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While the world&#39s forests continue to shrink as populations increase and woodlands are converted to agriculture and other uses, over the past 25 years, the rate of net global deforestation has slowed down by more than 50 per cent, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report published today.

As the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) continues to face challenges in funding its emergency response in Syria, the agency&#39s Executive Director Ertharin Cousin has thanked U2 lead singer and ONE co-founder Bono, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Ireland&#39s Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney for their efforts to give voice and support to the world&#39s hungry poor.

Supporting the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be a key focus for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in years to come, Director General Yukiya Amano told a meeting of the Agency&#39s Board of Governors in Vienna today, where he also provided an update on the application of nuclear safeguards in Iran, Democratic Republic of Korea and Syria.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to European leaders &#8220to be the voice of those in need of protection&#8221 and to quickly find a joint approach to the refugee and migration crisis that shares responsibilities equitably, as Germany and Austria continue to welcome thousands of people fleeing their war-torn homelands.

On the International Day of Charity, marked annually on 5 September, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on people everywhere to volunteer and act charitably in the face of human suffering.

As Austria and Germany begin receiving thousands of refugees and migrants who crossed the border last night from Hungary, the United Nations refugee agency hailed the decision as &#8220political leadership based on humanitarian values,&#8221 while also applauding Austrian and German civil society groups gearing up to assist people as they enter their countries.

Saudi Arabia's king has rented every room in Georgetown's poshest hotel as he meets with top U.S. officials to discuss his bombing campaign against the Middle East's poorest country.

Richard Curtis is known around the world as the film-maker behind international hits such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Mr. Bean, Love Actually, and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his involvement with the charity Comic Relief.

However, over the past year, the British filmmaker and founder of Project Everyone has been working closely with the United Nations to help give prominence to something completely different – the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 targets aimed at achieving three main objectives in the next 15 years: end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change.

Estonian parents get two years of paid leave, U.S. prisoners make $.12 an hour, and other statistics to consider this Labor Day.

The United Nations envoy facilitating efforts to restore peace in Libya said today that real progress was being made as the participants wrapped-up the latest round of the political dialogue process, which has been taking place in Geneva.

Wrapping up a four-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kyung-wha Kang, called strongly today for creative ways to reignite donor engagement and ensure that one of the world’s most protracted crises does not “fall off the humanitarian radar.”

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After running on an anti-corruption campaign, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari made his assets public this week.

As Germany faces a racist backlash to the influx of migrants and refugees, is the country forgetting its past?

The strange love affair between Indonesia’s speaker of the house, a volcano-fracking tycoon, and Donald Trump.

The reaction to images of Aylan Kurdi says much about the deep tie many see between democracy and chaos.

Déclarations menaçantes et escarmouches plus ou moins maîtrisées empoisonnent le climat en mer de Chine orientale. En cause : les îles Senkaku /Diaoyu, revendiquées à la fois par le Japon et par la Chine — avec Washington pour arbitre. / Asie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Japon, (...) / Asie, Chine, États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Japon, Défense, Géopolitique, Mer, Nationalisme, Relations internationales, Stratégie, Géographie, Pacifique, Mer de Chine, Frontières - 2014/01

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Le discours anticapitaliste d'un pape venu du Sud ; une lettre de l'ancienne ministre de la culture du Mali Aminata D. Traoré à propos des migrants perdus en mer ; l'industrie des « prêteurs rapaces » aux Etats-Unis ; la géopolitique de l'Arctique au prisme de l'ours polaire : voici une sélection (...) / États-Unis, Animal, Capitalisme, Inégalités, Migrations, Pauvreté, Religion, Arctique, Frontières - La valise diplomatique

China’s unsuccessful invitation to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the country’s Second World War victory over Japan was an example of diplomacy at its most passive-aggressive.