Entrepreneurs are key to bringing more jobs and prosperity to the so-called Maritime-Continental Silk Road: the modern-day successor to the ancient trade routes linking Europe and Asia.
That’s according to Dan Liang, Chairperson of the board of directors for the UN Maritime-Continental Silk Road Cities Alliance.
As Rohingya refugees continue to pour into neighbouring Bangladesh, one UN agency is taking steps to address their psychological well-being.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is supporting an initiative that provides so-called “mental health first aid” to the displaced, who have fled violence in Myanmar.
More than 600,000 members of the Muslim minority community have settled in Bangladesh since late August, following attacks on government security positions and subsequent military action Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
The increased use and abuse of children by warring parties is “a source of global shame”, the UN chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.
António Guterres was briefing the Council on his recently published report on Children and Armed Conflict, for 2016.
More than 8,000 children were killed and maimed during the year, while 14,500 violations were verified.
Matt Wells reports.
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Eritrea’s future is literally “walking away” in the form of young refugees fleeing the country.
That’s the view of Sheila Keetharuth, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea.
She said that thousands of young people often walk for days in a “desperate bid” to reach the border and avoid years-long forced-conscription into the army.
Bahrain is taking the lead in promoting entrepreneurship as a means to achieve global peace, prosperity and economic empowerment.
That’s according to an official with the UN Investment Development Organization (UNIDO) based in the country, which is this week hosting a forum on achieving sustainable development through entrepreneurship and innovation.
Representatives from 144 countries are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, this week to ensure that future generations will have access to food and agricultural products that originate from plants.
The nations have agreed to conserve and share the genetic materials of 64 crops— for example, for use in research or breeding—in line with a UN treaty that came into force in 2004.
Hundreds of entrepreneurs from around the world are gathering in Bahrain to take part in a UN-led forum on innovation and growth.
The World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum, organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the government of Bahrain, begins on Tuesday.
The UN audiovisual library is a collection of over one million photo, radio, and television items.
They are kept under the watchful eye of chief of audiovisual archives at the United Nations, Antonio da Silva, who’s charged with collecting, preserving, and reformatting 72 years’ worth of materials.
The UN celebrated World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on Friday.
Elena Vapnitchnaia spoke with Mr da Silva about what the library holds and its significance for future generations.
The world’s only forum for investing in entrepreneurship for the sake of making the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality, gets underway in Bahrain next week.
Organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in partnership with the government of Bahrain, the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum opens on Tuesday.
A plan has been launched to address what one UN body considers among the most pressing problems in the Americas: protection of human rights defenders.
The region accounted for three out of every four recorded murders of these activists worldwide in 2016.
The shocking statistic has been provided by the UN human rights office which has joined with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to take action on the issue.
Matt Wells reports.
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