22 november 2024 - 14:35:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating [...] Full text...
15 november 2024 - 05:57:50
Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to [...] Full text...
13 november 2024 - 05:48:12
Baku, Azerbainan (PANA) - In a new report presented at COP29 on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said climate [...] Full text...
31 october 2024 - 12:35:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
24 october 2024 - 11:26:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan and Ukraine and beyond reveal that females are disproportionately affected [...] Full text...
01 october 2024 - 20:25:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public [...] Full text...
25 september 2024 - 05:40:05
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly, Philémon Yang, said on Tuesday that the annual [...] Full text...
11 september 2024 - 05:34:16
New York, US (PANA) - The 78th session of the UN General Assembly closed on Tuesday, concluding a tumultuous year [...] Full text...
10 september 2024 - 05:06:34
New York, US (PANA) - Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of attacks on students, teachers [...] Full text...
04 september 2024 - 15:50:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published global cholera statistics for 2023, showing an increase in [...] Full text...
31 august 2024 - 07:37:39
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency [...] Full text...
13 august 2024 - 05:43:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for urgent reform of the Security Council, criticising [...] Full text...
08 august 2024 - 07:29:11
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Wednesday warned of the consequences for protection of women and their [...] Full text...
31 july 2024 - 05:14:49
New York, US (PANA) - A $5.3 million allocation from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support some [...] Full text...
04 july 2024 - 15:15:26
Astana, Kazakhstan (PANA) - Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential [...] Full text...
22 june 2024 - 00:25:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are twice as many internally displaced people todayas there were ten years ago - the [...] Full text...
20 june 2024 - 07:10:15
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence [...] Full text...
24 may 2024 - 05:17:20
New York, US (PANA) - Peace is the key to unlocking Africa’s future and for strengthening the continent’s voice and [...] Full text...
02 may 2024 - 15:09:06
Dar Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Viewing the world on a climatic precipice, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has said that no [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 11:10:32
New York, US (PANA) - All warring parties must allow safe, swift and unfettered humanitarian access and protect civilian infrastructure, [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 11:04:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 11:22:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 09:58:35
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - For the second time in less than one week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Kenyan [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 06:55:05
New York, US (PANA) - A top European Union (EU) official on Tuesday emphasised the crucial role of the United [...] Full text...
10 march 2024 - 12:05:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Kenyan President William Ruto on the [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 18:41:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...
26 february 2024 - 14:13:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to the [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 18:36:24
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must act now to break the deadly links between conflict, climate and food insecurity, [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 19:18:23
New York, US (PANA) - Around the globe, “peace is the missing piece” as conflicts rage, divisions grow and polarization [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 18:44:35
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 05:06:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care [...] Full text...
25 december 2023 - 13:48:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has said the [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 18:37:18
New York, US (PANA) - Protection needs for children in emergencies from Ukraine to Gaza and Sudan have never been [...] Full text...
07 december 2023 - 19:24:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 08:01:08
New York, US (PANA) - Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 17:05:00
New York, US (PANA) - Twenty-three years after the adoption of a landmark UN Security Council resolution on women, peace [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 05:54:41
New York, US (PANA) - Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past [...] Full text...
19 september 2023 - 17:36:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored the [...] Full text...
11 september 2023 - 17:00:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To advance development, States must reject authoritarianism and protect civic space and fundamental rights, UN rights [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 11:49:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths on Tuesday released $125 million from the UN’s Central Emergency Response [...] Full text...
24 august 2023 - 05:56:32
Paris, France (PANA) - Commemorating the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 11:55:41
Brisbane, Australia (PANA) - Nigeria, the first African nation to qualify for the knockout stages of the 2023 FIFA Women's [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 13:18:40
Brisbane, Australia (PANA) - After all the group matches have been concluded, here are the final group standings:
Group A
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01 august 2023 - 13:48:58
Adelaide, Australia (PANA) - England on Tuesday tore through China 6-1 to reach the knockout stage of the 2023 FIFA [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 10:24:34
Dunedin, New Zealand (PANA) - Netherlands on Tuesday produced the highest score in the tournament, walloping Vietnam 7-0 in their [...] Full text...
31 july 2023 - 12:44:07
Adelaide, Australia (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for the final group Groups D and E matches on Tuesday [...] Full text...
23 july 2023 - 11:16:02
Auckland, New Zealand (PANA) - Here are the scheduled Day one matches for Sunday at the 2023 FIFA Women's World [...] Full text...
22 july 2023 - 15:32:51
Auckland, New Zealand (PANA) - Here are results from Day one matches played
on Friday and Saturday at the 2023 FIFA [...] Full text...
20 july 2023 - 09:58:01
Melbourne, Australia (PANA) - The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup began on Thursday with co-hosts New Zealand beating Norway 1-0 [...] Full text...
20 july 2023 - 08:06:22
Auckland, New Zealand (PANA) - Here are all the groups at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup which began on Thursday.
It [...] Full text...
18 july 2023 - 08:50:35
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - With the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup less than 48 hours away, here are 10 players [...] Full text...
15 july 2023 - 08:08:01
New York, US (PANA) - The international community must act now to protect future generations from the scourge of conflict-related [...] Full text...
06 july 2023 - 06:44:41
New York, US (PANA) - Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war – the [...] Full text...
28 june 2023 - 06:01:49
New York, US (PANA) - Violations of international law regarding children and armed conflict continued to have a “devastating impact”, [...] Full text...
06 june 2023 - 11:32:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, according to the latest Food [...] Full text...
29 may 2023 - 18:11:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people [...] Full text...
04 may 2023 - 06:10:22
New York, US (PANA) - The number of people who need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance rose for the [...] Full text...
28 march 2023 - 05:28:30
New York, US (PANA) - Education is the “most powerful weapon” in the world’s arsenal to combat the brutal legacy [...] Full text...
20 march 2023 - 14:16:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP) on Monday announced USD$220 million in new [...] Full text...
09 march 2023 - 19:01:44
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended agricultural commodity markets, food prices remain elevated [...] Full text...
27 february 2023 - 12:46:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries at risk, [...] Full text...
09 february 2023 - 06:14:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As millions worldwide continue to go hungry, leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade organisations [...] Full text...
17 january 2023 - 15:26:42
Paris, France (PANA) - The number of journalists killed worldwide significantly increased in 2022, following a decline over the previous [...] Full text...
13 january 2023 - 05:59:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in [...] Full text...
27 december 2022 - 06:03:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In 2022 the UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, [...] Full text...
17 december 2022 - 05:51:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the [...] Full text...
14 december 2022 - 08:10:47
New York, US (PANA) - Amid rising humanitarian needs worldwide, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
08 december 2022 - 12:20:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing and [...] Full text...
16 november 2022 - 05:21:48
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday launched a new climate financing initiative designed to [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 16:33:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during [...] Full text...
05 october 2022 - 19:23:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...
05 october 2022 - 14:35:47
Paris, France (PANA) - Teachers are at the heart of education, and their valuable work must also lead to better [...] Full text...
24 june 2022 - 05:24:54
New York, US (PANA) - Because of the global hunger crisis, every single minute, one child is pushed into life-threatening, [...] Full text...
07 june 2022 - 12:54:26
Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN food agencies -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...
20 may 2022 - 05:40:41
New York, US (PANA) - “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on [...] Full text...
07 april 2022 - 17:26:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The new administration of US President Joe Biden has announced a ten-year strategy to prevent conflict [...] Full text...
02 april 2022 - 15:57:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United States of America announced Friday the implementation of a ten-year strategy to prevent conflicts [...] Full text...
28 january 2022 - 05:44:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions - “hunger hotspots”, where conflict, economic shocks, [...] Full text...
19 january 2022 - 05:40:11
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Bruno Lemarquis of France [...] Full text...
08 january 2022 - 06:42:47
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday announced the appointment of Daniela Kroslak of Germany [...] Full text...
14 december 2021 - 06:00:57
New York, US (PANA) - Life-saving sexual and reproductive health services are more vital than ever, the UN Population Fund [...] Full text...
08 november 2021 - 05:10:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on [...] Full text...
25 september 2021 - 05:33:20
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to donate US$25,000 to Haiti as solidarity towards its population suffering the effects of [...] Full text...
30 july 2021 - 14:44:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) – Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries [...] Full text...
05 may 2021 - 10:49:32
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has [...] Full text...
06 april 2021 - 08:16:11
Washington, DC US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday received the European Union's (EU's) contribution of US$199 [...] Full text...
05 april 2021 - 14:49:18
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Senegal on Monday opened a consulate general in Dakhla, southern Morocco, the 10th diplomatic representation inaugurated [...] Full text...
10 february 2021 - 09:37:01
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament on Tuesday approved the extension of deployment of a military air transport unit [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 14:21:22
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, [...] Full text...
25 november 2020 - 12:04:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's participation in the UN Mission in the Central African Republic was the focus of a [...] Full text...
05 november 2020 - 06:53:36
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Wednesday was briefed on the “vital role” UN Police play across [...] Full text...
03 november 2020 - 13:59:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) Some 620 Congolese refugees have been moved from Kigeme, a village described to be at high risk [...] Full text...
06 october 2020 - 07:10:19
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a second six-month tranche [...] Full text...
16 september 2020 - 17:57:39
Washington, US (PANA) – The COVID-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new [...] Full text...
23 august 2020 - 09:13:53
New York, US (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has tasked Ministers of Culture of Member States of [...] Full text...
18 july 2020 - 05:37:01
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to [...] Full text...
17 july 2020 - 17:29:32
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO and the European Union (EU) are launching an awareness-raising project to strengthen the resilience of [...] Full text...
15 july 2020 - 18:03:24
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has affirmed its desire to further strengthen its presence in United Nations peacekeeping operations "in [...] Full text...
18 june 2020 - 15:35:48
New York, US (PANA) - The Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) on Thursday announced the appointment of Mary Beth Powers as [...] Full text...
20 may 2020 - 19:47:20
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s citizens trapped in Europe’s different countries due to the COVID-19 outbreak have been offered the [...] Full text...
21 april 2020 - 21:52:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new study on food insecurity by an alliance of the UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies [...] Full text...
14 april 2020 - 05:47:31
Washington, DC (PANA) - Nineteen African countries are among 25 countries that will receive debt service relief from the International [...] Full text...
31 december 2019 - 19:19:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - At the dawn of the next decade, a new World Food Programme (WFP) forecast [...] Full text...
20 december 2019 - 06:26:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International action to drive down cholera led to a 60 per cent decrease in cases in 2018, compared with the [...] Full text...
16 november 2019 - 15:52:25
Paris, France (PANA) - A €15 million financing agreement has been signed in Paris between the Francophone University Agency (AUF) [...] Full text...
03 november 2019 - 05:55:18
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Senegal, already with a Round-of-16 berth in hand, on Saturday lost their first match at the [...] Full text...
02 november 2019 - 05:06:40
Gama, Brazil (PANA) - Despite losing 2-1 to Australia, Nigeria on Friday emerged winner of Group B at the ongoing [...] Full text...
31 october 2019 - 06:48:52
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Goals from Pape Sarr and Aliou Baide on Wednesday launched Senegal to the Round of 16 [...] Full text...
30 october 2019 - 07:02:39
Goiânia, Brazil (PANA) - Five-time champions Nigeria became the third country to qualify for the round of 16 at the [...] Full text...
16 july 2019 - 05:57:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in 10 children –almost 20 million worldwide – failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, the UN said on Monday, citing obstacles including conflict, cost and complacency.
According [...] Full text...
28 june 2019 - 19:05:12
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has named David Gressly of the United States as the United [...] Full text...
26 june 2019 - 21:08:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A contingent of 160 Rwandan police officers on Wednesday departed for a one-year peacekeeping mission under [...] Full text...
15 june 2019 - 10:27:09
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Visiting Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Burundian counterpart, Pierre Nkurunziza, Friday resolved to revitalise their [...] Full text...
03 june 2019 - 22:55:56
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The municipal authorities of Kigali and Paris Monday signed a partnership agreement aimed at strengthening relations [...] Full text...
03 june 2019 - 21:46:40
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Mayor of Paris, Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo, Monday paid glowing tribute to the victims of [...] Full text...
31 may 2019 - 04:54:15
New York. US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of James Swan of the [...] Full text...
13 november 2018 - 15:45:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The First Lady of Haiti, Marie Etienne Martine Joseph, on Tuesday paid tribute to over [...] Full text...
08 november 2018 - 06:33:33
New York, US (PANA) - During a Tuesday briefing to the Security Council, Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global [...] Full text...
23 october 2018 - 04:38:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN is committed to recognising the rights of victims of sexual exploitation by UN personnel [...] Full text...
10 october 2018 - 19:53:47
New York, US (PANA) - Climate-related and geophysical disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis have killed 1.3 million people over [...] Full text...
21 september 2018 - 15:35:55
Paris, France (PANA) - On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Peace on 21 September, UNESCO [...] Full text...
25 august 2018 - 15:00:24
Paris, France (PANA) - Following the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in France, here are the [...] Full text...
24 august 2018 - 06:54:21
Paris, France (PANA) - On the 20th anniversary of the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its [...] Full text...
14 august 2018 - 06:04:27
Paris, France (PANA) - With Nigeria, Germany, Spain and Japan reaching the knockout phase of the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women's [...] Full text...
13 august 2018 - 19:36:54
Dinan-Léhon, France (PANA) - Nigeria's Under-20 female football team, the Falconets, on Monday drew 1-1 with China in their final [...] Full text...
13 august 2018 - 06:25:36
Paris, France (PANA) - Hosts France, the Netherlands, England and defending champions North Korea are through to the quarter-finals of [...] Full text...
09 august 2018 - 19:57:56
Paris, France (PANA) - Nigeria defeated Haiti 1-0 on Thursday, vaulting from bottom of the four-team table to second place [...] Full text...
07 august 2018 - 13:36:56
Paris, France (PANA) - Ghana and Nigeria, Africa's representatives at the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in France, lost [...] Full text...
01 august 2018 - 11:58:26
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is sounding the alarm on [...] Full text...
22 june 2018 - 07:05:13
New York, US (PANA) - Top cops from across the globe are meeting at United Nations Headquarters this week to [...] Full text...
07 june 2018 - 10:11:11
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food supply conditions remain broadly ample, but conflicts continue to acutely aggravate and prolong severe [...] Full text...
07 may 2018 - 18:00:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A spate of cholera outbreaks across Africa has prompted the largest cholera vaccination drive in history, [...] Full text...
12 march 2018 - 20:04:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Monday published its findings on [...] Full text...
08 march 2018 - 17:38:59
Paris, France (PANA) - Hosts France will clash with Ghana in the opening match of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World [...] Full text...
05 march 2018 - 16:16:09
Rome, Italy (PANA) - High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse [...] Full text...
07 february 2018 - 17:09:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will meet in Geneva from 14 [...] Full text...
29 january 2018 - 15:33:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food insecurity in conflict-stricken countries continues to deteriorate, as humanitarian efforts to provide affected communities with [...] Full text...
23 january 2018 - 05:52:08
New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations should change the way it does business in high-security risk peacekeeping operations, [...] Full text...
17 january 2018 - 07:11:46
Bridgetown, Barbados (PANA) - Some 200 persons and organizations have signed a document, declaring US President Donald Trump "Persona Non [...] Full text...
16 january 2018 - 13:02:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Charge d’affaires in Nigeria, Mr David Young, met with the Nigerian Foreign Minister, [...] Full text...
15 january 2018 - 15:05:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Government has summoned the United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, over the [...] Full text...
15 january 2018 - 11:31:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Monday registered one of the highest forms of diplomatic [...] Full text...
13 january 2018 - 15:07:21
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's present and immediate past presidents have condemned the alleged racist comments of US President Donald [...] Full text...
13 january 2018 - 13:35:33
New York, US (PANA) - The African Group of Ambassadors to the United Nations have demanded retraction and apology from [...] Full text...
12 january 2018 - 16:30:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African politicians on Friday joined the global chorus of condemnation over US President [...] Full text...
29 december 2017 - 18:28:13
New York, US (PANA) - Despite a particularly deadly year for United Nations peacekeepers – with more than 60 'blue [...] Full text...
09 december 2017 - 04:17:03
New York, USA (PANA) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called for US$1 billion in donor contributions to [...] Full text...
07 december 2017 - 10:52:03
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Strong cereal harvests are keeping global food supplies buoyant, but localised drought, flooding and protracted conflicts [...] Full text...
21 november 2017 - 06:28:12
New York, USA (PANA) – Even in wealthier countries, where people have access to toilets and faecal material is contained, [...] Full text...
07 november 2017 - 06:29:04
New York, USA (PANA) – The Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution stressing the important contribution that United Nations [...] Full text...
03 november 2017 - 20:31:40
New York, USA (PANA) – Briefing the press at United Nations Headquarters in New York for the first time, the [...] Full text...
21 september 2017 - 09:45:14
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Robust harvests in Latin America and rebounding agricultural conditions in Southern Africa are on course to [...] Full text...
18 september 2017 - 21:06:05
New York, (PANA) – Noting the ever-increasing impact of extreme weather events, top United Nations officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...
23 august 2017 - 21:15:53
Paris, France (PANA) - Remembering the universal demand for freedom that led to the 1791 insurrection by slaves in what [...] Full text...
23 august 2017 - 06:55:39
Paris, France (PANA) – While the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is a [...] Full text...
10 june 2017 - 06:03:26
Paris, France (PANA) - Representatives of countries that have ratified UNESCO’s Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity [...] Full text...
09 june 2017 - 11:17:44
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Large agricultural harvests in some regions of the world are buoying global food supply conditions, but [...] Full text...
08 june 2017 - 15:55:40
Paris, France (PANA) - Members of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme will designate [...] Full text...
09 may 2017 - 10:18:24
Nassau, Bahamas (PANA) - Following the conclusion of the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the World Soccer Governing Body [...] Full text...
29 april 2017 - 15:04:11
Paris, France (PANA) - More than 60 Member States, across all regional groups, have sponsored a draft resolution on the [...] Full text...
24 march 2017 - 21:09:15
New York, US (PANA) - The outgoing UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous, says UN peacekeeping is [...] Full text...
22 march 2017 - 07:00:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global temperatures set yet another record last year and the world witnessed exceptionally low sea ice, [...] Full text...
02 march 2017 - 13:09:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global food supply conditions are robust, but access to food has been dramatically reduced in areas [...] Full text...
08 december 2016 - 11:50:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Civil conflict and weather-related shocks have severely affected food security in 2016, increasing the number of [...] Full text...
05 december 2016 - 15:44:03
New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a humanitarian crisis that will require a record US$ 22.2 billion [...] Full text...
18 november 2016 - 18:12:03
New York, US (PANA) - More than 45 of the world’s countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change [...] Full text...
17 november 2016 - 06:20:26
New York, US (PANA) - Returning from recent visits to Haiti, Sudan and South Sudan, a senior United Nations humanitarian [...] Full text...
11 november 2016 - 05:49:07
New York, US (PANA) – Police chiefs from United Nations missions on Thursday highlighted the work of their respective units [...] Full text...
16 october 2016 - 16:56:13
New York, US (PANA) - To mark World Food Day 2016, the UN is highlighting the close links between climate [...] Full text...
12 october 2016 - 15:44:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The global community is not on course to end hunger by the United Nations Sustainable Development [...] Full text...
09 october 2016 - 11:09:22
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed his condolences to the government and people [...] Full text...
24 september 2016 - 19:47:37
New York, US (PANA) - Unless progress speeds up considerably with full support from the international community, the world's least [...] Full text...
29 july 2016 - 15:24:46
New York, US (PANA) - Protracted conflicts affecting 17 countries have driven millions of people into severe food insecurity and [...] Full text...
26 july 2016 - 17:42:52
New York, US (PANA) - Mangroves are rare and vital ecosystems that help to protect coastlines and mitigate the effects [...] Full text...
24 june 2016 - 14:02:25
New York, US (PANA) - Marking the 10th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, which has [...] Full text...
22 june 2016 - 05:55:43
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released its 2015 [...] Full text...
20 june 2016 - 17:45:26
New York, US (PANA) - UN General Assembly has approved the appropriation of US$7.86 billion for 15 UN peacekeeping missions [...] Full text...
05 march 2016 - 06:48:39
New York, US (PANA) - With 99 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse uncovered by the United Nations in 2015 [...] Full text...