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The post Second World war dream of global peace which brought countries from around the world together at the United Nations continues to re...
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The post Second World war dream of global peace which brought countries from around the world together at the United Nations continues to re...

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most significant resolutions on youth and peace ever adopted by the UN Security Council. Resol...

Storytelling has the power to inspire action, and when celebrities and influencers use their platforms for climate advocacy, the impact can...

Space exploration and the use of space technology is becoming an increasingly critical part of the global economy, but how can the world ens...

Wind and solar energy are now the cheapest sources of energy, bringing cleaner air, stronger communities, and new economic opportunities. In...

Too often, coordinated misinformation campaigns are amplified and monetized via digital advertising, hampering efforts to address the climat...

At UN Headquarters in New York, Karla Quintana, head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria (IIMP), has warned that time...

Now in its thirteenth year, the war in Syria shows no signs of letting up, and several foreign powers are active in the country, including R...

April 7 marks three decades since the beginning of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. An almost unimaginable slaughter, which sa...

The Haitian economy may be on its knees, but the gangs that control much of the capital Port-au-Prince seem to have little trouble obtaining...

In Kosovo, where tensions remain high between the ethnic Albanian and ethnic Serb communities, the United Nations is leading efforts to prom...

Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to plastic pollution. As well as coping with a tsunami of waste washes up on thei...

Dominica may have found a solution to cover all of its electricity needs, and even sell electricity abroad, without burning fossil fuels: ge...

Caribbean island nations are vulnerable to a host of extreme weather events, from hurricanes to floods and droughts, that are becoming more...

Like many island economies, Dominica experiences high youth unemployment, and recent events, in particular Hurricane Maria and the COVID-19...

This episode of The Lid Is On focuses on cutting edge online technology, and the UN’s role in making sure that it benefits humanity, rather...

There was a wealth of stories to follow at high-level week of the UN General Assembly, from the conference on the Israel-Palestine two-State...

In this episode of The Lid Is On, experts discuss the urgent need to restore the Ocean, which is facing a host of threats that could drive m...

The shipping industry moves 90% of world trade—and produces nearly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In this episode of 'The Lid is On'...

A Thai woman has been talking about how she was tricked into handing over more than $300,000 to a criminal gang that entrapped her in an ela...
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