New York’s famed Harlem neighbourhood meets South Korea on Friday evening as the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations get underway.
For decades, Harlem has been home to African-American culture.
In a unique collaboration, Harlem Gospel Choir is performing with the Korean Broadcasting System Traditional Orchestra.
Daniel Dickinson reports from UN headquarters.
The most desperate time for migrants and refugees who have arrived in Europe may be yet to come.
With the first winter weather arriving in Central and South Eastern Europe, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is urgently distributing coats, blankets and other basic winter items to the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve arrived in Europe this year.
Veronica Reeves has more.
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The more than 40,000 cases of people worldwide who have been arrested, detained or abducted against their will represent human beings, not numbers, a UN human rights expert has said.
Bernard Duhaime is vice-chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
One of its main tasks is to assist families in determining the fate or whereabouts of their relatives who have disappeared, for example, through action by their governments.
Political and community leaders in Tanzania are being urged by the United Nations to respect the rights of citizens as they head to the polls this weekend.
Tanzanians will elect a new President, parliamentarians and local government councillors in general elections on Sunday.
Assumpta Massoi spoke with the UN representative in the country, Alvaro Rodriguez.
He said regardless of the outcome, candidates must accept “the will of the people.”
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The story of former African slaves who led a revolt over British rule in Jamaica “had to be told” according to the producer of a movie celebrating the historical event.
"Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess" recounts the story of the one-time leader of the Maroons, the group that fought the British Empire for their freedom.
The movie had its world premiere at UN headquarters in New York.
Daniel Dickinson reports.
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An online portal for victims of terrorism represents the “impressive dual achievement” of acknowledging their suffering as a human rights abuse while also providing practical information to support their recovery.
That’s the assessment of Alfred Schandlbauer, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism at the Organization of American States (OAS).
The work of a gynaecologist who treats rape victims who have been subjected to sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the focus of a film which has just been released.
'The Man Who Mends Women' tells the story of Dr Denis Mukwege.
In 1999, the doctor set up a clinic in eastern DRC to treat rape victims. It is estimated Dr Mukwege treated some 30,000 women, some of whom had been subjected to horrific sexual violence.
There is “never, never any justification for murder”, the UN Security Council has been told by the UN Deputy Secretary-General.
The Council met Thursday on the escalating violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.
More than 50 people, the majority of them Palestinian, have been killed in the latest round of violence in the region. Clashes began a month ago over tensions surrounding access to a holy site in Jerusalem, revered by both Jews and Muslims.
The Great Wall of China and the Palace in Monaco have joined a growing list of famous landmarks that will be lit for the “Turn the World UN Blue” campaign.
Well over 200 landmarks in more than 60 countries will be bathed in blue lights on Saturday, 24 October to mark 70 years since the founding of the United Nations. From New Zealand to Zimbabwe, notable landmarks all around the world will participate in the event.
As many as seven million people worldwide die each year from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases associated with indoor or outdoor air pollution.
That’s according to the World Health Organization (WHO) which is calling for stronger action to reduce the impact of diesel, “dirty” household fuels such as coal and kerosene, and other types of what it calls short-lived climate pollutants.
Dianne Penn reports.
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