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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Renewing the momentum for rights-based poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific
Eradicating poverty in all its forms is one of the most pressing development challenges across Asia and the Pacific. While the region has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty over …
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
More than 160 million people risk being trapped between crisis and recovery, UNDP warns
UNDP launches new Crisis Action Agenda calling for development investment from day one to help people recover faster …
From girls’ education to women’s leadership, learn why safe, clean, and accessible water and sanitation are essential to …
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UNHCR and UNDP launch new partnership to advance inclusion, solutions for people forced to flee
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new four-year partnership to …
All #human rights Press Releases
21 Mei 2026
Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)
NGOs launch new tool to help financial institutions address deforestation and human rights risks
25 Mac 2026
11 Mac 2026
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
19 Januari 2026
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
How climate change is threatening human rights
9 Januari 2026
4 Januari 2026
15 Disember 2025
14 Oktober 2025
6 Oktober 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmental damage in Gaza harming human health, threatening long-term food, water security: UNEP
15 September 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Record military spending threatens global peace and development, UN warns
2 September 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Catalysts for change: The rising impact of national human rights institutions
25 Ogos 2025
16 April 2025
15 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Overcoming the past: Cambodia's push for universal civil registration
8 April 2025
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