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Mandela Day: 67 Minutes of Service Bring Hope to Nairobi Children’s Home

Mandela Day: 67 Minutes of Service Bring Hope to Nairobi Children’s Home

The United Nations Office at Nairobi, led by the Deputy Director of United Nations Information Service, Newton Kanhema, and Office of the High Commissioner of The Republic of South Africa to Kenya, led by Her Excellency Salome Zulu-Baloi marked this year's Nelson Mandela International Day by taking part in the 67-minute service initiative...

PRESS RELEASE: Independent International Scientific Panel on AI Launches Preliminary Report on AI Opportunities, Risks and Impacts

Independent International Scientific Panel on AI Launches Preliminary Report on AI Opportunities, Risks and Impacts

The UN Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence today officially released its Preliminary Report, delivering the first global, independent scientific assessment of AI opportunities, risks and impacts.

 

 

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 © Unsplash/Alessandro Stech The Peace Park in Hiroshima.

Hiroshima fosters hope, 81 years on from nuclear catastrophe

Eighty-one years ago on Thursday, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, reducing the city to ruins, killing tens of thousands of people and bringing the world “face to face with the catastrophic power of nuclear war”.

 

© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman who was displaced by violence sleeps in a shop in Port-au-Prince.

‘Wanton, intentional infliction of incredible pain’ by gangs in Haiti

Gangs in Haiti continue to terrorise communities with the “wanton, intentional infliction of incredible pain” on people who often are just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

© UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel Palestinian boys celebrate the ceasefire announcement in October 2025.

Gaza: 300 children killed in 300 days of Israeli-Hamas ‘ceasefire’

At least 300 children in Gaza have been reportedly killed in as many days since a ceasefire agreement supposedly came into effect last October to suspend military operations between Hamas fighters and the Israel Defense Forces, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.

 

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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set a new universal standard for development which aims to ensure that no one is left behind.

 

 

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