Teenage pop sensation Kids United may be young, but age is no barrier to raising awareness about children’s rights, the group said on Monday.
Speaking ahead of a performance at the UN in Geneva to celebrate World Children’s Day, 15-year-old singer Gabriel Gros told Daniel Johnson that being able to go to school is one of the most important rights of all.
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A “new set of tools” is needed to make UN peacekeeping fit for today's more dangerous and complex world.
That’s according to perhaps the most renowned of all former UN Force Commanders, Canadian Lt. General Roméo Dallaire, who was in charge of the blue helmets serving in Rwanda in 1994, during the infamous genocide there.
Changing the fashion industry and making it more aware of global humanitarian and environmental concerns, demands expertise, and above all, passion.
That’s the view of Patrick Duffy, the founder of Global Fashion Exchange - an international sustainable fashion platform - who led a UN conference panel this week, on the use of clothing as a vehicle for change.
While terrorist attacks draw headlines globally, a recent UN documentary tells the story of what happens to survivors once the cameras move on.
On 22 July 2011, 23-year-old Khamshajiny Gunaratnam was attending a Workers' Youth League Camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya when Anders Breivik opened fire, killing 69 people – including many of her friends.
The film, Surviving Terrorism: Victims' Voices from Norway, was screened at UN Headquarters in New York last week.
During the high-level debate in the UN General Assembly, more than 80 per cent of world leaders mentioned climate change in their speeches: an indication of the “urgency” of this issue.
That’s according to the man overseeing the UN body in which all 193 member states have equal representation.
“No distinction, no discrimination, no violence” are words to live by for Vitit Muntarbhorn, the first-ever UN Independent Expert tasked to protect against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Mr Muntarbhorn works with countries to assess the implementation of human rights instruments that ensure this protection.
Pooling the different strengths of countries which contribute thousands of troops to UN missions around the world, will make peacekeeping safer and more effective.
That’s the view of Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khurram Dastgir Khan, who is attending the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial conference in Vancouver, Canada.
Senior politicians and military leaders from more than 80 countries have joined UN Peacekeeping teams to discuss how to fill vital gaps in equipment and personnel.
The man in charge of blue helmets serving at the UN’s deadliest peacekeeping mission, which is facing serious shortfalls in equipment and personnel, has pledged to succeed - if he’s given the tools to do the job.
The digital gap between richer and poorer countries is growing, the UN said on Wednesday, as it announced that Iceland leads the way for information communication technology usage.
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Nordic nation outperformed the rest of the global community, with the Republic of Korea and Switzerland in second and third place respectively.
Governments have a “huge responsibility” in ensuring that communities can respond to rising sea levels or other impacts of climate change, a senior official with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has said.
UNEP Deputy Executive Director Ibrahim Thiaw believes this preparation is especially critical for African countries, whose economies rely heavily on agriculture and fisheries.
