Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found. Of these deaths, 2.6 million were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for nearly five per cent of all deaths, with the highest numbers in the WHO European Region and African Region.
A mother in the Philippines has explained how she feels "90 per cent stronger" after participating in a UN-supported programme which aims to build parenting skills and help children communicate more openly about difficult issues such as drugs.
While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is ratcheting up tension across the whole region, the UN's Middle East envoy said on Tuesday.
The release of Julian Assange "is a very good outcome" to the long-running case, the UN independent expert on torture said on Tuesday after reports that the WikiLeaks founder had struck a plea deal with the United States.
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