In the fast-changing world of work, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) highlighted on Thursday just how important dialogue between workers and management is to the global post-pandemic recovery – and to keeping people's wages fair.
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Journalists and media workers are facing "increasing politicization" of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs, that are "growing by the day", said the UN chief, marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.
The day shines a (...)
Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, received here today Vice Interior Minister of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay Guillermo Maciel.
During the meeting, they discussed ways of enhancing security cooperation between (...)
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, met today with President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou, who is currently visiting the UAE.
During the meeting, they discussed ways to (...)
The UN Joint SDG Fund announced on Monday an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries, to try and get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
"The Fund is in a position to bridge the gap in giving (...)
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has established two new world records for so-called megaflashes of lightning, in notorious hotspots in North and South America.
In the southern United States, WMO's Committee on Weather and Climate (...)
COVID-19 cases continue to accelerate in the Americas amid increased demand for testing, the head of the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (...)
The UN cultural agency commemorated on Monday the 50th anniversary of its Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB), which created in 1971, has been promoting a long-lasting connection between people and nature.
"This is really a program for the people, (...)
Compared to the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was "undoubtedly worse" for the Americas, where infections and deaths tripled, the top UN health official there reported on Wednesday.
Dr. Carissa Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health (...)
Forty-five nations will pledge on Saturday to step up protection of nature and overhaul farming to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters quoted the British hosts of the COP26 U.N. climate summit as saying.
With a rising world population, an official (...)
The row between Brussels and Warsaw over EU law primacy, which Ursula von der Leyen has described as a "direct challenge to the unity of the European legal order", is poised to take centerstage when leaders descend upon Brussels on Thursday for a (...)
The European Union Thursday released an updated list of epidemiologically-safe countries for which non-essential travel to the EU is allowed.
Uruguay was added to the EU's new list, but six countries were removed, namely Albania, Armenia, (...)
Ambassador of Mexico Aníbal Gomez-Toledo, Ambassador of Argentina Marcelo Gilardoni, Ambassador of Spain Álvaro Iranzo and Ambassador of Uruguay Nelson Yemil Chabén launched the first-ever "Ibero-American Film Festival" in Saudi Arabia, in (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to President Luis Lacalle Pou of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President Luis Lacalle Pou of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to President Luis Lacalle Pou of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on the anniversary (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for Arab States Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf received here today the Ambassador of the Republic of Uruguay to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Nelson Yemil Chaben.
During the meeting, they (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) handed over medical aid, including 53 ventilators, 2,331,700 surgical masks, protective clothing, masks, medical gloves and other preventive supplies to the Republic of Uruguay to combat the (...)
Chaired by Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal, president of AGFUND and chairman of Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development, the committee announced during its 22nd meeting held here Tuesday this year's prize laureates as follows:
The first (...)
Chaired by Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz, President of AGFUND and Chairman of Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development, the committee announced during its 22nd meeting held here today this year's prize laureates as (...)
Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis, urgently need greater support from the international community, UN humanitarians said on Friday, ahead of a donor (...)
Hamed Al-Wahaibi makes a dramatic return to international motor sport competition when he joins forces with young Abdullah Al-Rawahi to form a two-car Oman Rally Team at this weekend's Jordan Rally.
The second round of the 2021 FIA Middle East Rally (...)
Although COVID-19 cases are declining in Brazil, the pandemic is putting decades of public health gains there at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
With global attention and support focused this week on the severe (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delivered yesterday various medical aid to the Republic of Uruguay to combat the Coronavirus
The aid included 25,000 pieces of sterile clothing for surgeons, 125,000 pieces of non-sterile (...)
The United Arab Emirates and the United States, with support from the United Kingdom, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, Australia and Uruguay, Saturday announced the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) at President Biden's (...)
