At Partnership Forum, UN officials highlights need for continued support for Somalia

New York, July 17 (IBNS): Speaking at the first day of the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels on Monday, senior United Nations officials commended the country’s government for its efforts in political reform, security, economic development, and recovery and humanitarian assistance – while flagging the need for further progress and international support for these efforts.

UN hails ambitious Canada-Mexico-US partnership to fight climate change, reduce disaster risk

New York, July 4 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Monday hailed as “a major breakthrough” a recent announcement by Canada, Mexico and the United States that they will take sweeping action to achieve 50 per cent clean power generation by 2025 and cooperate on reducing disaster risk.