Development
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Ozone experts highlighted the need for increased research and observations to inform policy on ozone and climate
Apr 3, 2017News Hour: Top Ozone experts from around the world highlighted the need for increased research and observations to inform policy on ozone and climate at a meeting sponsored by UN Environment and the World Meteorological Organization in... -
Massive clean-up was in full swing as floodwaters receded across parts of Australia
Apr 3, 2017News Hour: A massive clean-up was in full swing Monday as floodwaters receded across parts of Australia devastated by a cyclone, with residents and business owners returning to thick mud, piles of debris and ruined property.... -
Improved VAT procedures expected to make paying taxes easier
Apr 3, 2017News Hour: The Ministry of Finance launched today the new Implementing Instructions for the revised value-added tax (VAT) Law, which were approved in January 2017. The revised instructions will make the tax collection procedures more transparent.... -
Siabin, a smart solution to save the ocean
Apr 3, 2017News Hour: Floating bottles and plastic bags are a familiar sight in oceans around the world Seabin Project is working on an inventive solution to save the ocean. Plastic pollution in our oceans is a serious... -
108 million people in the world face severe food insecurity
Apr 2, 2017News Hour: Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic increase compared with 80 million in 2015, according to a new global... -
WFP uses new route through Sudan to deliver food to famine-hit South Sudan
Apr 2, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began to move food assistance to reach famine-hit and food-insecure people in South Sudan by using a newly opened humanitarian corridor announced by the Government of... -
Canada supports IOM’s peace and stability initiatives in Northern Lebanon
Apr 2, 2017News Hour: IOM has received CAD 2.6 million from the Government of Canada, through its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Development (DFATD), to contribute towards the promotion of peace and stability in northern Lebanon.... -
Floodwater still rising in eastern Australia
Apr 2, 2017News Hour: Floodwater was still rising in eastern Australia on Sunday as emergency workers battled to restore water and electricity supplies in regions hardest hit by a powerful tropical cyclone. At least two people are dead and... -
In rural El Salvador, unaccompanied migrant children live in unhealthy conditions
Apr 1, 2017News Hour: IOM El Salvador this week released its Human Mobility Household Survey on Unaccompanied Migrant Childhood and Returned Children. The data for the study was collected through the Human Mobility Household Survey in El Salvador,... -
Ghana police got support to combat child trafficking
Apr 1, 2017News Hour: IOM in Ghana recently (21-03) provided the Ghana Police Service (GPS) with six vehicles and equipment to combat child trafficking. The vehicles and operational equipment, which included four computers, three printers and a camera...
