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Internally displaced mothers with their children attend a WFP famine assessment exercise in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.

Nigeria: UN genocide expert warns against worsening security situation

The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Thursday voiced concern over the worsening security situation in Nigeria, while urging the authorities to ensure counter-terrorism operations are conducted in line with international human rights and humanitarian law.

Food is delivered to 450,000 people in northern Ethiopia who have been affected by conflict.

Ethiopia: Northern aid access improving but some areas still hard to reach

A woman and her son walk in the Futhal neighbourhood of Baghdad in Iraq.

Iraq must seize ‘brief window of opportunity’ to turn tide of instability

The National Day of Catalonia is celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (file)

Spain: Rights experts call for probe into claim Catalan leaders were spied on

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Resolution of ‘racism’ complaint brought by Qatar against UAE and Saudi Arabia

Pope Francis in DR Congo: WFP highlights Africa’s biggest hunger crisis

Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 per cent of all biodiversity

UN experts laud International Olympic Committee for considering admission of Russian, Belarusian athletes

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WMO senior Scientific Officer Dr. Oksana Tarasova speaking at UNTV in Geneva.

We need new greenhouse gas emissions network, insists UN weather agency

On 24 March 2021 in Manantantely, Madagascar, 17-year-old Mija Anjarasoa stares out of a window. She is part of the “catch-up class” programme at the Soanierana General Education College and aspires to become a midwife.

Eight trends that will impact children in 2023

UNESCO says that hate speech is on the rise worldwide.

Hate speech: Nations fight back

UNiting Against Hate episode 8: Does Costa Rica have the answers?

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Hate Speech: Turning the tide

Human Rights Online hate speech might seem like an unstoppable tide, but strategies are being employed by governments, civil society, and individuals, to fight back. A new UN Podcasts series, UNiting Against Hate, explains how this dangerous phenomenon is being tackled worldwide.

A new chilli plantation in Inegena, Eastern Indonesia, has helped increase the income of farmers by 50 per cent in the last growing season.

Candlenuts, chilli and chickens: Transforming Indonesia’s rural economy

Make-a-Wish recipient Kale Ilac, and his family at the UN General Assembly Hall

Fulfilling the UN dreams of Kale, a teenager battling cancer

Lutana Ribeiro is the only female chief of Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state.

‘We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence

The Jewish cemetery of Fez, a symbol of cultural harmony

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Displaced children living in a camp in Djugu, which was visited by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

In 2022, the UN and the world were partially recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic: the Security Council and General Assembly met in person, and senior officials travelled. The UN’s photographers were with them to capture the scene.

Photo Story: South African peacekeepers display courage and compassion wherever they serve

Members of the MONUC’s South African parachute battalion disembark from a military vehicle for patrol duties around the village of Ntamugenga.

Photo story: A watershed moment - transformation the key word at UNGA77

Staff work behind the scenes in the UNTV control room during the General Assembly’s annual general debate and associated high-level meetings.

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Carbon dioxide levels continue at record levels, despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Climate change: WMO unveils plans for sustainable monitoring of greenhouse gases

Climate and Environment A UN-led plan to tackle climate change by radically improving the way heat-trapping atmospheric pollutants are measured all over the planet, is being given serious consideration by governments and the international scientific community, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.

Phiona works as a Peer Mother at the Rugaga IV Health Centre in Uganda to train and support mothers to deliver HIV-free babies.

African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030

Health UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

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