Insights and Stories on United Nations

U.N. draws on emergency fund in bid to avert famines

Nov. 17, 2020 at 9:21 pm CST

United Nations | Reuters — United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Tuesday he would use US$100 million from the world body’s emergency fund to help seven countries try to avert famine fueled by conflict, spiraling economies, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Some $30 million will be spent […]

U.N. expert says ‘some are starving’ in North Korea

Jun. 10, 2020 at 12:38 pm CDT

By stephanie-nebehay

UN flags need to reduce meat consumption to curb land use impact on global warming

Aug. 8, 2019 at 7:42 pm CDT

By Nina Chestney stephanie-nebehay

North Korea faces food crisis after poor harvest, UN says

May. 3, 2019 at 7:31 pm CDT

By Tom Miles

Informal NAFTA talks seen likely in next few days at U.N.

Sep. 23, 2018 at 10:21 pm CDT

By Allison Lampert

Canada’s ag output seen likely rising under climate change

Sep. 18, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A new United Nations report suggests just how climate change will reshape agriculture by 2050 — and that Canada’s production capacity stands to benefit. International trade will play an ever-larger role in helping to feed people in food-deficient regions, as warmer temperatures and less precipitation will damage […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. alarmed by strike on ship delivering wheat to Yemen

May. 25, 2018 at 9:21 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States said on Friday it was “alarmed” by a Houthi missile strike on a Turkish vessel carrying wheat to Yemen this month and urged the Shi’ite group to work with the United Nations to alleviate Yemenis’ suffering. The Turkish-flagged Ince Inebolu bulk carrier was […]

By Reuters

In glyphosate review, WHO cancer agency edited out ‘non-carcinogenic’ findings

Oct. 20, 2017 at 2:48 pm CDT

London | Reuters — The World Health Organization’s cancer agency dismissed and edited findings from a draft of its review of glyphosate herbicide that were at odds with its final conclusion that the chemical probably causes cancer. Documents seen by Reuters show how a draft of a key section of […]

By Kate Kelland

U.N. picks former U.S. governor to run World Food Programme

Mar. 28, 2017 at 2:49 pm CDT

Reuters — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has appointed former South Carolina Governor David Beasley to run the Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP), at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed slashing funding for the world body and its agencies. Beasley will replace another American, Etharin Cousin, who […]

By Reuters

Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse soil erosion trend, U.N. says

Dec. 5, 2016 at 8:06 pm CST

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Planting more lentils, chickpeas and other pulses will improve the health of the world’s soils that have reached critical levels, threatening to worsen hunger and poverty levels, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. About a third of the world’s soils […]

By Alex Whiting

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