Efforts Begin to Meet Sustainable Development Goals
As 2015 comes to an end, and with it the 15-year cycle of the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the
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WHO Outlines Global Health Trends to Meet 2030 Targets
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued Tuesday a comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000, and laid out actions
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Violent Extremism Is a Growing Threat: Ban Ki-Moon
Speaking in a region that has been torn apart by violent extremism, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Arab and
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Cities to Have 2 Billion People by 2050: Report
Warning of unprecedented shifts in population in urban areas of the Asia and Pacific – already home to 17 of
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