Renewed violence in Central African Republic (CAR) that has included the torching of displacement camps and set back aid efforts to parts of the embattled country will not diminish the international community’s “duty of hope”, the UN top humanitarian official there has said.
Take-home pay around the world is growing at its slowest rate since the 2008 global financial crisis, the head of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday.
Based on the findings of the Global Wage Report 2018/19, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder warned that salaries are “stagnating” despite rising production, and that they are an “obstacle” to economic growth and better living standards.
While the Asia-Pacific region has made “spectacular success” over the years, pulling almost a billion people out of poverty and making people healthier, the region needs to “vastly accelerate” efforts if it is to meet the ambitious sustainable development agenda by 2030.
The greatest challenge for the region is growing inequality, says Kaveh Zahedi, the Deputy Executive Secretary for Sustainable Development at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
It’s not every day you see a giant inflatable toilet installed in downtown Geneva outside the UN, but that’s what was on view today, in a bid to raise awareness about the fact that more than 890 million people still defecate in the open.
The many problems associated with not having your own place to go are highlighted by the Water Supply and Collaborative Council (WSSCC), which is responsible for bringing this super-size replica to Geneva on World Toilet Day.
Ending intolerance means eliminating one of humanity’s “dark spots,” Sukhdeep Singh Bhogal, better known as YouTube hip-hop artist and musician, L-FRESH THE LION, told UN News on Friday, marking the International Day for Tolerance.
L-FRESH and four other Youtubers from India, Germany, Canada and Sudan are part of the Youtube Creators for Change initiative, which spotlights inspirational creators who use the video platform to foster productive conversations around tough global issues.
From the blast of a gun to a quiet ticking, illicit small arms are being transformed from something deadly into something timely: A wristwatch, made of what’s being dubbed “Humanium” – metal derived from seized illegal firearms.
Humanium is the brainchild of Peter Brune, of the IM Swedish Development Partner organization, who produced the watch in conjunction with TRIWA watch company, short for transforming industry watches.
Farmers in Zimbabwe have already struggled with erratic rainfall and a fragile economy this year, but now they look set to suffer the effects of an El Niño-related drought, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday.
In a bid to help an estimated 3.9 million people who face severe food insecurity between now and April, the World Food Programme (WFP) and partners are stepping up relief to those most in need – particularly those in the southern districts and other smallholders in the west and north of the country.
People in every region of the world who do not have a nationality face a “day-to-day struggle” in accessing basic human rights such as education, healthcare and work, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
It’s thought that there are an estimated 12 million stateless people globally, and the UN agency is calling for countries to speed up their efforts to eradicate the problem by 2024, as spokesperson Andrej Mahecic tells UN News’s Daniel Johnson.
The overuse of antibiotics not just for human and animal health but also in food production is leading to an increased resistance of bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites to antimicrobial treatments, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The UN agency says that one person dies every minute from an infection which antibiotics have failed to treat.
Low and middle-income countries have been affected most by what experts have called “superbugs.”
For 19 years, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has brought together young musicians from Israel and the Arab world, with the aim of promoting peace through dialogue and mutual understanding.
The Orchestra was founded in 1999 by renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim, whose work is recognised by the UN, through his role as a Messenger of Peace.
Following a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Maestro Barenboim visited Secretary-General António Guterres at UN HQ on Friday.
