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A new bond with nature is goal of UN’s Mother Earth Day celebration

23 April 2018
SDGs

 Harmony with Nature – living a better quality of life while minimizing the use of toxic materials and preserving natural resources – was the focus of the International Mother Earth Day celebration Monday at the United Nations.

UNMIL/Christopher Herwig

Security sector reform ‘core element’ of sustaining peace, say top UN officials

23 April 2018
Peace and Security

Top United Nations officials have underscored the importance of security sector reform, which they say could mean the difference between peace and conflict, and between life and death.

UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file)

UN chief condemns airstrikes on civilians in Yemen; calls for prompt, transparent investigation

23 April 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a prompt, effective and transparent investigation into recent airstrikes on civilians in Yemen, which claimed at least 50 lives, including children, and injured many others.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

At development financing forum, top UN officials urge breakaway from ‘short-termism’

23 April 2018
SDGs

The United Nations will support countries’ path to sustainable development by brokering partnerships, pursuing innovative finance, leveraging resources and building the necessary capacities, senior officials said Monday, highlighting the need for a change of mind-set from “short-termism” to long-term investments. 

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

With threat of nuclear weapon use growing, non-proliferation treaty more vital than ever – UN official

23 April 2018
Peace and Security

The United Nations disarmament chief said on Monday that the world today faces similar challenges to the context that gave birth to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and that the threat of use of nuclear weapons is growing.

UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

Youth ‘the missing peace’ to tackling global challenges, UN envoy tells Security Council

23 April 2018
Peace and Security

Tapping the potential and creativity of young people is indispensable to prevent conflict and build peace, the United Nations youth envoy said Monday, urging governments to create conditions that allow their meaningful participation in civic and political lives.

Photo: Moa Haeggblom

Unity in Security Council was key to recent easing of tensions on Korean Peninsula – UN chief

23 April 2018
Peace and Security

The unity within the Security Council played an essential role in creating the positive momentum that led to a decision by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to suspend nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the United Nations chief said Monday, noting however that the 15-member body has so far failed to achieve such unity to tackle the Syrian crisis.

UN Photo/Violaine Martin

Imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist to receive UN press freedom prize

23 April 2018
Human Rights

A photojournalist who has been in jail for nearly five years after being arrested for covering a demonstration in Cairo has been selected to receive this year’s press freedom prize from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

UN Photo.

Guterres hails predecessor Dag Hammarskjöld as ‘my reference and my inspiration’

22 April 2018
UN Affairs

Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday described his predecessor Dag Hammarskjöld as his “fundamental inspiration,” who should be regarded as the “central reference” point for the whole United Nations ideal today.

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Climate Action Special Envoy Bloomberg pledges $4.5 million to help UN fight climate change in line with the Paris Agreement

22 April 2018
Climate Change

The UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, Michael Bloomberg, announced on Sunday a contribution of $4.5 million to the Organization’s Climate Change Secretariat, the UNFCCC.