First person: ‘I am nothing without my culture’

25 May 2020
Culture and Education
ILO Photo/John Isaac

A master practitioner of the Hawaiian hula dance has told UN News that he is “nothing without my culture.”

Mozambique school children face ‘catastrophic’ fall-out from COVID-19: a UN Resident Coordinator blog

Heed ceasefire call, UN chief urges, marking Africa Day

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UN welcomes three-day ceasefire announcement by Afghan government and Taliban during Eid al-Fitr

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Rachel Rugarabura

Policing the pandemic: how UN Police are maintaining law, order, and public health

Peace and Security

In several countries afflicted by years of armed conflict, The UN assists with law and order issues, including policing expertise. This work is being challenged, as never before, by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview with UN News, Luis Carrilho, head of the UN Police Division, describes how the virus is affecting the ability of his colleagues to keep the peace.

© UNICEF

Yemen: Coronavirus transmission likely widespread, decimating ‘collapsed’ health system, UN warns

Humanitarian Aid

War-torn Yemen’s health system has ‘in effect, collapsed” under the strain of a widening COVID-19 outbreak, with epidemiologists estimating that the virus could spread faster and more widely than in many other countries, the UN warned on Friday.

© UNICEF/Zhang Yuwei

Experts underscore COVID-19 threat to global progress on child immunization

Health

Global experts in health and child welfare have again highlighted how the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting access to routine immunization services worldwide, putting millions of young lives at risk of killer diseases such as diphtheria, measles and pneumonia.

UNMISS

Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve ‘justice, truth and reparations’: Bachelet

Human Rights

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, that has left hundreds dead across 28 villages in Jonglei State, according to local authorities. 

©UNEP/Jessica Kerr

Shrinking forests need bold action to safeguard their biodiversity

SDGs

Amidst alarming rates of deforestation and land degradation, urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world's forests, according to a new United Nations report, released on Friday.

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