"EDUCATION"

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO

Complete ‘unfinished business’ of protecting female sexual, reproductive health Rights, speakers urge as anniversary meeting for Population Conference ends at 99th resumed plenary meeting.

Keep ‘promise of Cairo alive’ to further advance women’s empowerment, speakers urge at General Assembly anniversary meeting for landmark population conference at 99th plenary meeting.

Marking the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, UN chief Antonio Guterres said, “completing the unfinished business of the Cairo Conference will put us on course to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to ensure lives of peace, prosperity and dignity for all.” UNIFEED

At the request of Russia, the UN Security Council met today to discuss a new law entering in force in Ukraine, instating the Ukrainian language as the sole official language in the country, requiring that it be used in the public sector. UNIFEED

A delegation from South Sudan’s Ministry of Health, UN agencies and donor countries travelled to Yei, in South Sudan, to offer support in preventing the spread of Ebola to the Central Equatorial region – one of the hardest-hit by the devastating conflict that has raged across the country for six years. UNMISS

After decades of steady decline, the trend in world hunger – as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment – reverted in 2015, remaining virtually unchanged in the past three years at a level slightly below 11 percent, according to the new edition of the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI). UNIFEED

“No country has achieved full gender equality and women continue to face discrimination in every region of the world,” President of the General Assembly, Maria Espinosa said at the opening of a high-level meeting of the Assembly titled “Gender equality and women’s leadership for a sustainable world.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.