Asia Pacific

An UNHCR employee helps a family of survivors of the earthquake in Central Sulawesi move into a UNHCR emergency family tent, in the Wani Village of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. 25 October 2018.
© UNHCR/Steffen Limboki

FROM THE FIELD: 10,000 Indonesia quake survivors to receive UN tents

29 October 2018
Humanitarian Aid

More than 2,000 emergency tents have been delivered by the UN to the people worst affected by the devastating earquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi in Indonesia in September, 2018. 

Rido Saputra, 10 years old, stands in front of his home which was destroyed by the tsunami in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia (3 October).
UNICEF/UN0240792/Wilander

Do all you can to resolve climate change ‘sticking points’ UN chief urges South-East Asian leaders, in Bali

11 October 2018
Humanitarian Aid

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has called for Governments across South-East Asia, to take a lead in the fight against global warming and the damaging impact of climate change.

A night Earth observation photograph taken from the International Space Station, as it passes over Japan. Also in the picture are a Soyuz Spacecraft, connected to the Station’s Mini Research Module 1, and a Progress Spacecraft.
Scott Kelly/NASA

Backed by UN, Asia-Pacific countries to advance space technology for ‘development transformation’

10 October 2018
SDGs

Gathered at a United Nations conference in Bangkok, countries from the Asia-Pacific region pledged to work together on Wednesday to leverage the power of space technology and boost sustainable development.

On 30 September 2018 in Indonesia, residents evacuate victims who died during the Palu earthquake at the Balaroa National Park, West Palu, Central Sulawesi, after the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi on September 28.
© UNICEF/Arimacs Wilander

‘Full impact’ of Indonesia disaster unclear, as UN teams push into worst-hit areas

2 October 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Four days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, UN agencies and partners have warned that some communities have yet to be reached and the death toll may rise, as the scale of the destruction unfolds

Maria Helena Lopes de Jesus Pires, Chair of Delegation and Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the UN, addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Timor-Leste exemplifies continued UN help in settling sea dispute with Australia, General Assembly told

1 October 2018
Economic Development

TImor-Leste, a country which the United Nations shepherded to independence from Indonesia 16 years ago, is a prime example of what the world Organization can do in resolving international conflicts and disputes, Delegation Chair Maria Helena Pires told the General Assembly on Monday.

Virasakdi Futrakul, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Thailand endorses Secretary-General’s call to make UN more effective, Minister tells General Assembly

1 October 2018
UN Affairs

The United Nations needs to adapt to meet the challenges facing the world, Thailand’s Deputy Foreign Minister Virasakdi Futrakul told the General Assembly on Monday, endorsing Secretary General António Guterres’s efforts to make the Organization more effective.

Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Regional, global solidarity indispensable to achieve sustainable development, says Lao PDR minister

29 September 2018
SDGs

National governments and the international community must work “hand-in-hand” to realize the lofty goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Foreign Minister of Laos People’s Democratic Republic said at the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Trust with US must be built before Korean Peninsula can be reunited, DPRK insists at UN

29 September 2018
Peace and Security

Despite taking goodwill measures over the past year, including dismantling a nuclear test site, there was “no way” the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea would unilaterally disarm itself without rebuilding trust with the United States, DPRK’s Foreign Minister told the United Nations on Saturday.

Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore, addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

‘We cannot abandon’ rules-based world order, Singapore urges in UN speech

29 September 2018
UN Affairs

Multilateralism may have occasionally been “oversold as a panacea”, but the world cannot abandon the rules-based world order which has brought peace and prosperity during the lifetime of the United Nations, Singapore’s Foreign Minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday.

Alan Peter Cayetano, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Philippines successfully ‘salvaging’ itself from becoming ‘a Narco State’, Foreign Minister tells Assembly

29 September 2018
UN Affairs

The Philippines, under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte, is on track to reverse its decline towards becoming a “Narco State”, or one that is being “held hostage” by the rich and powerful, said its Foreign Affairs minister at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual debate on Saturday.