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Child Rights
Is This Nepal’s Nirbhaya Moment?
People, at times even a few thousands of them, have come out to rally in support of an abused Nepali woman, galvanized by a...
Accountability
Pakistan’s Coal Miners Mourn For The Dead; Fight For The Living
More workers have lost their lives in Pakistan’s deadly coal mines this month. 18 miners have been killed at work in May alone, according...
Climate change
Disaster Prevention, Risk Reduction, Critical to Sustainable Future: UN Deputy Chief
The World Meteorological Organization has been charged with the task of preparing and presenting an action plan aimed at ensuring that every person on...
Civil society
New Medicines May Help End AIDS – But High Prices and Monopolies Could Keep the Poor Locked Out
On the current trajectory, most people who need them will not be able to get them any time soon, because high prices and monopolies...
Child Rights
Reclaiming Our Future
As ESCAP celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we find ourselves facing our biggest shared test on the back of cascading and overlapping impacts...
Child Rights
Nepal Responsible for Torture, Rape and Killing of Teenage Girl: UN Rights Committee
Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act specifically says that those responsible for sexual violence are not eligible for amnesty. But the authorities are yet...
Civil society
Human Rights Must Be At Heart Of Solution To Sri Lanka Crisis
The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no signs of ending any time soon, with the country’s newly installed Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe,...
Climate change
By Deliberately Ignoring Risk, the World Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction
The scale and intensity of disasters are increasing, with more people killed or affected by disasters in the last five years than in the...
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Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...
Poultry Industry Leaders Unite Over Industry Principles to Reduce the Need to Use Antimicrobials
Collectively, these organizations reach over 100 countries and represent over 40 per cent of global poultry meat production spanning...
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Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek...
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