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From raising awareness, to victim assistance and demining, women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo play a key role in mine action.
Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/UNMAS

Civilians continue bear brunt of cluster munitions’ indiscriminate devastation, UN-backed report reveals

31 August 2018
Humanitarian Aid

Though 2017 saw a sharp decline in casualties as a result of the use of cluster munitions compared to the previous year, two conflicts – in Syria and Yemen – accounted for the vast majority of the victims, a new United Nations-backed civil society report has found.

Countering cybercrime creates stronger banking and stronger financial institutions, which leads to better economic prosperity.
UNODC

Development gains unsustainable without cyber-diplomacy, UN official says

31 August 2018
Economic Development

Hacking, child sexual exploitation and other cybercrimes could keep countries from reaching their development goals, warns a United Nations official who is urging Governments and private sectors to rethink how they work together.

Two-year-old Rumana is led by a community worker as she and her family are relocated to a safer area of the Kutupalong-Balukhali camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, which was hit by monsoon rains in July.
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Act now to save children from rise in climate-driven extreme weather – UNICEF

31 August 2018
Climate and Environment

Governments are being pressed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to act now to safeguard younger generations from the immediate and long-term impacts of so-called “extreme weather events.”

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Security Council meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security, with a focus on mediation and settlement of disputes.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

As conflicts become more complex, ‘mediation is no longer an option; it is a necessity’, UN chief tells Security Council

29 August 2018
Peace and Security

As war and the mediation of peace have become increasingly complex, innovative thinking is needed to save and improve the lives of millions, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.

A nuclear test is carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971.
CTBTO

Nuclear test ban treaty critical to global collective security – UN chief

29 August 2018
Peace and Security

Every effort should be made to bring a global treaty into force that prevents more countries from developing nuclear weapons, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.

Students using tablets from the Instant Network Schools (INS) project in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
UNHCR/Catherine Wachiaya

Half the world’s refugee children not in school, UN agency finds

29 August 2018
Migrants and Refugees

With more and more children forced to leave their homes, over half of the world’s school-aged refugees are now out of education, the United Nations refugee agency said in a new report released on Wednesday.

The UN World Tourism Organization has reported that in 2017, rose to become the world’s second most-visited destination in terms of international arrivals, Barcelona is pictured here.
World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie

International tourism arrivals hit record high in 2017, UN agency reports

27 August 2018
Economic Development

The number of people travelling abroad has hit its highest level since 2010, according to data from the Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a specialized agency of the United Nations.

Children wash hands at the canteen of Secondary School No 20 in Toretsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine.
UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN

27 August 2018
Culture and Education

Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene remains “a huge challenge,” the United Nations warned on Monday

A young woman wears a shirt bearing the logo of the 67th DPI/NGO Conference at United Nations Headquarters in New York, 22 August 2018.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Embrace ‘people-centered multilateralism,’ UN-civil society forum urges

23 August 2018
SDGs

Thursday afternoon, the 67th United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)/Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Conference concluded, pledging to “uplift those whose human rights are most under threat and to protect our planet by living in harmony with nature.”

The Nigerien army patrols the Sahara desert targetting militant groups including ISIL and Boko Haram.
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ISIL continues to pose a ‘serious challenge’ worldwide – UN counter-terror chief

23 August 2018
Peace and Security

Despite serious military setbacks, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) may still have around 20,000 fighters and is continuing its dangerous transformation into a covert global network, while focusing on the activities of its regional offshoots, the United Nations Security Council was told.