Events

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Wednesday unveiled a memorial plaque in front of the Peace Monument, the work of Croatian sculptor Antun Augustincic which stands outside the United Nations headquarters in New York.

"Investing in measures to prevent food loss and food waste also means making investments in pro-poor policies as it promotes sustainable food systems for a zero hunger world," Graziano da Silva said.

The United Nations refugee agency is urging the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ensure protection for refugees and asylum-seekers following last week’s shooting incident in Kamanyola in which at least 39 people were killed and 94 injured.

The United Nations system in Cuba today launched an action plan requiring $55.8 million to address the urgent needs of over 2 million people severely affected by Irma, the strongest hurricane ever reported in the Atlantic.

President of the Republic, Kersti Kaljulaid, will this week go on a working visit to New York where she will take part in the annual UN General assembly. Apart from numerous bilateral meetings with other heads of state and participation in various discussions. 

Currently, the criteria to detect autism center on boys, who are diagnosed five times more often than girls. A new method could change that.

"The finding that shocks us is that when it comes to how much NO2 a person breathes, it's still race that matters."

Fishing pressure is causing the depletion of old fish in oceans around the world, researchers warn. But there may be some solutions to the problem.

The migration crisis is a long-term process and there is no short-term or simple solution to it. We must be ready to contribute long-term to the projects that need to be undertaken to solve the crisis“, said President Kaljulaid.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandian and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Retno Marsudi exchanged letters on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Indonesia.

The conference, held between 13-15 September 2017, plays host to the world’s largest investors and East Africa’s leading companies from a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, financial services, consumer and retail, and telecoms and media.

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti.

The first quantitative map of water in the moon's soil shows there is less than what's found in Earth's driest deserts. But it's not nothing, experts say.