Step up action to protect the planet during wartime: UN environment chief
Greater action is needed to protect the environment during wartime if the world is to realize the goal of a more sustainable future for all […]
Month: November 2019
UN police woman recognized for ‘speaking up and speaking out’ on behalf of the vulnerable
At the core of peacekeeping lies the notion of shared responsibility, the UN peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday, presenting this year’s award for Female Police […]
Unity, regional cooperation and international support needed for Horn of Africa to develop sustainably
The road ahead “will not be easy” for the Horn of Africa, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Monday, briefing the Security Council on […]
Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics poisoning sea life and affecting humans, says UN Environment
Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean – equivalent to a full garbage truck every minute dumped into […]
Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, UN chief tells ASEAN Summit
Four of the ten countries most affected by climate change are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said […]
Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award
A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies ‘pay a price’ when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer […]
Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award
A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies ‘pay a price’ when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer […]
New UN Female Police Officer of the Year prioritizes ‘preventing sexual exploitation and abuse’
“An inspiration to all of us” is how top Police Adviser Luis Carrilho, described this year’s winner of the UN Female Police Officer of the […]
Guterres in Turkey: UN to study ‘new settlement areas’ plan for Syrian refugees
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday presented UN Secretary-General António Guterres with a plan for resettling hundreds-of-thousands of Syrian refugees, in the wake of […]
UN Migration Agency appeals to South Sudan group to free volunteer worker and child
The UN Migration Agency appealed on Friday for the immediate liberation of a volunteer and child who’ve been missing since a gun battle in South […]