• Youth unemployment in Africa is more problematic than in many other parts of the world. That's according to Theodoor Sparreboom an economist at the International Labour Organization (ILO). Africa has a high population growth rate and there are millions of young people looking for a job. UN works to provide better life for [...]
There is need for feedback from people who benefit from humanitarian assistance that is being provided to them, according to the head of an independent research network. John Mitchell, the Director of "Active Learning for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action" spoke to UN Radio after the launch of the State of the Humanitarian System [...]
Thousands of Syrian children are being screened by United Nations agencies and their partners to prevent malnutrition. The UN children's agency (UNICEF) says this is part of a regional response to meet the growing health and nutrition needs of an estimated 1.3 million children inside and in surrounding countries. According to UNICEF, the conflict [...]
More than 1,000 people have died of cholera in West Africa where rains and floods are threatening to create conditions for the disease to spread faster and further. This warning has come from the World Health Organization and the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF). Derrick Mbatha reports The World Health Organization and UNICEF say that [...]
The United Nations is encouraging young professionals anywhere in the world who are ready to launch a career as international civil servants. Through its Young Professional Programme or YPP, the Organization is inviting potential candidates to submit their applications before the deadline of 12 September 2012. To get more information, you can go to https://careers.un.org/lbw/Home.aspx [...]
Food prices did not change in August, according the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The agency says its new report shows that there's no indication of a global food crisis on the horizon. However it also cautions that there is need for the international community to remain vigilant and to move to calm markets. [...]
In 1991, the Republic of Kazakhstan took the bold step of eliminating all nuclear weapons testing on its territory. Shortly afterward, in 1995, the country rid itself of all nuclear weapons. The International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on the 29th of August of each year to highlight efforts to end nuclear tests and [...]
Authorities in Bahrain have been urged to release all the people who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. The appeal has come from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay after an appeals court on Tuesday upheld convictions of 20 human rights activists and political [...]
Nuclear tests remain a threat to human health and global stability and states that have not done so should sign and ratify the global treaty to ban these tests. That's the message of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the General Assembly which marked the International Day against Nuclear Tests on Thursday. The day itself [...]
Food prices remained flat in August offering assurances that a repeat of the global food price crisis of 2008 that sparked rioting is unlikely. That's according to the latest Food Price Index of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), launched in Rome on Thursday. FAO says that international prices of cereals, oils and [...]
Agusan del Norte, a province in the southern part of the Philippines, is one of the leading rice producers in the country. The majority of the people in this region rely heavily on farming and fishing for their livelihoods and congenial weather patterns are very important for their livelihoods. But in recent years, alternating periods [...]
