Uncomplicated hosts, Sinduja Srinivasan and Jason DeWall, talk to UN peacekeeping officials Ken Payumo and Nick Birnback, and learn more about the challenges faced by peacekeeping staff, keeping millions safe with limited resources.

• Countries and airlines should react to COVID-19 risk proportionally, urges UN aviation organization chief 
• Libya’s cities ‘re-contaminated’ by months of fighting, warn UN mine experts 
• International Support Group for Lebanon calls for comprehensive reforms 

• Top scientists gather at UN to speed up coronavirus response  
• Appeal for long-term help for Madagascar as child emergency worsens 
• Eastern DRC displacement leaves thousands in dire conditions – UNHCR 

The way children and teenagers behave online has profoundly changed, and if societies ignore the need to rethink child safety issues, then “we are sticking our heads in the sand”. 

That’s according to Neil Walsh, Chief of the Cybercrime and Anti-Money Laundering Section at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).  

Highlighting the role of parents and caregivers in understanding and explaining the risks involved in using the internet, Mr. Walsh told UN News’s Elena Vapnitchnaia that it’s essential to “empower the kids”, enabling them to talk about what they feel and see online.