Middle East: Terrifying surge in violence affecting children âmust stopâ â UNICEF
Children across the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) are again confronting a surge in violence, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday,...
Category : United Nations
From the UN, with love: Golden couple mark 70 years of Guided Tours
by UN News
She was a young tour guide at UN Headquarters in New York, and he was working with disabled children at a nearby hospital: as the...
UNâs game plan for sanitation for all
by UN News
Ahead of World Toilet Day on 19 November, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) is launching a new game plan to help governments achieve safely managed sanitation for...
âCredibility and relevanceâ of UN on the line over Security Council reform, warns Assembly President
by UN News
The entire credibility and relevance of the United Nations will be called into question unless the General Assembly finally takes a lead on reforming the...
Racism and discrimination against children rife in countries worldwide: UNICEF
by UN News
Racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language and religion, are rife in countries across the world, according to a new report by...
UN official calls on Security Council to support a âsecure, peaceful and prosperous Sahelâ
by UN News
The security situation in the Sahel continues to deteriorate, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, explaining that indiscriminate terrorist violence âmeans...
COP27: Protecting biodiversity is protecting the Paris Agreement
by UN News
For many years the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis have been treated as separate issues, but the reality â as highlighted on Wednesday at...
Horn of Africa: UNFPA launches $113 million appeal for drought-impacted women and girls
by UN News
The unprecedented drought in the Horn of Africa is affecting whole communities, but it is women and girls who are paying âan unacceptably high priceâ,...
General Assembly adopts resolution on Russian reparations for Ukraine
by UN News
The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution that calls for Russia to pay war reparations to Ukraine, as ambassadors met to resume their...
Updated family planning guide promotes empowerment, health and wellbeing â WHOÂ
by UN News
Wider access to self-administered contraceptives and the use of digital technologies by providers are just two of the tangible measures outlined in the latest edition...