Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has told Member States that his fervent hope is that “we stop moving from crisis to crisis, from symptom to symptom and instead address the underlying causes” of the world’s problems.
His comments came in his first address to the Assembly for the year.
Gerry Adams has more.
Duration: 3'05"
A call to reverse food waste was made by UN agencies.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have joined forces to launch a new global campaign called The Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint campaign – a campaign on the whole issue of food waste and food loss.
Beng Poblete-Enriquez reports.
Duration: 2'40"
The UN Security Council is meeting on Monday to adopt a proposal on how to improve multi-dimensional peacekeeping operations.
Two thousand thirteen marks the 65th anniversary of UN peacekeeping, the first mission being the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan, UNMOGIP.
Gerry Adams reports.
Duration: 2'40"
Rosemary Marimo is a woman with purpose. She began prospecting for gold in Musowe, Zimbabwe with her husband 20 years ago.
Now 60 years old and a widow, she has been running the business alone. Mary Ferreira of UN Television first met Rosemary when she visited Zimbabwe to produce a feature on gender equality and women's empowerment for UNTV. She tells Rosemary's story.
Duration: 2'23"
Stevie Wonder, a world renowned musician and a UN Messenger of Peace, was at the UN recently to meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to stress his commitment to the human rights of people living with disabilities.
Alex King caught up with him and asked him first about what the biggest challenges are for people with disabilities for 2013.
Duration: 4’25”
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, rice is a staple food and even the word ‘eat’ actually means ‘eat rice’.
But rice alone is not sufficient to meet the dietary needs of children.
The UN Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) in partnership with the European Union and the Government of Laos, started a project called the Maternal and Young Child Nutrition Security Initiative in Laos where overconsumption of rice led to malnutrition in children.
The International Criminal Court formally opened an investigation on Thursday into alleged crimes committed in Mali since January of 2012.
The investigation has been prompted by a report compiled by the UN human rights office.
Over 412,000 people have been forced to flee the northern part of Mali, while an estimated five million have been affected by clashes between armed groups in the region, according to the United Nations.
Gerry Adams reports.
Duration: 2'35"
Thousands of people have been displaced by inter-ethnic fighting between the Abbala and Beni Hussein communities at the Jabel Amir gold mines in North Darfur state.
On 13 January, the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployed a team to the three villages of Saraf Omra, Kabkabya and El Sereif affected by the violence.
UNAMID is also conducting security escorts so that humanitarian workers can reach the people who need health care, water, food as well as other basic items such as shelter and blankets.
The number of people dying from measles has dropped over the past decade but challenges still remain in the efforts to eradicate the disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO reports a 71 per cent drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2011, while cases fell by nearly 60 per cent during the same period.
However, the agency estimates that 20 million children did not get their first dose of measles vaccine in 2011.
Nominations for an award that recognizes people who strive to stop and reverse the effects of environmental emergencies are open until 15 March.
The Green Start Award is a joint initiative between the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Green Cross International (GCI) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
To find out more about the award, UN Radio’s Derrick Mbatha spoke on the line to Geneva with Paul Garwood of GCI.
Duration: 3'14"
