New UN WFP PH Representative and Country Director reaffirms commitment to achieve ‘zero hunger’ by 2030 Newly appointed United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director Brenda Barton  formally presented her letter of credentials to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. during a courtesy call at the Department of Foreign Affairs on February 24. UN-FAO taps Searca for Palawan green project The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) is developing a pioneering jurisdictional-level platform for Palawan province for the management and monitoring of forest landscape and climate finance investments. UN rights office appalled over simultaneous killings…

PH report to UN rights body fans drug war criticism The government’s report to the United Nations acknowledging critical flaws in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs provided fresh ammo for its critics, with one lawyers’ group saying it merely served as a “smokescreen” that put the blame on lowly police officers while shielding higher-ups who were the “principal enablers’’ of extrajudicial killings. PH joins China, other nations in dissociating from UN resolution urging for Suu Kyi’s freedom Philippines has dissociated from the United Nations resolution which urged for the freedom of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and…

  World Braille Day highlights importance of accessible information The United Nations is commemorating World Braille Day on Monday, highlighting the importance of the universal touch-based communication system for the full realization of human rights for blind and partially sighted people. WHO chief begins 2021 with plea for ‘less politicking’ over health In a race to “save lives, livelihoods and end this pandemic”, the head of the UN heath agency said on Tuesday that it was important to remember COVID-19 was just one of a number of major disease outbreaks facing communities across the world. Hong Kong: UN human rights…