Teenage activist urges improved education for Syrian children
A teenage activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee is calling for better and more accessible education for Syrian children in a refugee camp in Jordan.
A teenage activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee is calling for better and more accessible education for Syrian children in a refugee camp in Jordan.
The UN Human Rights Office has called for an independent investigation into the violent clashes between riot police and protestors in Ukraine which have left dozens dead.
The importance of Water, Sanitation and Sustainable Energy in the Post-2015 Development Agenda was the subject of an open debate of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
The United Nations estimates that 2.5 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation.
UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi. [UN Photo/Evan Schneider][/caption]An initiative to help ensure that youth priorities are reflected in the UN’s development agenda of the post-2015 era is being launched in New York on Tuesday.
An estimated 10 million livestock have been displaced by the conflict in South Sudan, making it hard for communities to access milk and milk products.
The international community must act on evidence of widespread crimes against humanity in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to a UN Commission of Inquiry.
Tens of thousands of cotton farmers in Mali have been able to drastically reduce their use of toxic pesticides by 90 per cent through training on alternative methods of pest control, according to a new FAO study.
“All eyes are on Afghanistan” as it prepares for elections on 5 April, the Under Secretary-General for UN’s political affairs said at the end of his two-day visit to the country.
A second round of peace talks in Geneva to end the ongoing crisis in Syria has ended in deadlock after the warring parties failed to agree on a way forward.
The three-year conflict in Syria has killed more than 100,000 people and forced millions of others to flee their homes.
It’s a rare occurrence to see a dog on a lead in South Sudan… even rarer, a dog with a job.
But that is set to change, at least at the United Nations mission in the country, UNMISS.