COP27 climate summit to be hosted by Egypt next year : Finland’s Environment Ministry

Nov 14, 2021, at 02:15 pm

Helsinki/UNI/Sputnik: The next United Nations climate conference, COP27, will be held in Egypt in 2022, Finland’s Ministry of the Environment informed.

Vladimir Putin calls for closer global cooperation on conserving biodiversity

Oct 13, 2021, at 01:40 am

Kunming/UNI/Xinhua: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for closer international cooperation on preserving biodiversity and providing related support to developing countries.

Canada: Turn toxic e-waste into a source of ‘decent work’, urges UN labour agency

Apr 18, 2019, at 11:35 pm

United Nations, Apr 18 (IBNS): A “toxic flood of electric and electronic waste” that is growing by the day across the world, should be urgently converted into a source of decent work, that can also protect populations from its harmful effects, the United Nations labour agency said on Wednesday.  

Midwives ‘lead the way with quality care’, as world marks International Day

May 05, 2018, at 01:36 pm

New York, May 5 (IBNS): Midwives are vital to driving sustainable development and key to helping mothers, and expectant-mothers, make informed, healthy choices, said the United Nations health agency’s chief nurse on Friday.

1 in 10 medical products in developing countries substandard or falsified: WHO

Dec 12, 2017, at 02:18 am

Geneva, Dec 11 (IBNS): A new research from World Health Organization (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health, stated 1 in 10 medical products in developing countries was reported to be substandard or falsified, media reports said.