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Raising the roof: Building resilience through conserving historic homes in the Philippines

·November 16, 2024·5 min read

In July 2022, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake shook the northwestern Philippines, killing 11 people and injuring nearly 600 others. The quake and its aftershocks caused an estimated 1.6 billion pesos ($27.3 million) in damage to infrastructure and agriculture. Among the hardest hit areas was the historic city of Vigan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

Kosovo: Dialogue and building trust, key to defusing tensions

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·October 24, 2023·1 min read

Briefing ambassadors, Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General cited a “serious” incident on 24 September, that saw five people – including a Kosovo police officer – killed and others injured. “[These events] exacerbated an already deteriorating security environment, characterized by an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and contradictory perceptions touching...

UN chief hails SE Asia for vital role ‘building bridges of understanding’

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·September 7, 2023·3 min read

António Guterres was speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the opening of ASEAN-United Nations Summit, addressing Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and declaring “our partnership is more important than ever.” Tests ‘as far as eye can see’ The international community faces tests “as far as the eye...

Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation

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·August 19, 2023·4 min read

Designing ways to fight back against falsehoods that can trigger tensions, violence, or even death, the UN has been monitoring how mis- and disinformation and hate speech can attack health, security, stability as well as progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “It has become clear that business as usual...

Building resilience in Mozambique: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

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·July 9, 2023·5 min read

Leading efforts by 25 UN entities and several partners for the last four years, she has been reflecting on efforts to achieve national sustainable development priorities that tap into Mozambique’s immense resources and potential. © UNCDF/Arete/Lisa Murray Myrta Kaulard, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Mozambique from July...

INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’

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·July 4, 2023·7 min read

Since then, as international funding has stalled amid skepticism about the Taliban’s return, the UN has been acting as the world’s “eyes and ears” in Afghanistan. After shifting mainly to humanitarian work, UN agencies and partners are finding ways to help the long-suffering population meet basic needs and preserve hard-won...

SDG ‘warriors’ open Youth Forum with advice for building better world

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·April 25, 2023·6 min read

Their call was answered by top UN officials. “Our world needs you more than ever,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, in a video message for the event. Organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the three day forum and its dozens of side events will elaborate...

Building a more resilient post-earthquake future in Haiti |

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·August 14, 2022·5 min read

A line of women carry rocks in the hands and on their heads as they descend to a gully on the side of a hill in southern Haiti. They are bringing the rocks so their community can build barriers which will slow down the flow of water across this verdant...

Building peace: Plotting a route towards democracy in The Gambia |

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·June 18, 2022·4 min read

For Isatou Ceesay and Tombong Njie, the term “witch hunt” is not metaphorical. Under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh, they were both literally condemned as witches. “He held people in custody, tortured them, and that was the end of them,” says Ms. Ceesay. “We were so embarrassed to...