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The Government of Togo and the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) destroyed 2,000 seized and obsolete weapons and 10,000 rounds of ammunition to mark the International Day of Peace.

Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade

Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles for $750 and cartridges for 70 cents apiece, from locally handcrafted pistols to smuggled French and Turkish machine guns, as a dizzying array of illegal weaponry dots market stalls across the Sahel, a 6,000-kilometre-wide belt in the middle of Africa.

Lebanese poet and artist Kahlil Gibran was celebrated at the United Nations on the 100th anniversary of his most famous work, The Prophet, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Century-old call for equality resonates today

Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, is interviewed by UN News.

‘We stand by you’ declares UN relief chief, outlining emergency plan for Ukraine dam disaster

Tanzanians and other MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in north-west Central African Republic.

Central African Republic: Tanzanian peacekeepers to be repatriated following abuse allegations

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UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead

Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom

Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office

UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions

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Young Leaders for the SDGS Paul Ndhlovu, Mayada Adil, and Gibson Kawago ((l to r).

PODCAST: Youth leaders fighting for a better world

UNICEF is providing humanitarian aid to passengers arriving in Mykolaiv on the first evacuation train from Kherson, Ukraine.

Ukraine dam disaster: flooding poses ‘grave risk’ to families impacted: UNICEF

Mélanie Régimbal, Chief of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva.

The challenge of regulating lethal autonomous weapons

Seat belts have saved millions of lives around the world in the past 50 years.

Buckling up to save lives: UN celebrates five decades of seat belt laws

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A UN-supported programme at the Tangerang Class IIA Correctional Facility in Indonesia is helping inmates learn job skills.

Baristas behind bars: From serving time to serving lattes

SDGs Perfectly foamed milk. A delicate butterfly enswirled atop. A bittersweet tang on the palate. A perfect cappuccino? It is beyond that. This particular cup was masterfully frothed and served by Denny, an inmate in Tangerang, a prison to the west of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, who joined a UN-supported training programme aimed at helping prisoners to re-integrate into society after serving time.

Graffiti showing a fuel transporter in Porto Novo, Benin.

Trafficking in the Sahel: Gas lighting

The Thai Navy Mekong Riverine Unit patrols the border between Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos.

Huge increase in transnational crime and synthetic drugs in SE Asia requires cross-border cooperation

Isatou, Mariama, and Fatoumatta no longer have to stop going to classes during their periods, thanks to a UNFPA programme that supports production and free distribution of reusable sanitary pads, including for girls at St. John's School for the Deaf in …

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period poverty

The Nigerien army patrols the Sahara desert targetting militant groups including ISIL and Boko Haram.

Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas, and gold

Photo Stories

UN peacekeepers stand guard in Ménaka in southeastern Mali.

UN ‘blue helmets’: 75 years of service and sacrifice

Over the last 75 years, more than 2 million peacekeepers have served in 71 operations across myriad complex and fragile political, security, and humanitarian landscapes. These “blue helmets” are the “beating heart of our commitment to a more peaceful world”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May.

COVID-19: The virus that shut down the world

Patients are treated for COVID-19 at a hospital in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (file)

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

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.

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