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Nordics defend gender equality and reproductive rights, as UN embarks on downsizing

The UN Population Fund UNFPA and UN Women, two UN agencies where Nordics are top providers of core funding, have been singled out to be merged first as part of the UN80 reform process. Following the UN Secretary General’s presentation of the sweeping UN reform plan this week in New York, Danish Ambassador Erik Laursen said sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality must be protected.

October 17, 2025

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UN80: Stark African warning against proposal to sunset UNAIDS

In a strongly worded joint statement this week, 54 African governments have criticised the UN Secretary...

News October 10, 2025

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UN agency works to transform agriculture as Ukraine war hits smallholder farmers in Africa

The UN’s agriculture agency IFAD says spiking fertilizer prices on top of record-high energy costs triggered...

News April 05, 2022

Swedish watchdog flags weaknesses in how core grants for UN agencies and World Bank are decided

The Swedish Foreign Ministry lacks clear rules for deciding on the level of core grants to the World...

News November 18, 2021

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Nordic-led effort to increase support for UN agriculture fund

Ahead of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)’s 12th replenishment, which has been...

News December 22, 2020

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Charlotte Slente: Afghanistan. The road to change and lasting solutions

Donors committed at least USD 3.3 billion for next year at the Afghanistan Conference in November. Now...

Opinion December 21, 2020

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Nordics condemn Trump’s decision to cut WHO funding

Nordic governments have roundly criticised President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to the World...

News April 16, 2020

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US think tanks push ahead on proposed health security fund. ‘Last thing health ministers need,’ says Global Fund chief

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, US think tanks want Congress to back a new USD 1-billion global...

News April 08, 2020

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Expanded UN presence in Helsinki

UN Assistant Secretary General Vitaly Vanshelboim has been appointed head of the newly established UNOPS...

News March 31, 2020

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Donors slow to fund global coronavirus response, WHO seeks private money

Rich countries have pledged billions of dollars to deal with their own coronavirus outbreaks, but they...

News March 18, 2020

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