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Environment

Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet

Since 2009, people around the world have celebrated World Oceans Day. The United Nations General Assembly took the concept, first proposed in 1992 and made it official on 5...

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Sustainable Development

Countries Pitch In For Early Warning Systems And Accurate Weather Projections

Taking into account the rising frequency of extreme weather events across the world and subsequent damages, the Subsidiary Body of Scientific and Technological Advice (SBST...

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Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio Supports World Environment Day

Leonardo DiCaprio is supporting World Environment Day on June 5 with the United Nations Environment Programme. “Over consumption of food is detrimental to our health ...

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Environment

Climate change: Six energy companies write to United Nations for carbon pricing scheme

Six major energy companies have written to the United Nations asking for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme to help tackle climate change.BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Tot...

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Health

World Health Statistics Reports On Global Health Goals For 194 Countries

13 MAY 2015 | GENEVA - 2015 is the final year for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ??goals set by governments in 2000 to guide global efforts to end p...

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Sustainable Development

India, A Victim Of E-Waste Crime

Much of the 40 million tonnes of electronic waste produced around the world — old smartphones, TVs, laptops and obsolete kitchen appliances — finds its way ille...

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Bollywood

Manisha Koirala Partners With UNFPA To Help Quake-Affected Women

Manisha Koirala has partnered with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and Government of Nepal to help quake affected women of Nepal. Noted Bollywood ...

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Health

At U.N., Radicals Regret Lack Of ??rogress??And Seek To Feminize Post-2015 Development Agenda

Against the backdrop of ongoing negotiations over the United Nations??new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), delegates and activists from around the world met at the U.N...

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Bollywood

Cannes 2015: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Attends Discussion On Gender Equality

Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Sunday joined the United Nations Women’s panel on gender equality in the film industry during her this year’s first app...

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Environment

Educating for Sustainable Development

PARIS ? This year marks a turning point for the world, with the international community adopting a new global development strategy in September and negotiating a universal ...

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