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News Hour: More than 150 delegates and development experts from 36 countries in Asia and the Pacific convened today in Bangkok to share expertise and ideas on how to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into...

News Hour: Achieving food security and improved nutrition is key for sustainable and fair development in Lao PDR, according to a report launched today at an event chaired by Dr. Kikeo Chanthaboury, Vice-Minister of Planning and...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a contribution of US$6 million from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to support displaced Syrians inside their country as well as Syrian refugees in...

News Hour: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday, congratulated the next UN chief Antonio Guterres on his recent election, pledging that the US would continue to work closely with the world body, reports BSS. In the...

News Hour: With 37 million people in informal or vulnerable jobs the equivalent of a third of the working population social safety nets in Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia are increasingly coming under threat. A...

News Hour: Over 38,800 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are sheltering at the UN protection of civilian (PoC) sites in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, according to a recently completed biometric registration exercise. While the majority...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of US$2.5 million from the Government of Japan, intended for boosting the nutrition of 50,000 infants, mothers and pregnant women in Karamoja to...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in coordination with the Government is gearing up to deliver food for 180,000 people in the areas of Cuba’s eastern-most province hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew. WFP...

News Hour: Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis that requires a “massive response” from the international community, the United Nations chief said on Monday, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid following last week’s battering...

News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday welcomed Dr. Gerd Müller, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, to Lebanon, where vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian refugee families receive monthly WFP food assistance...