UN APPROVES GLOBAL TO-DO LIST FOR NEXT 15 YEARS

Poverty

UNCCD - UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

Desertification

UN KICKS OFF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION WITH APPEAL FOR GENDER EQUALITY

Gender equality

FAR GREATER EFFORT NEEDED TO ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY IN WORLD'S POOREST NATIONS

Extreme poverty

PENSIONDANMARK SEES BOND-BEATING OPTIONS IN UN CLIMATE FUND

UN Climate Fund

REVISED BANGLADESH LABOUR LAW 'FALLS SHORT' OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Bangladesh

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SET TO EXPLORE IMPACTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Ocean acidification

UN INVITES APPLICATIONS FROM YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FOR CAREERS AS INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS

Young professionals

NEW UN FOOD SAFETY AND NUTRITION STANDARDS TO BENEFIT CONSUMERS

Food safety

BAN ON TOBACCO ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS

At least 24 countries...

CALLS FOR NUTRITIONAL BEHAVIOUR CHANGE IN TIMOR-LESTE

TIMOR-LESTE

FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN LEAST DEVELOPED NATIONS HITS RECORD LEVEL IN 2012

Investment

UN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS IN BONN SEE CONCRETE PROGRESS TOWARDS NEW AGREEMENT

Climate change

AFRICA'S NATURAL RESOURCES CAN FUEL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

Africa's natural resources

COUNTRIES FOCUS ON 'CONCRETE SOLUTION' TO BUILD NEW UN-BACKED GLOBAL CLIMATE ACCORD

'CONCRETE SOLUTION'

BANGLADESH AGREES ON ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS

Bangladesh

STRONGER JOINT ACTION OF UN,INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS URGED AT DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Development

"WATER SECURITY" : EXPERTS PROPOSE A UN DEFINITION ON WHICH MUCH DEPENDS

Water security

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF OCEANS KEY TO ENDING HUNGER

Ending hunger

LAND DEGRADATION DAMAGING GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Land degradation