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UN agency smartphone app now raising funds for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon

New York, Apr 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): ShareTheMeal, the award-winning smartphone app developed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), is switching its fundraising efforts to support Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. more

UNICEF, World Bank urge greater investment in early childhood development

New York, Apr 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The heads of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank Group are jointly urging global and national leaders to step up action an ...

UN Development Cooperation Forum can contribute to advancing 2030 Agenda

New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In Brussels on Friday, the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Oh Joon, emphasized that its forum that reviews the l ...

After ‘Panama Papers’ leak, UN expert calls for end of financial secrecy to halt illicit fund flows

New York, Apr 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): In the wake of last week’s leak of a trove of confidential financial documents from a Panama law firm, a United Nations human rights expert called o ...

Global food prices edge up in March; cereal production outlook robust – UN

New York, Apr 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): World cereal production in 2016 is set to reach 2,521 million tonnes, just 0.2 per cent below last year’s and the third-highest on record, the Unite ...

High-level panel on women's economic empowerment holds first meeting at UN

New York, Mar 16(Just Earth News/IBNS):The High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where th ...

Cultural goods remain economic driver in digital age – UNESCO report

New York, Mar 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS):A United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report launched on Thursday finds that the trade in cultural goods doubled ...

Overall global food prices steady in February – UN

New York, Mar 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Overall food prices stayed put on the month in February, as falling sugar and dairy prices offset a spike in vegetable oil prices, according to the Un ...

Economic Survey: India leads in global milk production

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) The Economic Survey 2015-16 presented in the Parliament on Friday by the Union finance minister Arun Jaitley revealed that India ranks first in global milk producti ...

Economic Survey: Indian equity market relatively resilient versus many emerging economies

New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS) The Economic Survey 2015-16 presented on Friday in the Parliament by the Union finance minister Arun Jaitley stated that despite volatility in global financial marke ...