UN in Action

Sloviansk is located in the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine, affected by the internal conflict which started in 2015. Two women named Yulia—one local and one internally displaced—decided to open a cafe together

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are nearly 152 million child labourers worldwide in 2018.

In northern Colombia, former members of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) have access to various training, including a clothing workshop designed for female ex-combatants and local women.

Three years into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world has seen both important progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and setbacks that require urgent action. “We have only 12 more years until 2030 to fully realize

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YouTube influencer and model Jillian Mercado, a female disability rights advocate, visits the United Nations to talk about issues facing persons with disabilities. She sits down with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres for an informal chat.

As a result of the conflict in Kosovo in the late 1990s, over 1600 people still remain unaccounted for. The UN Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, continues to support the Working Group on Missing Persons and to assist the families of missing persons.

On a farm called “New Colombia,” more than 40 ex-members of the FARC-EP are cultivating crops while nurturing stability in the region. The farm is part of a reintegration programme supervised by the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.

The situation for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh has become increasingly dangerous with the onset of the cyclone season and monsoon rains, putting already vulnerable people at even greater risk

What does it take to dismantle a 2,000-pound aerial bomb? A team from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) visited a UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) project in Gaza