In May, Kenya became a space nation with the launch of its first, very own, cube satellite, designated “1KUNS-PF” – which stands for “First Kenyan University Nano Satellite-Precursor Flight”.
UN News’ Vibhu Mishra spoke with John Njoroge Kimani, the Lead Scientist and Coordinator at the Kenya Space Agency about its new satellite, and what it means for the country.
R2P, shorthand for the Responsibility to Protect, has been a guiding principle for well over a decade, but only now has it become an official agenda item at the UN General Assembly.
According to Adama Dieng, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide, this makes 2018 an historic year.
In June, Mr. Dieng spoke to Liz Scaffidi about the importance of R2P, and how it has gained traction over the years.
“Everybody has a role to play” in the fight against terrorism, and a “strong coalition” is needed if societies everywhere are to overcome the scourge.
That’s according to Jürgen Stock, chief of the international crime-fighting organization, INTERPOL, who is one of the high-profile officials attending the first ever global conference on counter-terrorism, at UN Headquarters this week.
He told Ben Malor, why it was important for INTERPOL to be involved in the conference.
A deal which would see the United Nations take control of Yemen’s most important port, and prevent full-scale conflict there that could leave millions more in need, must be seen in the context of restarting long-term political talks towards a lasting peace.
More than 10,000 children were killed or maimed due to conflict last year, according to an UN report, including shocking examples of girls being used as “human bombs” by Boko Haram terrorists, and attacks on schools and hospitals.
Excessive bleeding after childbirth still kills around 70,000 mothers a year, but a new heat-resistant drug called carbetocin, which does not need refrigeration, could now save “thousands of women’s lives” in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl explained to Daniel Johnson why the development is a potential “game-changer” for women’s health.
The ceasefires earlier this month in Afghanistan conducted by the government and the Taliban extremist group are a signal that peace is possible in the war-weary country.
That’s the assessment of Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), who briefed the Security Council this week.
Dianne Penn asked Mr. Yamamoto about his message to the 15 ambassadors.
Human rights affect everyone and all countries have a responsibility to work together to protect them, a former Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Council has said.
Speaking in defence of the UN’s principal political human rights body, following the United States’ decision to leave it earlier this week citing allegations of long-term bias, Christian Strohal spoke to Michelle Kusuma, in Geneva, and told her that everybody needed to be engaged on human rights.
Improving the lives of people in countries emerging from conflict is the goal of police officers serving at UN peacekeeping operations around the world.
That’s the assessment of Luís Carrilho, the man who heads the organization’s Police Division, which is hosting the two-day UN Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS) in New York.
More than 11,000 officers from 89 countries currently serve at UN missions.
Heads of counter-terrorism agencies from across the world will be meeting at UN Headquarters in New York next week for the first time, to pool expertise, resources and ideas to fight back against the growing scourge of international terrorism.
Elena Vapnitchnaia asked the Under-Secretary-General of the Office of Counter-Terrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, what was so significant about the upcoming High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism.
