth News): A major global conference, aiming to set a â€˜New Urban Agenda,â€™ which, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will ...

Security Council extends UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti for six months

New York, Oct 14 (Just Earth News): Accepting Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonâ€™s recommendation, the Security Council on Thursday extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping ...

António Guterres appointed next UN Secretary-General by acclamation

New York, Oct 13 (Just Earth News): The General Assembly on Thursday appointed by acclamation the former Prime Minister of Portugal, AntÃ³nio Guterres, as the next United Nations Secretary ...