16 July 2019 — The world’s people are demanding “transformative change that is fair and sustainable,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, calling on government leaders to use the upcoming slate of key United Nations meetings in September to “kickstart a decade of delivery and action for people and planet.”
16 July 2019 — Many women and girls “still face enormous challenges to their health, well-being and human rights”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a High-level General Assembly meeting on Tuesday conevened to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), a milestone in reproductive health and rights.
15 July 2019 — After nearly a decade of progress, the number of people who suffer from hunger has slowly increased over the past three years, with about one in every nine people globally suffering from hunger today, the United Nations said in a new report released on Monday.
15 July 2019 — Deadly, attacks on health workers in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including one at the weekend that left two dead, are an indication that combating the disease outbreak will require far greater international support, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Monday.
12 July 2019 — Determined children learning in classes without roofs, resilient women farming without tools or much land, and grateful people who survived a cyclone that destroyed their livelihoods; on his final day in Mozambique, UN chief António Guterres witnessed first-hand the inner strength and resilience of the storm-ravaged country's people.
11 July 2019 — There are vast inequalities across countries, and among the poorer segments of societies, says a new UN report published on Thursday.
11 July 2019 — Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a region that’s in the grip of the second deadliest Ebola virus outbreak on record.
10 July 2019 — As UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrives in the southern African nation of Mozambique on Thursday for a two-day visit, he will be surveying the damage wrought by the deadly back-to-back cyclones earlier this year. UN News reports from the ground, on some of the extraordinary stories of loss, courage, survival and recovery, that have defined the months since then.
Without safe, orderly and regular migration the SDGs cannot be achieved by 2030, if we are to truly leave no one behind. In the margins of the HLPF, the UN Network on Migration will launch the Start-up Fund for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration on 16 July. The Migration MPTF is the only funding mechanism fully dedicated to supporting collective action on migration and ensuring that mutual trust, determination and solidarity amongst States and with other stakeholders can be fostered to ensure the implementation of the objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration.
Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity — as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa. On his birthday, every year, we invite you to mark Nelson Mandela International Day by making a difference in your communities. Everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better! Mandela Day is an occasion for all to take action and inspire change. This year is also the start of the Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace (2019 – 2028).
Inequality is a paradox of our times; in recent decades innovation has exploded, poverty has gone down in every region of the world and emerging markets are booming. Yet inequalities persist and grow, intersecting and reinforcing each other and perpetuating intergenerational poverty and exclusion. Inequality has jeopardized economic growth and created a serious barrier to eradicating poverty, the bedrock of the 2030 Agenda. But inequality is not natural or inevitable. It stems from policies, laws, cultural norms, corruption, and other issues that can be addressed.
The Afghan-born Danish football striker for the French women’s Paris Saint-Germain team, Nadia Nadim, has been named UNESCO Champion for Girls’ and Women’s Education by UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. Ms Nadim got the title in recognition of her role in promoting sport and gender equality. The designation took place as UNESCO launched a major initiative, Her Education our Future to mobilize political and financial support for girls and women’s education while working to improve the quality of data that education policy makers require to accelerate gender parity. The star football player shares UNESCO’s conviction that education can improve girls and women’s future, their economic independence, self-confidence and ability to assert their rights.
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