Governments worldwide are being advised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to make milk and dairy products more accessible to the poor and vulnerable.
FAO’s latest publication entitled Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition, says these products make for healthy bones and are a vital source of nutrition.
However, not everyone is fortunate enough to include them in their daily dietary consumption.
As the crisis continues to worsen in the Central African Republic, France is urging the Security Council to act urgently to avert a catastrophe.
The political and humanitarian situation in the country took a turn for the worse in December last year when a coalition of rebel forces, known as Séléka, launched attacks and captured a number of towns.
Delivering food to survivors remains a priority nearly three weeks after Typhoon Haiyan caused widespread devastation in the Philippines.
That’s according to the World Food Programme (WFP), which has airlifted tonnes of rice and high-energy biscuits to the country.
WFP and other UN agencies and their partners continue to support the Philippine authorities as they work to get millions of people back on their feet.
Dianne Penn reports.
Duration: 3'05"
Match fixing, illegal or irregular betting and other criminal activities affect a number of major sporting events, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
This problem is one of the issues that are being discussed at the week-long conference which opened in Panama City on Monday.
The meeting has brought together representatives of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption.
Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence starts on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Each day represents a key fact regarding violence against women which will be highlighted during the international campaign ending on December 10, International Human Rights Day.
As part of ongoing efforts to end the scourge, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched his UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign in 2008.
Derrick Mbatha has more.
Duration: 4'15"
After months of diplomatic efforts, a date has finally been set for an international meeting aimed at ending the violence in Syria.
The second Geneva conference will be held in that city on January 22, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday.
With Syria the biggest threat to international peace and security, Mr. Ban described the conference as “a mission of hope.”
Dianne Penn reports.
Duration: 3'14"
For most of their lives, 12 fishermen in the Aruacottuthurai village, on the Tamil Nadu coast in South India, have lived like ‘slaves’.
Every one of them was in debt to money-lenders. They in turn had inherited the debt from their fathers, according to Joanne Levitan of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In an intricately corrupt system, she explains, the moneylenders, the local traders and village leaders were all in cahoots, ensuring that it was impossible for the fishermen to ever pay back what they owed.
A remote Pacific island nation could be the “litmus test” for global efforts to devise a sustainable development agenda.
Although Nauru (population 10,000) is so small it does not have an official capital, some of the world’s biggest problems can be found within its 21 square kilometres.
Climate change, youth unemployment, obesity and diabetes, are just some of the challenges facing the country, one of the smallest in the world, says Amina Mohammed, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning.
For nearly 60 years, the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) has been evaluating the impact of nuclear radiation on the human body.
The committee recently released a report on how radiation affects children, citing research ranging from the atomic attacks on Japan during the Second World War to kids who receive radiation therapy as part of medical treatment.
UN Radio’s Donn Bobb discusses the findings with UNSCEAR chair Fred Metler.
Duration: 4'39"
Joint diplomatic efforts by the United Nations and the African Union have ensured cooperation among four African countries affected by the activities of a rebel group out of Uganda.
But the UN envoy for the Central African region says the “serious and unpredictable threat” posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) will require sustained international attention.
Dianne Penn reports.
Duration: 2'59"
