World’s forests at serious risk from warming planet, fires and pests: UNECE

05 november 2025 - 14:26:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Decades of progress in protecting the planet’s carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate [...] Full text...

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Ministers from Europe and beyond commit to address housing emergency

08 october 2025 - 21:21:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Across Europe and beyond, housing costs are rising faster than incomes and many families are spending [...] Full text...

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‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity (By UN News)

07 august 2025 - 05:18:52
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire joins UN treaty on cross-border water management

17 july 2024 - 06:59:00
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire has become the latest country to sign on to a UN treaty to improve [...] Full text...

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Tackle methane emissions now, to slow global warming

21 march 2024 - 05:33:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tackling emissions of methane now, is essential to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming [...] Full text...

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Niger joins crucial UN transboundary water-sharing accord

06 march 2023 - 14:35:42
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger announced on Thursday that it would join a key UN water-sharing agreement with its Lake [...] Full text...

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UN taps potential for trust-building on shared water resources

09 december 2022 - 05:56:23
Paris, France (PANA) - A UN-led push for greater cross-border cooperation over increasingly finite water resources, made significant progress on [...] Full text...

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UN SG's Special Envoy to Libya surprisingly resigns

23 november 2021 - 19:21:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Support Mission in [...] Full text...

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World leaders urged to prioritise action on water and climate

31 october 2021 - 10:03:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must step up urgent action to address the water-related consequences of climate change, the head [...] Full text...

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UN urges Maghreb countries to preserve the Sahara aquifer system

30 september 2020 - 18:54:51
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has urged Algeria, Tunisia and Libya to take [...] Full text...

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Greening transport sector in post COVID-19 recovery can create 15 million jobs globally

19 may 2020 - 12:59:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recovery from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cannot be a return to business as usual. It [...] Full text...

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UN resolution paves way for mass use of driverless cars

11 october 2018 - 03:36:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A resolution to ensure the safe use of automated vehicles was passed at the UN Economic [...] Full text...

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Cameroon hosts workshop on implementation of SDG 6 in french-speaking Central Africa

04 july 2018 - 14:52:34
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - A three-day (4-6 July, 2018) workshop at which participants will share their experiences concerning the Sustainable [...] Full text...

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UN takes steps to address road accidents

12 april 2018 - 21:24:34
New York, US (PANA) - With some 1.3 million drivers, passengers and pedestrians dying each year on the world’s roads, [...] Full text...

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EU accents access to safe drinking water as essential human right

22 march 2018 - 12:29:50
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Recalling that the right to safe drinking water is a human right essential for the full [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU underlines right of access to safe, clean water for all

21 march 2017 - 14:51:56
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - In response to the rise in humanitarian needs and forced displacement, the European Union (EU) has [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies launch campaign to promote sustainable cities

26 may 2016 - 13:53:00
New York, US (PANA) - Two UN entities have launched a global initiative to advocate for public policy to promote [...] Full text...

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UN announces new advisers on Africa, disarmament affairs

09 march 2012 - 09:34:01
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Thursday announced a number of senior-level appointments, including a new Special Adviser [...] Full text...

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