Tropical forests gradually store less carbon
Tropical forests are gradually losing their capacity to store carbon. If no timely action is taken, they could even start emitting carbon by 2035....
Meeting with the Zambian Minister of Defence
On 5 March, the Ambassador met with the Zambian Minister of Defence, accompanied by the French Regional Defence Attaché, who was visiting the country.
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Somalia Clears Arrears to World Bank Group Bank Group
Download logoThe Federal Government of Somalia today cleared its arrears to the International Development Association (IDA), completing the process of normalizing its financial relationship...
Shipwreck Off Coast of Libya Pushes Migrant Deaths on the Mediterranean...
Download logoA tragic shipwreck off the coast of Libya last month and more than a dozen other recent fatalities elsewhere have pushed the death...
World Health Organization (WHO) and key health partners join forces to...
Download logoWith confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Algeria, Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) and key health partners are strengthening...
Statement by the Secretary-General on the death of Javier Pérez de...
Download logoBy Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
I am profoundly saddened at the passing of my predecessor, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.
He was an...
Landmark deep-sea mission to boost ocean action
A deep-sea scientific mission to uncharted depths in the Maldives and Seychelles will gather valuable data to support the Commonwealth Blue Charter on ocean...
Presence of UN Peacekeepers brings relief and relative security to residents...
Following recent intercommunal clashes in greater Tonj near Kuajok, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan is continuously patrolling the area and engaging in...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s last Ebola patient discharged
Download logoThe last Ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was discharged today from a treatment centre in the north-eastern town of...
Working with communities to end Ebola
“In some places they threw stones at us, but in others community leaders became engaged and fought alongside us for the survival of their...
