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    HLPF 2024: Protecting Civic Space Critical for SDGs Success

    Where civic space isn’t open, communities have significantly restricted and limited agency to pursue progress – the kind the SDGs envisage. People who expose...
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    Disaster risk reduction

    UN Vows to Fight Increasing Sand, Dust Storms

    Acting by consensus, the 193-member Assembly adopted the draft resolution titled “United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms (2025-2034)” thus dedicating the...
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    Afghanistan

    Pakistan Extends 1.4 Million Afghan Refugees’ Stay, UNHCR Applauds Move

    UNHCR acknowledged that Pakistan's decision marks a significant step in ensuring humanitarian assistance and protection for Afghan refugees amid regional challenges and geopolitical complexities. In...
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    News

    Buckle Up, Make a Safety Statement: UN Launches Global Campaign to Enhance Road Safety

    Starting in New York, the campaign will run through 2025, reaching approximately 1,000 cities in more than 80 countries through billboards, social media and...
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    Features

    Time Running Short as 2030 Deadline Looms for UN Blueprint for a Fairer Future

    The 2023 SDG Summit marked the mid-way point of the Goals, and underscored the fact that most of them are way off-track. At this...
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    India

    UN Committee Urges India to End Racial Discrimination Against Rohingyas

    In a statement issued on Tuesday under its early warning and urgent action procedure, the committee also said that it was alarmed by reports...
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    Lifestyle diseases and NCDs

    One in Three Adults at Risk For Lack of Enough Physical Activity

    Of concern, disparities remain between gender and age. Physical inactivity is still more common among women globally compared with men, with inactivity rates of...
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    Climate change

    Climate Change Undermines Human Rights: World Meteorological Organisation

    Protracted conflicts, economic downturns, high food prices are at the root of high global food insecurity levels. This is aggravated by naturally occurring phenomena...
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    Health officials have acknowledged that traditional approaches have not fully resolved the stunting puzzle and are exploring new measures.
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