In May, Kenya became a space nation with the launch of its first, very own, cube satellite, designated “1KUNS-PF” – which stands for “First Kenyan University Nano Satellite-Precursor Flight”.

UN News spoke with John Njoroge Kimani, the Lead Scientist and Coordinator at the Kenya Space Agency about its new satellite, and what it means for the country.

R2P, shorthand for the Responsibility to Protect, has been a guiding principle for well over a decade, but only now has it become an official agenda item  at the UN General Assembly.  According to Adama Dieng, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide, this makes 2018 an historic year.

Mr. Dieng spoke to UN News about the importance of R2P.

“Everybody has a role to play” in the fight against terrorism, and a “strong coalition” is needed if societies everywhere are to overcome the scourge.

A deal which would see the United Nations take control of Yemen’s most important port, and prevent full-scale conflict there that could leave millions more in need, must be seen in the context of restarting long-term political talks towards a lasting peace.

More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed due to conflict last year, according to an UN report, including shocking examples of girls being used as “human bombs” by Boko Haram terrorists, and attacks on schools and hospitals.  Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, presented the report’s findings.

Excessive bleeding after childbirth still kills around 70,000 mothers a year, but a new heat-resistant drug called carbetocin, which does not need refrigeration, could now save “thousands of women’s lives” in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl calls it a potential “game-changer” for women’s health.

Rohingya women living in refugee camps in Bangladesh who have escaped rape and deadly violence in Myanmar say they fear returning home because of ongoing insecurity and the fact that they have no status there, Pramila Patten, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on sexual violence in conflict, told UN News in this UN Gender Focus podcast.

The ceasefires earlier this month in Afghanistan conducted by the government and the Taliban extremist group are a signal that peace is possible in the war-weary country.

That’s the assessment of Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), who briefed the Security Council this week.

Human rights affect everyone and all countries have a responsibility to work together to protect them, Christian Strohal, a former Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Council, told Michelle Kusuma in Geneva, following the United States’ decision to leave it earlier this week citing allegations of long-term bias.

Improving the lives of people in countries emerging from conflict is the goal of police officers serving at UN peacekeeping operations around the world, according to Luís Carrilho, UN Police Adviser and head of the organization’s Police Division, which is hosting the two-day UN Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in New York. Monica Grayley asked him about some of the main objectives of the summit.