Les Nations Unies et l’Éthiopie ont inauguré le premier vol de solidarité de l’ONU. Ce service a été mis sur pied afin d’aider plus de 120 pays dont les systèmes de santé sont des plus vulnérables dans leur lutte contre le COVID‑19. A cette occasion, une plate-forme...

Following the outbreak in more than 200 territories and countries around the globe and its impact on the world economy, countries will continue seeing a growing shortage of workforce as well as increasing transaction cost and distortions in the food supply chains...

“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.”― Kofi Annan, Former UN...

Depuis 2016, c’est devenu une tradition… Le Comité contre la torture, avec le soutien de la Fondation René Cassin – Institut international des droits de l’Homme (Strasbourg – France), invite les trois juridictions de protection des droits de l’Homme à venir à sa...

If “International Day of Forests” rings a bell, this might be because ever since this special day to celebrate forests was designated in 2012, the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber section has been working hard to bring forests closer to you. Remember a cave made of paper...

As climate change and biodiversity loses force humankind to rethink its relationship to nature, World Wildlife Day 2020 aims to foster a more sustainable human interaction with the biosphere and its precious diversity. Last year was marked by a series of abnormal...

Celebrating 30 Years of Global Standards for Quality Preparedness and Response. The first survivors are being rescued by family members, passers-by and neighbors locating and carrying them or leading them into the streets. The injured, and those shocked and dazed by...