The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is urging developing economies to reduce their dependence on the export of key commodities, citing the potential of those with a more diversified economic mix like the Philippines to nurture sustainable growth. Based on its 2025 State...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight killed at least 31 people, according to local hospitals, as U.N. agencies warned on Monday that critical fuel shortages put hospitals and other critical infrastructure at risk. The latest attacks came after U.S....
LONDON (AP) — More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine...
The Philippines has thrown its support behind a commitment to reform international financial systems to address the $4-trillion, or around ₱225-trillion, annual gap in sustainable development funding. Presented during the recent Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4)...
BONN, Germany – A solid justification is being sought from the United Nations’ Supervisory Body for the prescribed 1.0 percent annual increase in the downward adjustment baseline for emissions reduction under the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, to be operationalized as a UN-backed global...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said he will be formally stepping down from his post on June 30, a month ahead of the scheduled transition announced by Malacañang earlier. He made the announcement during a farewell luncheon meeting with the diplomatic press corps in...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo reaffirmed the Philippines’ role in pursuing the ideals and principles of the United Nations (UN) and its commitments as a proponent of multilateralism, stressing the need for nations to work together to solve common...
The World Bank will finance a United Nations (UN)-led project in the Philippines aimed at reintegrating former rebels belonging to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Documents showed that the Washington-based multilateral lender’s board is expected to approve on Aug. 29, 2025, the UN...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached unprecedented levels last year, with the highest number of violations in Gaza and the West Bank, Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti, according to a United Nations report released late Thursday....
The Philippines posted a substantial increase in net inflows of foreign direct investments (FDIs) last year, even as it held on to the sixth spot among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members for the fourth consecutive year, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and...
Malacañang said that President Marcos is open to studying a recommendation from a United Nations special rapporteur for the Philippines to ratify a key human rights treaty against enforced disappearances. Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this after UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Enrique Manalo expressed the country’s recommitment to the United Nations (UN) Charter, emphasizing the importance of the rule of law and multilateralism, during his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Manalo and Guterres met on Friday, June...
