South Sudan mother’s “dream and hope” of peace, 5 years on
One mother from South Sudan has been speaking of her “dream and hope” of a peaceful nation at last, five years on from the country’s independence.
One mother from South Sudan has been speaking of her “dream and hope” of a peaceful nation at last, five years on from the country’s independence.
As countries prepare for the first ever “progress report” on the Sustainable Development Goals next week, they need to be viewed as a “new social contract between leaders and the people”.
Disarmament and non-proliferation issues are not “just for men”, female participants at a UN peace forum in Austria are learning.
Countries are due to report next week on the progress made in implementing the ambitious UN-led global goals aimed at ending hunger, and lifting people out of extreme poverty.
The rebirth and healing of Rwanda through its culture, music and dance has been documented in a film giving voice to survivors and perpetrators alike.
New Independent Expert on LGBT issues a "huge development"
For the first time ever, people are eating more farmed fish than species caught in the wild.
A campaign to vaccinate around 13,000 “particularly vulnerable” children in the Wau area of South Sudan is well underway, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
The tiny Caribbean island nation St Kitts and Nevis has been working with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to make sure it is in a “state of readiness” if a tsunami were to hit the low-lying archipelago.
The impact of the El Niño weather phenomenon is continuing to drive up food insecurity, and the arrival of La Niña in a few months’ time will likely make it worse.