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Men can help push for more women blue helmets: UN peacekeeping trailblazer

27 March 2018
UN Gender Focus

Men can be strong advocates for encouraging more women to serve with their national security forces and at UN operations worldwide.

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UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 27 March 2018

27 March 2018
News in Brief
  • Humanitarian chief: Over 1,700 killed in Syria's eastern Ghouta since ceasefire resolution
  • Yemen crisis leaves nearly 2 million children out of school: UNICEF
  • UNHCR urges Ukraine to take action on displaced, asylum seekers
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3'54"
IOM/Jean-Marc Ferré

Orderly migration requires a united 'amalgam of forces'

27 March 2018
Interviews

Countries need to be better prepared for a more mixed and multicultural world, said the chief of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), William Lacey Swing, on Monday

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6'19"
UN News/Matt Wells

'Global coalition of conscience' needed for justice: Rev. Jesse Jackson

26 March 2018
Interviews

Racial freedom has been established across the United States but the “next phase” of the struggle involves full and equal access to education, healthcare and development.

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9'29"
OCHA/Ahmed ben Lassoued

News in Brief 26 March 2018

26 March 2018
News in Brief
  • Military escalation in Yemen “not the solution”: UN chief
  • UN “stepping up efforts” for civilians around Syria’s Afrin district
  • UNAMA chief condemns attack at sporting event in Afghanistan which killed at least 15
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2'40"
UNAMID/Albert Gonzalez Farran

Darfur population growth putting a strain on water access

26 March 2018
Interviews

Population growth around the major cities in Darfur is having an impact on access to safe drinking water.

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7'57"
WFP/Justin Smith

UN agencies support Sahel in security, governance, development and humanitarian challenges

23 March 2018
Interviews

UN agencies are assisting the Sahel as it faces multiple challenges in security, governance, development and humanitarian needs.

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6'42"
A seven-year-old child stands in front of her damaged school in Idleb, Syria. October 2016.
UNICEF

News in Brief 23 March 2018

23 March 2018
News in Brief
  • Syria conflict: UNICEF reports 17 children killed at school in Idlib
  • Artificial intelligence could be “more dangerous than the nuclear threat”: Geneva Director-General
  • WHO looking for leaders to stamp out TB by 2030
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4'20"
FAO/Cengiz Yar

Acute hunger “intensifies” across the globe, say UN agencies

22 March 2018
Interviews

Around 124 million people in 51 countries were affected by acute food insecurity during the course of last year, according to the latest edition of the Global Report on Food Crises. 

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4'43"
UNICEF/UN0157660/Speiser

Podcast Classics: Marlon Brando highlights 'life & death' value of fresh flowing water

22 March 2018
Podcast Classics

It’s World Water Day, and for our Podcast Classics series: Marlon Brando narrates the story of how the UN Technical Assistance Administration brought “pure, sweet, flowing” water to one Bolivian village; and a look back at the 1950s struggle to provide access to clean running water in El Salvador.

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17'10"