New UN bullying report calls for ‘safe, inclusive’ schools for all children
The emotional and physical pain brought on by bullying can [...]
Migrants and refugees face higher risk of developing ill-health, says UN report on displaced people in Europe
European authorities are “struggling” to meet the needs of irregular [...]
Iran: women hunger strikers entitled to medical care, UN rights experts urge
A group of six independent United Nations rights experts called [...]
More urgency needed to help increasing numbers ‘locked out’, before 2030, says UN’s Bachelet
Many countries are failing to protect and promote the interests of all their people – despite pledging to do so in 2016 – the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.
Advancing multilateralism goes ‘hand-in-hand’ with work of the UN
Revitalizing the United Nations to “strengthen a multilateral rule-based world order” tops a list of priorities the General Assembly President told UN Member States on Tuesday.
‘Historic’ moment: Palestine takes reins of UN coalition of developing countries
Acknowledging “a long road ahead” on the United Nations ambitious agenda, Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed on Tuesday “the historic leadership of the state of Palestine” as the new Chair of the Group of 77’s (G77).
FROM THE FIELD: Liberia boosts efforts to guard against rising seas
With rising sea levels due to climate change already affecting coastal communities in Liberia, there are fears that densely populated parts of the capital Monrovia could be submerged, unless action is taken.
World ‘not yet on track’ to ensure children a better future: UN rights chief
Some Member States have fallen short of offering a better future to children who continue to die prematurely or fall victim to poverty, trafficking and slavery, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.
DR Congo: Ebola response resumes despite ‘risky environment’
Despite a precarious security environment and continuing pockets of mistrust [...]
Uganda’s Ebola preparedness ‘will go a long way’ says WHO chief
In the wake of an ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting the [...]
FROM THE FIELD: Powering up health care in Sub-Saharan Africa
Solar power is helping make universal healthcare a reality in [...]
On the first day of 2019, over 395,000 babies to be born worldwide: UNICEF
As the calendar flips to 2019, about 395,072 babies will [...]
‘Reasons for hope’ in a world still on ‘red alert’ says António Guterres
Last year, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued “a red [...]
‘Repeated attacks’ could close down key hospital in eastern Libya, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned an armed [...]
Keyhole surgery returns to war-shattered Mosul as WHO prioritizes medical improvements
In the wake of more than four years of intense [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Fighting drought with Somalia’s sand dams
The construction of sand dams which retain water above and [...]
THE COMMITTEES: Setting out to ‘transform the world’ in the General Assembly’s Second Committee
How is the UN tackling its most ambitious and far-reaching project: the 2030 Agenda to “transform the world”? This is the mammoth responsibility of the UN’s General Assembly’s Second Committee – the body which deals with “economic and financial matters”. Here is the second in our series on what happens at the UN when the world leaders have gone home at the end of September, and the Committees get going on turning pledges and ideas into action.
CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Profiting from urban waste in Vietnam
Women in Hoi An city in Viet Nam are profiting [...]
One small flight for a drone, one ‘big leap’ for global health
On a small island in the remote South Pacific, a [...]
UN rights chief welcomes new text to protect rights of peasants and other rural workers
As the most basic rights of rural people continue to be trampled on in many parts of the world, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, welcomed Monday the adoption on Monday by the UN General Assembly of a new declaration to help safeguard them.