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Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Shamshad Akhtar.
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Global economy improving but greater policy coordination needed, UN reports

18 December 2013
Economic Development

The global economy is expected to continue to grow over the next two years, the United Nations today reported, but stronger international policy coordination is needed to steady the remaining fragility in the banking system and geopolitics which could hamper financial stability.

Civil conflict in the Central African Republic has displaced more than half a million people within the country in the last year, the UN says. UNHCR/B. Heger

UN refugee chief seeks support to assist record number of internally displaced people

11 December 2013
Migrants and Refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today appealed for greater global support to assist the almost 30 million people around the world who are forcibly displaced in their own countries.

Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.
UN Photo/Amanda Voisard

Deputy UN chief urges greater national ownership, funding for security sector reform

5 November 2013
Peace and Security

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson has urged greater national ownership and more funding towards security sector reform as part of an effort to strengthen the links between peace and security, development, and human rights.

Special Committee on Decolonization begins its annual programme of work at UN Headquarters. N Photo/Rick Bajornas

Ban calls for fresh ideas to advance decolonization as UN body begins annual session

21 February 2013
UN Affairs

With the world undergoing a “great transition,” it is time for a new kind of inclusive dialogue about decolonization, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for fresh approaches to resolve the situations of the remaining 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories.

A billboard campaign in Sri Lanka highlighting the plight of girl child soldiers.
IRIN/Rebecca Murray

UN envoy urges greater efforts to end use of child soldiers

12 February 2013
Peace and Security

From the besieged cities of Syria to the desert battlefields of Mali, children throughout the world continue to endure the indignities of forced conscription and suffer the resulting legacy of combat on their health and well-being, a top United Nations official warned today.

The Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany, Miguel Berger, who also serves as the Chair of the General Assembly's Fifth Committee, during discussions.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

FEATURE: The UN General Assembly’s Fifth Committee – administrative and budgetary issues

3 January 2013
UN Affairs

Established in 1945, at the end stages of World War II, the United Nations General Assembly serves as the world body's principal policy-making and deliberative organ, providing a forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the UN Charter.

Ambassador Nelson Messone of Gabon, Chair of the General Assembly's Fourth Committee, during discussions.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

FEATURE: The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee – special political and decolonization issues

2 January 2013
Peace and Security

Established in 1945, at the end stages of World War II, the United Nations General Assembly serves as the world body's principal policy-making and deliberative organ, providing a forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the UN Charter.