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10 January 2020

2020 Data Drive

The 2020 Data Drive is part of the UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for Sustainable Development Goal 6 (IMI-SDG6): ‘Ensure...

09 January 2020

2019 Human Development Report says business as usual will not solve new generation of inequalities

According to the report, a new generation of inequalities is opening up, around education, and around technology and climate...

MINUSMA meets university students of Bamako

06 January 2020

Extension: 3rd Human Rights Youth Challenge

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation is organizing the Third Human Rights...

MINUSMA supports young people through agriculture.

02 January 2020

New ‘GENDER’ Platform announced to build more inclusive agricultural benefits in developing countries

The CGIAR GENDER (Generating Evidence and New Directions for Equitable Results) Platform aims to transform the way gender research...

30 December 2019

Managing disaster risk: strategies for Small Island Developing States

The SIDS are on the front line of climate change, highly vulnerable to extreme weather events and sea-level rise...

26 December 2019

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation host open call for input

The thematic report to the General Assembly will be presented in October 2020, and for the preparation of this...

23 December 2019

WHO and UNICEF launch information package to address WASH problems in schools

The package offers practical advice for school staff on how to address common WASH problems and deliver improvements at...

19 December 2019

Side-event on 'Climate-resilient water management approaches' at COP25

The side event was opened by speeches of Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Department of Economic...

16 December 2019

Call for challenges on artificial intelligence for operational hydrology

When challenges are selected, O17 begins a call for projects to solve those challenges. Students and young scientists from...

12 December 2019

First Global Refugee Forum hosted in Geneva

More than 70 million people today are forcibly displaced by violence and persecution around the world. When people flee...

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