From racism to refugees, Kevin Feinberg, had much to say at the UN on Thursday after an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Anne Frank Diary.
Honouring the legacy of the young Jewish girl who recorded her experiences while hiding in an Amsterdam attic during World War II, some 500 school children participated in “From Desperation to Inspiration.”
Cybercrime is becoming such a huge threat to society that nothing less than a “Digital Geneva Convention” for the world is needed, the President of tech giant Microsoft said at the UN on Thursday.
Some 120,000 hectares of land in South Sudan have been cleared of landmines and other unexploded ordinance; one of the significant achievements of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) there.
That’s according to Programme Officer Tim Lardner, speaking recently to our colleagues at the UN mission in the country.
South Sudan became independent in 2011, but the mine action programme has been there since 2004, when it was still part of Sudan.
“Building peace” and “bringing hope” are at the core of UN Police work, says the highest-ranking woman police officer serving in the UN system.
Priscilla Makotose, is Police Commissioner for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), and was appointed in March last year.
She says that professionalism, integrity, and honesty lie at the heart of the job, together with applying a “zero-tolerance” approach to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse.
Countries that have developed space technologies and services must do more to share these resources with other nations, according to the head of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization.
Dr Xinjun Li believes sharing satellites and the high-resolution images they provide, is in line with international efforts to bring about a more just and equitable world.
Children in South Sudan “must not be deprived” of their right to quality education.
That’s the passionate view of Shambhu Upreti, who commands the Nepal Formed Police Unit (FPU), currently supporting conflict-affected school children in South Sudan as part of the UN mission, UNMISS.
Since the outbreak of major civil conflict in 2013, many children have been forced to go to school in UN Protection-of-Civilian sites.
Although high-resolution satellite images and other information derived from space-based technologies are critical to disaster response and recovery efforts, many governments believe these resources are out of their reach.
That’s according to an official with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) which helps developing countries to access this data via the United Nations Platform for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER).
Profitable and environmentally-friendly solutions already exist that can help to reduce global warming, and they need to be implemented as a matter of urgency by the international community.
That’s the message from solar plane explorer Bertrand Piccard, who’s been taking part in an electric car rally outside the UN in Geneva.
With talk of missions to Mars and films such as “Hidden Figures” playing in cinemas across the world, outer space still remains a source of fascination for today’s youth.
That’s according to a representative of an NGO representing some 10,000 young people across the world.
Zihua Zhu, Asia-Pacific Regional Coordinator for the Space Generation Advisory Council, is in Dubai this week for a conference looking at how the global space sector can contribute to development efforts.
There is “no doubt” that in two incidents investigated by a joint-UN investigation body this year, chemical weapons were used by the Syrian government, and the Da’esh terrorist group.
That’s according to Edmund Mulet, who is head of the joint UN-OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) body known as the JIM, or Joint Investigative Mechanism.
