Five countries on Monday endorsed the 'Paris Commitments' to end the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups. The announcement was made in New York as Ministers gathered at UN headquarters on the fifth anniversary of the international conference known as 'Free Children from War.' The Paris Commitments were adopted at [...]
![A woman and her baby take shelter at Don Bosco Orphanage in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. They have arrived from the town of Sake, where M23 rebels are fighting government troops. [November 2012]
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Congolese troops have returned to Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to United Nations sources. The move comes after the withdrawal of fighters of the M23 rebel movement who had taken over the city more than a week ago. The UN mission [...]
1. No substitute to meaningful negotiations to achieve two state theory: Serry 2. More should be done to do real justice to Malala and the cause she serves: Navi Pillay. 3. Mongolian farmers in remote areas take advantage of solar power. 4. UN Population Fund Report 2012 Narrated and Produced by Ambalika Misra Duration: 13’23″
Government regulators from 193 countries will discuss updating the rules that regulate telecommunications at a meeting of the International Telecommunications Union in Dubai. Gerry Adams reports. Duration: 3’09″
The parties involved in conflict in Yemen have committed to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers. That's what Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict told reporters on Monday following her trip to the Middle Eastern country. Ms. Zerrougui said her three-day mission in Yemen, at the invitation [...]
Hundreds of medical experts from around the world are participating in a week-long meeting which opened in Bonn, Germany on Monday to discuss the threat that overexposure to radiation can cause to patients and health workers. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the first time in history, several countries are experiencing population [...]
More than one billion people worldwide live with some form of disability, according to United Nations statistics. Making sure that their contributions to society are recognized is one of the aims of this year's International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December. Dianne Penn reports on a ceremony held at UN Headquarters in [...]
The management of information and technologies should be transparent, democratic and inclusive. That's the message delivered by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the World Conference on International Telecommunications, which opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Monday. About 2,000 delegates from 160 countries have gathered to discuss a global treaty that sets out general principles [...]
In a new released report entitled "State of the World Cities 2012/13" the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) ranked the world's cities in terms of prosperity, which they evaluated along a newly introduced "Prosperity index". Despite worldwide economic, political and environmental turmoil, cities like Vienna, Paris, Zurich, and Stockholm – all ranked in the [...]
The annual meeting of States Parties to the convention that bans anti-personnel land mines opened in Geneva on Monday. Representatives of governments and civil society, as well as experts are participating in the week-long gathering to review the treaty known as the Ottawa Convention. The president of the meeting, Ambassador Matjaž Kovačič of Slovenia says [...]
There's been a call for action to bridge the gap between well-meaning commitments and long-overdue actions for more than one billion persons with disabilities. The call comes from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a message marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Secretary-General says "Our challenge is to provide all people with the equality of [...]
"In the past 20 years it is estimated that 135 million people have been affected by disasters in Bangladesh. But the Government is addressing this challenge head on by investing in its local communities and other countries can learn from Bangladesh." So says UN Emergency Relief and Humanitarian Coordinator Valerie Amos. Ms. Amos was in [...]
Any plan to build a Jewish settlement that would cut off East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank would destroy chances of securing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. That warning comes from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, following the announcement by the Israeli government that it plans to build 3,000 new settlement [...]
