The Joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is calling on the Sudanese Armed Forces and an armed group in North Darfur to stop fighting. According to UNAMID, there has been an escalation of armed confrontations near Shangil Tobaya in the region. UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky says UNAMID is gravely concerned about the escalating [...]
Young people are making sure that their perspectives are included in global discussions on development over the coming years. Several youth representatives had the chance to interact with the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Post-2015 development, which met last week in London. The panel, which consists of numerous eminent persons, is co-chaired by three world [...]
The top United Nations envoy for Western Sahara has urged Morocco and the Polisario Front to move swiftly into what he calls "serious negotiations" to resolve the conflict over the future of the territory. Christopher Ross issued a statement on Monday following his meeting in Madrid with the Foreign Minister of Spain. Western Sahara, which [...]
Timor-Leste will do its best to give back to the international community for the support it has received over the years. That's what the country's Foreign Minister, José Luis Guterrez told UN Radio on Monday. Mr. Guterrez is in New York to participate in a meeting of the Security Council on the UN Mission in [...]
The General Assembly on Monday elected 18 members to the UN Human Rights Council for three years. The 47-member Council, created in 2006, is an inter-governmental body responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. It meets in Geneva to address situations of human rights violations and make recommendations. [...]
Israelis and Palestinians have been urged to avoid further escalation of violence in Gaza and Southern Israel and to ensure the protection of civilians. The appeal comes from UN Secretary-General Ban following reported rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza and Israeli air strikes on Gaza which killed six Palestinians. Charles Appel reports. In a statement [...]
A recent food assessment survey in the People's Democratic Republic of Korea conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme, (WFP) has found that nearly three million people continue to face food insecurity in the country. However, the survey also noted that there were improvements in the harvests of [...]
The vast majority of the world population supports the international treaty to control and stop tobacco use, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Margaret Chan spoke in Seoul, South Korea, as delegates from more than 140 Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control began their session on Monday. [...]
The Gambia's first woman village chief is not only changing perceptions of what a chief looks like, but also of what they do. Fatou Danso, who is also a farmer, has redistributed land that previously was farmed solely by men so that women can grow crops to support their families. The vegetable garden scheme got [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for restraint in the Golan Heights where United Nations peacekeepers are monitoring the ceasefire between Syrian and Israel forces since 1974. The call came amid reports of clashes between Syrian forces and the armed opposition near the ceasefire line which drew a response from the Israeli military. Donn [...]
Children in North Korea continue to suffer from malnutrition despite an increase in the production of staple food, according to two United Nations agencies. The World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization recently conducted a crop and food security assessment in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The results of the [...]
The story of influenza and the fight against the virus led by the World Health Organization. Language: English Genre: Drama 1954 Duration: 14’26″
Pneumonia is a preventable and treatable disease, yet 1.3 million children die of the disease a year, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). World Pneumonia Day is observed on 12 November to focus attention on the disease which claims children's lives mainly in developing countries. UNICEF says that inoculating children for diseases such [...]
