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New generation mobile network addresses "challenges of human race" | A new generation of mobile network technology can be employed to help deal with many of the challenges facing the human race. That's the view of a senior executive at the mobile technology company, Nokia, speaking recently at ITU Telecom World, an annual UN telecommunications conference, held this year in Bangkok, Thailand. The technology under [...] | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Change at all levels" needed to advance gender equality in workplace | Change is needed "at all levels" of society to advance gender equality in the workplace according to a senior United Nations official. Experts from around the world are gathering in Panama on Monday at the UN-backed Third Business Forum on Gender Equality and will focus on how the private sector can advance parity and build [...] | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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UN chief calls for “immediate end” to airstrikes in Syria | The “intense air assault” that has killed and maimed scores of Syrian civilians over the last several days has been condemned by the UN chief. Ban Ki-moon denounced the indiscriminate shelling that has been reported in Aleppo, including strikes on schools said to have killed a number of children. The airstrikes have also left eastern [...] | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Former astronaut Scott Kelly appointed UN Champion for Space | Former astronaut Scott Kelly appointed UN Champion for Space A former American astronaut whose year-long journey in space captivated people worldwide will now help the United Nations to promote space as a tool for achieving sustainable development. Scott Kelly, who retired from the US space agency, NASA, in April, was on Sunday appointed United Nations [...] | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Forum explores link between space technology and development | Astronauts, heads of space agencies and representatives of the international space community are meeting in Dubai this week to explore ways to support global development. The first United Nations/United Arab Emirates High Level Forum on Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Development has been organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) [...] | 11/20/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Young people are more prone to fall victim to road accidents | Young people are more prone to fall victim to road accidents than adults according to the World Health Organization (WHO). UN figures show that nearly 1.3 million people are killed on the world's roads each year, a number which the WHO aims to reduce by promoting improved road safety. On the World Day of Remembrance [...] | 11/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Mali urged to defuse tensions before holding local polls | Authorities in Mali are being urged by the UN to defuse tensions that may arise before and after the holding of local elections on 20 November. The polls have been rescheduled three times. A UN-brokered peace deal was signed in June 2015 between the government and Tuareg-led rebels to end years of fighting in the [...] | 11/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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"Cling to signs of hope" in South Sudan | It's necessary to "cling to every little sign of hope" in South Sudan as the country continues to suffer civil unrest and insecurity; that's the view of the head of UNMISS, the UN peacekeeping mission there. The country, which gained its independence in 2011 has suffered from conflict for almost three years. Thousands of people [...] | 11/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Yemen parties agree to 48-hour ceasefire | Parties in Yemen have agreed to resume a cessation of hostilities for an initial period of 48 hours, the UN special envoy in the country has confirmed. Since 2014, clashes between government forces and Houthi rebels have led to the death of around 10,000 people. The truce is expected to re-enter into force on Saturday [...] | 11/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Poor sanitation, hygiene at work kills 400,000 workers globally | Worldwide about 400,000 work-related deaths take place due to poor sanitation and hygiene, according to a representative from the International Labour Organisation (ILO). People who work in agriculture, mining, transport or the maritime sector often struggle because of the absence of toilets. Carlos Crespo-Carrion of the ILO also explains how many catch infectious diseases from [...] | 11/18/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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