UN Chief hopeful peace accord for DR Congo will work this time
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Matata Ponyo Mapon of the DRC. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/551561-SG-Trip-22_05_2013-17.41.06.jpg "Joint Meeting of the Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank Group with Prime Minister of DRC.")
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he hopes that after many accords to end the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo peace can finally come to the…
23 May 2013 / Listen /UNFPA to launch new initiatives to increase access to family planning
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will launch two new initiatives to increase access to family planning and improve maternal health in some of the most-hard-to-reach areas around…
23 May 2013 / Listen /Children plead for involvement in disaster risk reduction
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Children can and should play a crucial role in disaster risk reduction, a panel of children from disaster-prone regions told the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in…
23 May 2013 / Listen /Programmes needed to prepare children for disasters: UNICEF
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There is need to have programmes to ensure that children know what do when disasters strike says, Antony Spalton, Risk Reduction Specialist from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).…
23 May 2013 / Listen /Israeli-Palestinian conflict not less important than Syria crisis: UN envoy
A senior United Nations diplomat has warned the international community about the danger of focusing on the Syrian crisis at the expense of finding a resolution to Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Robert Serry, the UN…
22 May 2013 / Listen /UNFPA pushes to end obstetric fistula
Thursday 23 May, is the first International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. Obstetric fistula, a medical condition of women,…
23 May 2013 / Listen /Experts shed light on health issues facing indigenous youth in the Americas
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It's common for teenagers to believe life is tough, but for indigenous youth in Central and South America, research…
23 May 2013 / Listen /Water security focus of International Day for Biodiversity
Water, water, everywhere…but not as much as we think. Even though the planet is about 70 per cent water,…
22 May 2013 / Listen /World Health Assembly focuses on new avian virus
The 194 Member States of the World Health Organization have begun their annual review of the activities of WHO,…
22 May 2013 / Listen /Secretary-General meets with secondary school students in Mozambique
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is currently on a five-country tour in Africa. Mr. Ban' first stop was Mozambique, where…
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