The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) promotes global awareness and understanding of the work of the United Nations. “In countries seeing positive signs, the biggest threat now ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has set gender equality back years, with women around the world taking on the "lion's share" of extra domestic chores, the United Nations reported on Thursday. It comes one day ...

Only one in eight countries worldwide have brought in measures to specifically protect women from the impact of the ...

As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that having the right tools and technology to fight infectious diseases is at the forefront of healthcare innovation priorities. In times like these, ...

On September 20th, for the first time in history, the United Nations (UN) convened a High-Level Meeting (HLM) dedicated to Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response at the UN Headquarters in New ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In four days of fiery speeches over war, climate change and the threat of nuclear weapons, one issue felt like an afterthought during this year's U.N. General Assembly: the ...

The latest United Nations Human Development Report details vastly uneven economic and social development that is leaving the world’s poorest people behind, worsening inequality and stoking political ...

High inequality makes the world vulnerable to pandemics and creates a vicious cycle that puts public health and economies at risk, leading economists, health experts and the United Nations said Monday ...

More than two years on from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 20 countries across the world today still deny access to asylum for people fleeing conflict, violence, and persecution based ...

Guterres said this in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness The International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, celebrated annually on December 27, provides an ...

Global tuberculosis rates fell about 2% in 2024 from the previous year, according to a World Health Organization report, ...