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UN commission examines threats to global education goal

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN commission examines threats to global education goal 10 April 2023 © UNICEF/Florine Bos Two young women in Sudan play educational games on a solar-powered tablet. Despite global promises and progress, some 263 million children and young people are out of school, indicating that achieving quality education for all by 2030 is “seriously off track”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina…

International system crucial to countering threat of weapons diversion, Security Council hears

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home International system crucial to countering threat of weapons diversion, Security Council hears 10 April 2023 UN Photo/Stuart Price Weapons seized from suspected members of the Islamic insurgent group Al Shabaab are put on show in Mogadishu, Somalia. Implementing the many global tools aimed at controlling the trade and transfer of weapons – ranging from tracing instruments, to export rules,…

Yemen: UN says Saudi-Houthi talks in Sana’a ‘a welcome step’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: UN says Saudi-Houthi talks in Sana’a ‘a welcome step’ 10 April 2023 © UNICEF Children attend catch-up classes at a displaced persons camp in Marib, Yemen. Talks between Saudi and Omani delegations with officials from the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen’s capital Sana’a over the weekend, were described as “a welcome step towards the de-escalation in tensions”, by the UN Spokesperson on…

Curbing ‘expressions of violence’ a key to peace in Colombia: Guterres

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Curbing ‘expressions of violence’ a key to peace in Colombia: Guterres 10 April 2023 UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Sustaining Peace in Colombia Cauca, a region of Colombia that was particularly affected by the country's decades-long conflict. Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored the importance of implementing the Peace Agreement in Colombia, and advancing dialogue, in…

First Person: Passion to feed a healthier Gambia

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home First Person: Passion to feed a healthier Gambia 08 April 2023 UN News/ Conor Lennon Brothers Alhadgie and Abdoulie Faal's fruit and vegetable business in Kanuma, The Gambia, is supported by the UN Capital Development Fund The majority of food consumed in The Gambia is imported, but a growing number of young entrepreneurs are starting food production companies, encouraged by the…

From The Field: A rare safe space for the LGBTI+ community in El Salvador

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home From The Field: A rare safe space for the LGBTI+ community in El Salvador 07 April 2023 © Diké The Diké centre in El Salvador is a meeting place for the LGBTI+ community. There is just one LGBTI+ community and health centre in El Salvador, and it has become a refuge for many people who have been expelled from their homes, simply because of their sexual identity…

Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech 06 April 2023 © Unsplash/Nikola Rakic A view of the northern city of Novi Sad along the banks of the Danube river in Serbia. Legal reforms in Serbia must be accompanied by the effective implementation of laws to counter dangerous rhetoric against minorities, journalists and activists, UN independent human rights…

‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan 06 April 2023 © UNICEF/Sayed Bidel The UN is calling on the international community not to abandon Afghanistan. A Taliban decision banning women from working for the UN inside Afghanistan, will have devastating consequence for aid delivery, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country warned on Thursday…

Türkiye quake aftermath: Funding needed to stave off risks to millions of children

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Türkiye quake aftermath: Funding needed to stave off risks to millions of children 06 April 2023 © UNOCHA/Ahmad Abdulnafi Two million children are in need of support in Türkiye . Two months after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and northern Syria, 2.5 million children in Türkiye remain in need of humanitarian support and are at risk of falling into poverty, child labour or under-age…

Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ 06 April 2023 Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil Indigenous people of the Yanomami ethnic group, in a camp in Brasília, capital of Brazil, in 2018. The Vatican’s rejection of the 500-year-old Catholic decree used to justify the seizure of indigenous lands by colonial powers, known as the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, has been…