Over 8.3 million Syrians need aid to survive: UNHCR
Nearly half of the Syrian population is now dependent on humanitarian assistance for survival, according to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). The agency says over 8.3 million Syrians…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UNRWA's health programme hard hit in Syria
![Aleppo, Syria: A burnt out bus in an opposition-held area of Aleppo visited by the UN inter-agency convoy and SARC (Syrian Arab Red Crescent). [OCHA/Gemma Connell]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Aleppo_13-April-2013_i-4Pxc2Nt-L.jpg "Aleppo_13 April 2013_i-4Pxc2Nt-L")
"There is no doubt we still have considerable ways to go to realize our ultimate Human Development Goal, "A Long and Healthy Life". That's what Filippo Grandi, the…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UN refugee agency working to contain cholera epidemic in Niger
![Malian refugees at the Mangaizé refugee camp in northern Niger. [UNHCR/ H.Caux]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Mali-refugees-Niger.jpg "Mali refugees Niger")
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners are working in Niger to contain a cholera epidemic in the west of the country. The agency says the…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UN envoy calls for end to fighting in eastern DR Congo
![Residents of Rutshuru Territory flee their homes to seek safety in Goma. [UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DRC-IDP-12.jpg "War against M-23 Rebels")
The UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region has called on the parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to stop fighting…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UN chief asks Mozambican President to be Education Champion
![Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meeting with H.E. Armando Emilio Guebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique. [UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SG-MOZAMBIQUE-2.jpg "Secretary-General meeting President of the Republic of Mozambique.")
The President of Mozambique Armando Guebuza has agreed to act as an education champion at the request of the UN Secretary-General who is on his first official visit to the Southern African country.…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UN meeting looks at ways to reduce disaster risk and build resilience
![Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson during the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)[UN Photo/ Jean-Marc Ferré]](http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSG-DISASTER-2.jpg "UNISDR")
Private sector participation in disaster management is among the topics being discussed at a UN-sponsored meeting underway in Geneva.…
21 May 2013 / Listen /Chinese actress Li Bingbing advocates for saving African elephants
China's leading actress has called for greater effort to end the illegal ivory trade, which experts say is fueling…
21 May 2013 / Listen /Sami reindeer herders attend Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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The Samis call northern Scandinavia their home. They are an indigenous people whose origins go back some 11,000 years.…
21 May 2013 / Listen /UNESCO Executive Director encourages girls in Afghanistan
Throngs of girls welcomed UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to Afghanistan on 18 May as she began an official three-day…
20 May 2013 / Listen /Latest session of indigenous forum opens at UN headquarters
Thousands of indigenous people have once again gathered at United Nations Headquarters for the latest session of the UN…
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