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In an age of increasing globalisation, when more and more people are on the move, refugees are not unique because they are away from home. What sets them apart is that they cannot return there. More
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Making Cities Resilient-Campaign: "My city is getting ready!"
Cities and local governments need to get ready, reduce the risks and become resilient to disasters. For the next two years and beyond, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) will campaign together with its partners for this to happen.
The World Disaster Reduction Campaign...
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Endorse The CEO Water Mandate
Water poses one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st Century. Water scarcity and pollution, among many other issues, threaten our ability to grow strong and stable economies, meet basic human needs, and protect healthy ecosystems (and the services they provide), while also posing... More
Join Caring for Climate
Caring for Climate is a voluntary and complementary action platform for UN Global Compact participants who seek to demonstrate leadership on the issue of climate change. It provides a framework for business leaders to advance practical solutions and help shape public policy as well as public... More
Urgent assistance needed for the emergency evacuation operations at the Libyan borders
IOM is deeply concerned at the fate of thousands of migrants fleeing severe violence in Libya and now stranded at the borders with Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Egypt. Concern grows over at least 6,000 migrants stranded in the Libyan city of Misrata in an extremely poor state with an... More
Deployable emergency office in containers
OCHA is coordinating the deployment of the humanitarian organizations in various emergency locations acroos the world and during natural and/or man made disasters. Most of the time the deployments are occuring in detroy and.or very remote areas where it is very challeging to find minimum... More
Libyan Crisis: How to Help
This Guide informs donors how best to contribute to the humanitarian crisis in Libya and its border areas. More
Funding needed for human rights projects
OHCHR has developed a comprehensive strategic management plan (SMP) for 2010-2011 which highlights the most pressing human rights challenges around the world and sets out the Office’s strategy for responding. Although the Office has seen some budget increases in recent years, growing demand for... More
Business Call to Action
Launched in 2008, the Business Call to Action (BCtA) is a global membership network of companies, governments, and development organizations working to identify and promote business models that contribute to long-term commercial and development goals. By challenging companies to adapt business... More
An Innovative Driving Force for UNIDO’s Vocational Skills Training in Iraq
By: William Goldsmith, UNIDO
April of this year marked an exciting milestone for UNIDO’s Agro-Industries Technology Unit and their partners, with the official opening of the Swedish Academy for Training (SAT) in Kurdistan, Iraq. Its inauguration signals a promising approach in delivery, with an...
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IKEA Foundation donates mattresses, duvets and covers for Libya-displaced
IKEA has been furnishing homes around the world for years. It has also been providing humanitarian aid to some of the world's neediest people, including those fleeing the violence in Libya. More