UN sustainable energy project in Ukraine finds a new role: fighting COVID-19

A United Nations project to promote energy efficiency among Ukrainian homeowners has found a second life – informing 1.8 million of the nation’s citizens on how to combat the COVID-19 virus.

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World News in Brief: South Sudan aid plan, rising cost of healthy eating, Europe’s diabetes burden

29 Nov 2023

Humanitarians have launched a $1.8 billion plan to support six million people in South Sudan next year, the United Nations has reported.

$1.8 billion pledged to assist Sudan’s people on the road to peace and democracy

25 Jun 2020

A High-Level Sudan Partnership Conference took place on Thursday gathering some 50 countries and international organizations together in Berlin, generating pledges to bolster the African nation’s economic and political transformation to the tune of $1.8 billion, and discuss the challenges that lie ahead.

UN Assembly President calls for Apollo 13 ingenuity to navigate flood risks

18 Feb 2023

Some 1.8 billion people on the planet are threatened by flood risks, the United Nations General Assembly President warned on Saturday, at a water management event in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday.