UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple ...

The move will likely lead to higher costs for households across the state, and may push more insurers to leave, intensifying a home insurance crisis. By Christopher Flavelle Staff members search ...

It also covers the activity within environment and climate change international bodies, such as the United Nations (UN), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Economic Commission for Europe ...

Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities—one billion people worldwide— are less likely to access health care, education, employment and to participate in the community. They ...

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of ...

Many of the world's biggest polluter nations have missed a U.N. deadline to set new climate targets as efforts to curb global warming come under pressure following U.S. President Donald Trump's ...

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The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

While there is no universal definition of a smart city, it assumes that urban planners and policymakers want to use information and communication technologies to achieve sustainable development ...