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Women parliamentarians of the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga or “House of the People”) arrive at their inauguration ceremony in Kabul (2001).
UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

Parliaments can be pillars of democracy and defenders of human rights, says UN chief on International Day

30 June 2018
SDGs

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored the “pivotal role” played by parliaments and their importance to “advance the aspirations” of the citizens they represent.

An observation post of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights, Syria.
UN Photo/Gernot Maier

Security Council renews mandates of UN force monitoring separation area between Israel and Syria; AU-UN hybrid mission in Darfur

30 June 2018
Peace and Security

Adopting separate resolutions, the United Nations Security Council has extended the mandates of the Organization’s Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) and the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).

UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

‘We must fight terrorism together’ without sacrificing legal and human rights, declares UN chief

29 June 2018
Peace and Security

With new solutions proposed, and new partnerships established, the United Nations Secretary-General told delegates from Member States attending the first ever High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism, that he was committed to meeting the challenge of “keeping your citizens safe”.

Mine action makes it possible for peacekeepers to carry out patrols, for humanitarian agencies to deliver assistance and for ordinary citizens to live without the fear that a single misstep could cost them their lives. The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS),
MINUSMA/Marco Dormino

Mine action is at ‘the nexus’ of peace, security and development: UN official

29 June 2018
Peace and Security

Despite international efforts, the number of people killed or injured by landmines and other explosive hazards has risen following years of decline, the Security Council heard on Friday.

António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration
IOM

Veteran public official from Portugal elected to lead UN migration agency

29 June 2018
Migrants and Refugees

A lawyer and politician from Portugal, with an extensive career in public service, has been elected to head the United Nations migration agency.

Destroyed cars near a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after a double suicide attack by Al-Qaeda-affiliated extremist group Al Shabaab that killed 18 people and injured dozens more.
UN Photo/Stuart Price

‘Agile’, multilateral response vital to combat terrorism – UN chief Guterres

28 June 2018
Peace and Security

The complex and evolving nature of terrorism necessitates a response that is as agile and multifaceted as the threat itself, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Thursday.

A mother helps her children get ready for bed in Bangladesh. October 2016.
World Bank/Dominic Chavez

‘Global care crisis’ set to affect 2.3 billion people warns UN labour agency

28 June 2018
Economic Development

A “global care crisis” is looming which could affect 2.3 billion people by 2030, United Nations work experts warned on Thursday, highlighting the potential for greater inequality in a sector where women already perform “more than three-quarters” of all unpaid work.

Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inventory a stockpile of 22mm chemical artillery projectiles (file photo).
OPCW

Global chemical weapons watchdog adds new powers to assign blame, following attacks

27 June 2018
Peace and Security

The United Nations chemical weapons watchdog voted in favour of a United Kingdom-led proposal on Wednesday, allocating itself new powers to assign blame for attacks.

Mother Celia Virginia Flores Mamani, 37, holds her seven-day-old baby daughter Priscilla Solamita Meza Flores, who was born at the health centre in Yaurisque District, Paruro Province, Peru, Saturday 10 February 2018.
UNICEF/Ilvy Njiokiktjien

WHO study reveals ‘game-changer’ drug with potential to save thousands of women’s lives in childbirth

27 June 2018
Health

A stand-by drug used to prevent potentially-fatal bleeding after childbirth has some new competition – with improved benefits, according a United Nations health agency-led report.

Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. (November 1949).
UN Photo

New book honours UN women who made HERstory

27 June 2018
Women

Raising awareness of women’s contributions is critical to correcting historical imbalances that have undervalued their presence, the United Nations Secretary-General said on Wednesday.