United Nations Development Programme

Ségolène Royal resists being frozen out with North Pole assignment

Former presidential candidate still keen to use her influence from the Arctic wilderness

Politics stymies reconstruction of ancient souq in Homs

UN funding pulled from Syrian project to restore Old City and bring residents back

President Higgins to visit Peru, Colombia and Cuba next month

Latin America’s models of economic development hailed as force against ‘neoliberalism’

Ukrainians fear being forgotten in third winter of war

World’s interest wanes as agencies scramble to help 3.7m around eastern war zone

Ukraine’s patience wears thin with new leaders’ old ways

Civil society, not politicians, forced to lead fight against corruption

Snow leopard conservation project brings animal back from the brink

Numbers had declined in recent decades due to pelt hunting and protecting livestock

UN concerned about Israeli allegations aid worker helped Hamas

Israeli secret service accuses development programme engineer

AbbVie aims to create sustainability through innovation

Company has an ambitious global environmental plan

Secondary schools ‘too academic’ for many teens, says Ruairi Quinn

Some would fare better in vocational training, claims former minister for education

International study finds Irish men contribute least to childcare

Advocacy groups say action needed to address gender inequalities in childcare

Lack of women in paid work holding back global development

Ireland in sixth place on ‘Human Development Report’ index

Bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: crime and tradition overlap

The warrior spirit of Ghengis Khan is no excuse for forced marriages in this former Soviet republic

Nepal villagers block aid trucks in protest at government response

Demonstration outside Kathmandu parliament as quake death toll rises to 5,238

Returned diaspora still grappling with scale of challenges faced by postwar South Sudan

Oil-rich state lies near the bottom of almost every development index

India restores colonial-era homosexuality ban

Supreme court reverses 2009 ruling that struck down Victorian law against gay sex

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