OPT / YOUTH DAY
Celebrations of Youth Day in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UNICEF
Celebrations of Youth Day in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. UNICEF
French Ambassador Gérard Araud today (10 August) warned that the alternative to appointing a successor to Kofi Annan and sticking to his six-point plan forSyria"means war".UNTV
The United Nations Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos this week visited Eastern DRC'sNorthKivuProvincewhere nearly a quarter of a million people have been displaced by conflict since April this year. Another 57,000 people have fled to neighbouringRwandaandUgandasince the beginning of 2012. OCHA
In the midst of an economic crisis which has affected young people, the United Nations celebrates the 13th annual International Youth Day this Sunday (12 August). UNTV / IMF / UNMISS / UNICEF
UN peacekeepers inCôte d'Ivoirehave stepped up patrols after a spate of armed attacks in the commercial capitalAbidjanand elsewhere. UNOCI
Japanese Contingent Engineer Company of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are helping build roads and bridges in areas with very little basic infrastructure in South Sudan. UNMISS