The UN plays a “dynamic” role as a “knowledge-broker” bringing together governments, experts and the private sector to help development in the southern hemisphere.
That’s according to Ahmed Hussein Ahmed, Regional Advisor for the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
Family is assumed to be a protective structure, but this is not always the case.
That’s the view of Harry Cook, Data Management & Research Specialist for the UN Migration Agency (IOM) in Geneva, speaking in reference to new statistics that show child victims of human trafficking are often coerced by family members.
Space-based applications and technologies are helping the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to deliver its projects in a faster, more efficient and safer way, according to a senior official there.
Bruce McCarron, Director of UNDP’s Office of Operations, Legal and Technology Services, said one example is the use of satellite imagery to monitor reconstruction of buildings in Mali that were destroyed by extremists.
An increasing number of countries in the southern hemisphere are contributing to global humanitarian efforts, which the UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator considers an “encouraging” development.
Ursula Mueller is in Antalya, Turkey, this week for a global conference on how these nations are supporting each other: a process known as south-south cooperation.
Maoqi Li asked Ms Mueller about this partnership and about Turkey’s role in the response to the ongoing crisis in neighbouring Syria.
Safeguarding livestock diversity is the objective of the latest version of an online database launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The goal is to help countries better monitor and manage animal breeds at risk of extinction: something which could threaten access to food but also sustainable development in rural areas.
FAO estimates that around 25 percent of the world’s local farm animal breeds run the risk of being wiped out, such as the Inyambo cattle in Rwanda and the H’mong pig in Vietnam.
A new high-level board to advise the UN chief on mediation efforts around the world is aiming to turn the focus away from talk of “hybrid wars” to “hybrid peace-building.”
That’s according to the former President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, who is one of the 18 leading international members of the panel, which was set up by Secretary-General António Guterres in September.
Three leaders in “South-South Cooperation”, together with $33 million in contributions, are helping 15 of the least developed countries in the world move ahead with achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
India, Brazil, and South Africa - three nations from different economies and different continents - launched the latest IBSA Fund report on Monday, which helps developing countries advance their goals, in partnership with the UN.
Bangladesh - already one of the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping missions around the world - would like to send more troops, despite the increasing dangers they face.
That’s the view of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s National Defence and Security Adviser, who led his country’s delegation to the recent UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference, in Vancouver, Canada.
With a 16-day global campaign in full swing to end violence against women and girls, transforming the human rights situation in Sudan's turbulent Darfur region, requires clear and distinctive definitions of sexual violence and adultery.
That’s according to the Human Rights Section Chief for the region’s UN mission, UNAMID, Isha Dyfan, who explained that separating these two societal issues encourages women to come forward with accounts of sexual violence, without fear of being accused of adultery.
Promoting young people’s access to land was among the objectives of a four-day conference held in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this month.
The event sought to deepen knowledge about land policy on the continent and to support the African Union’s declaration of 2017 as the Year of Youth.
