15 December 2017 – South Sudan's children are facing a raft of daily horrors and deprivations and urgently require a peaceful, protective environment, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday, warning that anything less, places children and women at even greater risk of grave violations and abuse.

11 December 2017 - UNICEF released Monday its annual flagship report, the State of the World's Children. This year's report focuses on children in the digital age. UNICEF pointed out that digital technologies can be key to changing the fate of vulnerable children, providing them with new opportunities for learning, socializing and expressing their opinions, yet millions of children are being abandoned by an increasingly connected world. 

13 November 2017 — The fifth instalment of Peace is … took place on Monday at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in collaboration with the Department of Public Information, Peace is … Solidarity featured an artistic performance by the COBU collective entitled Dance Like Drumming, Drum Like Dancing. Led by Yako Miayamoto, the COBU female artists combined tap dancing with traditional Japanese Taiko drumming.

Universities across the world are aware of the crucial role they play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but very little guidance has been available on how to incorporate these goals into academic life and work. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Australia/Pacific, however, has recently issued a new guide that helps bridge this gap.

16 November 2017  — To mark the seventieth anniversary of the publication of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the United Nations Department of Public Information, in partnership with New York's Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect and Facing History and Ourselves, will host an interactive educational programme for more than 500 high school students on Thursday at New York Headquarters.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as a human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. Children at birth take on the social and economic status of their parents and may be subject to abuse if special care and attention is not given them. They are minors who are socialized through education, formal or informal. At birth every child by nature can be said to be a social animal that can only develop its personality through social interaction.

The 2018 Committee On Teaching About the United Nations (CTAUN) Conference will take place at UN Headquarters, New York on Friday 6 April 2018. This year's theme of the conference is: Stepping Up to Protect the World's Children.

CTAUN is now accepting submissions for its Poster Competition until the midnight of 28 February 2018. College students can submit a poster by emailing intlcoll@bridgeport.edu. Questions regarding the Poster Competition can be directed to the same email address.

When writing a scientific research paper two years ago, Milena Malteze, a law student from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, concluded that her country did too little to fully implement international regulations regarding the ocean, even though it is the country with the second longest coastline in Latin America.

5 October 2017 – World Experiences Foundation (WEF) is a United States (Oklahoma)-based international nonprofit organization with a vision to promote global citizenship in schools and communities worldwide. WEF achieves its community goals through its six programs that provide unique opportunities for children to preview their misconceptions about other cultures, dispel any stereotypes and treat everyone the same. WEF follows and centers its educational programs on the Sustainable Development Goals.

29 September 2017 – About 57 per cent of all schools are closed in Nigeria's Borno state, worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency and the subsequent humanitarian crisis, leaving an estimated 3 million children in need of emergency education support, even as the new school year begins, the United Nations child agency said today.