Migration in Africa is good for the continent and “good for the world” as a catalyst for job and wealth creation, a UN expert economist said on Thursday.
Reforming how the UN approaches making sustainable development a reality, will allow the world body to transform a “cacophony” into a “symphony”.
That’s the pledge from Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Thursday, as the General Assembly adopts a landmark resolution the UN chief says will place sustainable development “at the heart” of everything the Organization does.
Seven out of 10 people in some countries are still unaware that smoking causes fatal diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Marking World No Tobacco Day 2018, the UN health agency is alerting smokers around the world to the fact that their addictive habit still causes more than 3 million deaths each year.
Energy, dedication and stamina are the hallmarks of effective peacekeeping in world hotspots that are “afflicted by conflict.”
That’s the view of Abu Jeing, a Human rights Officer from The Gambia, working with the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
Adam Ahmen of UNAMID spoke to Mr. Jeing, regarding the 70th Anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping.
Since 1948, UN peacekeepers have supported countries emerging from conflict.
Major General Tim Ford of Australia, a former UN military adviser, spoke to Julia Dean about the blue helmets’ 70 years of service and sacrifice.
How good is the United Nations at promoting peace? That’s the subject of a book that’s just been published by the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, in collaboration with Abat Oliba University in Barcelona.
The hydraulic extraction of natural gas — known as fracking — produces cleaner energy than oil and coal, but it’s not necessarily in the best interests of the world’s poorest countries, UN development experts said on Thursday.
Deadly Ebola disease could spread “very fast” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but more than 150 World Health Organization (WHO) staff are already hard at work there helping to protect communities from the threat, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Coordinator for Africa, told Daniel Johnson on Wednesday.
To date, there have been 58 confirmed, probable or suspected cases of the disease in the north-west of the country, and 27 people have died since the outbreak was declared on 8 May.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is supporting a campaign to vaccinate every child and young person in Fiji against meningococcal disease, the illness which causes meningitis, or inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
To find out more about the campaign, Julia Dean spoke to Cate Heinlich, UNICEF Chief of Communication in the Pacific region.
UN Environment has a new patron with a remarkable track record of working with businesses and Governments to protect and conserve national parks - Kristine Tompkins, the first-ever UN Environment Patron of Protected Areas.
