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The General Council, the topmost decision-making body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) started today its final 2019 session with an agenda that includes regular topics, such as reports about progress in negotiations, and also items proposed by WTO members. WTO

Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. UNIFEED

World leaders adopt political declaration to address special needs of landlocked developing countries, promote strong partnerships with neighbours at 39th and 40th plenary meetings.

World leaders adopt political declaration to address special needs of landlocked developing countries, promote strong partnerships with neighbours at 39th and 40th plenary meetings.

Malnutrition is a major problem for children in Madhya Pradesh, India. An innovative solution is improving nutrition in rural areas, supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The number of pregnant women and children in sub-Saharan Africa sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets and benefiting from preventive medicine for malaria has increased significantly in recent years, according to the World Health Organization’s World malaria report 2019. WHO

As world leaders prepare to gather in Madrid for the COP25 climate change conference, Italian celebrity chef Carlo Cracco visits Bhutan to see how a changing climate is forcing farmers to adapt how they grow key ingredients of their traditional cuisine. IFAD

In the wake of an attack against its headquarters in Beni, which left the building badly damaged, the Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Leila Zerrougui, said the situation is “very disturbing,” as the Mission faces “demonstrations from people that are frustrated with attacks from armed groups.” UNIFEED

Security Council must expand, adapt to current realities or risk losing legitimacy, delegates tell General Assembly amid proposals for reform at 33rd and 34th plenary meetings.

Security Council must expand, adapt to current realities or risk losing legitimacy, delegates tell General Assembly amid proposals for reform at 33rd and 34th plenary meetings.