Fishing for a Sustainable and Equitable Future in the Pacific
WASHINGTON, December 22, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$32.97 million in International Development Association (IDA) grants and credits to support the Pacific...
View ArticleCoral Reef Conservation Fund 2014 Awards Announced
January 15, 2015, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Coral Reef Conservation Fund 2014 awards. These projects will address...
View ArticleExplosion of data reveals vast and urgent needs
A public discussion on maternal health in Burkina Faso. Information gathering and decision-making should include community members, said experts at a UN meeting. read more
View ArticleSAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline provides crisis counseling and support to...
The Disaster Distress Helpline is a national hotline dedicated to providing year-round immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or man-made...
View ArticleThe Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention enters into force
The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks provides a set of uniform international rules for the prompt and effective removal of wrecks located in a country’s exclusive economic zone...
View ArticleFAO and ACP member states share strong focus on nutrition and climate change
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP). read more
View ArticleU.S. To Host Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
Secretary of State John Kerry will open the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate hosted at the U.S. Department of State on April 19-20. read more
View ArticleWHO report finds systems to combat antibiotic resistance lacking
A quarter of countries that responded to a WHO survey have national plans to preserve antimicrobial medicines like antibiotics, but many more countries must also step up. A new report, "Worldwide...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold...
The twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to...
View ArticleNew Jersey, Man Admits Smuggling $65 Million in Sensitive Electronic...
A Mountainside, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in an international procurement network that obtained and smuggled more than $65 million worth of electronics from the United States to Russia in...
View ArticlePacific Islands Prepare for a More Disaster Resilient Future
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2015 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$32.29 million in International Development Association (IDA) grants and credits to support the Pacific...
View ArticleHHS awards Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Director Evelyn Kappeler announced today more than $86 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants to non-profit...
View ArticleTreasury Targets Syrian Regime Energy Networks
Treasury will continue to employ its robust financial tools to weaken Assad’s support network,” said Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Adam J. Szubin. read more
View ArticleUS$ 17 million to fight HIV,TB and malaria in the Pacific Region
New York – Two new agreements reached in the Pacific by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) are set to provide a major boost in...
View ArticleITF reveals MLC experiences to International Shipping Conference
ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) maritime coordinator Jacqueline Smith will reveal the organisation’s experience of the Maritime Labour Convention’s second year in operation, in a...
View ArticleInclusive and sustainable industrialization key driver of Agenda 2030, say...
VIENNA, 30 November 2015 – Inclusive and sustainable industrial development lies at the core of UNIDO’s mandate, it is one of the main drivers for sustainable development and will be crucial for...
View ArticleFull speed ahead with climate-change measures at IMO following Paris Agreement
To date, IMO is the only organization to have adopted energy-efficiency measures that are legally binding across an entire global industry and apply to all countries. read more
View ArticleHuman Rights Council Elects Three Vice Presidents for 2021 Bureau
GENEVA, (16 December 2020) – The Human Rights Council this afternoon elected Ambassador Keva Lorraine Bain of the Bahamas, Ambassador Ali Ibn Abi Talib Abdelrahman Mahmoud of the Sudan and Ambassador...
View ArticleLSC Eviction Laws Database
An online tool that allows users to explore the entire legal process of eviction – from pre-filing to post-judgment – in communities across the country.read more
View ArticleAustralias human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
GENEVA (15 January 2021) – Australia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Wednesday, 20 January...
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