United States (US) Ambassador Susan Rice briefed journalists today (12 March) following a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan with the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Herve Ladsous.
Sudan and South Sudan signed today (12 March) a long-awaited cooperation agreements, paving the way for the resumption of oil exports, and giving their ailing economies a desperately needed lifeline.
On a trip to Turkey to visit camps hosting Syrian refugees earlier this week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres tells a press conference, "In January we had 5,000, in February we had 8,000, so this shows you the staggering escalation we are witnessing." UNHCR
A whole generation of Syrian children risks being lost amid the country's spiraling civil war, the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) cautioned today (12 March) in Geneva. CH UNTV
In partnership with the Government of Uganda and Faith Based Organizations, UNICEF has introduced Family Health Days in places of worship. UNICEF