UN Environment Assembly advances collaborative action on triple planetary crisis
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Press Release )Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
Communiqué from Africa CDC on the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Extra Ordinary Virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government on the Cholera situation in the region
Stories & Blogs AU (Press Release )Africa CDC sensitised Heads of State and Government from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regarding the increase of cholera-related cases and deaths in the region.
Communiqué of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Withdrawal of Three ECOWAS Member States
Stories & Blogs AU (Press Release )The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, learnt, with deep regret, the announcement of the withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from ECOWAS.
In Ethiopia, UNHCR’s Grandi urges more support for people fleeing Sudan
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )With nearly 8 million people displaced by the brutal conflict in Sudan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for urgent and additional support to meet their needs.
African economies to grow modestly in 2024 amidst high borrowing costs, geopolitical instability and climate change impacts, according to UN flagship economic report
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )Slower global growth, tightening monetary conditions and elevated inflation weigh on growth outlook and sustainable development.
Energy Modelling Platform for Africa (EMP-A) 2024
Event May 13 -31, 2024 - Venue/Format: Accra, GhanaOrganizer: ECA - African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)
Virtual High-Level Policy Dialogue for Southern Africa on 56th Session of UNECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Event February 8, 2024 - Venue/Format: VirtualOrganizer: ECA - Subregional Office - Southern Africa
Ad hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the announcement of voluntary contributions to the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for 2023 (pledging conference)
Event December 5, 2023 - Venue/Format: Palais des Nations - Room XIXOrganizer: UNHCR
A decade after the Lampedusa shipwreck, the continuing tragedies need to end
Stories & Blogs UNHCR (Press Release )Joint statement by the Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, Amy E. Pope, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
Amplify Girls’ Voices, Stand with Them to Fight Sexism, Secretary-General Urges in Observance Message, Pointing Out Old Forms of Discrimination Continue
Stories & Blogs UN (Press Release )Halfway to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, the world is failing girls.