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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, UN urges inclusion, access for people of all abilities

3 December 2015 – The United Nations is marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Dis

In Malta, Ban urges Commonwealth leaders to join UN in 'final push' to wipe out polio

28 November 2015 – A world that may have once seemed unimaginable is within reach – a polio-free

Ban tells world why he cares ‘so deeply’ about climate change

25 November 2015 – Reminding the world that the sooner action is taken to tackle climate change,

UN report finds 90 per cent of disasters are weather-related

23 November 2015 – A new report issued today by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduc

On Africa Industrialization Day, Ban warns gender inequity, youth unemployment risk continent’s progress

20 November 2015 – Marking the Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary General Ban

Biodegradable plastics are not the answer to reducing marine litter, says UN

17 November 2015 – Widespread adoption of products labelled “biodegradable” will not significantl

UN calls on countries to protect health from impacts of climate change

17 November 2015 – With the United Nations climate conference (COP21) starting in Paris in less t

Ukraine: as winter closes in, UN warns 700,000 children at risk due to severely damaged heating systems

13 November 2015 – About 700,000 children in Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine are in danger

On World Diabetes Day, UN calls for greater action to turn tide of growing global epidemic

13 November 2015 – With the World Health Organization (WHO) warning that diabetes will be the 7th

UN Internet Governance Forum closes, highlights linkages with sustainable development

14 November 2015 – Consensus at the closing 10th Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Brazil today