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Special Adviser for Yemen Jamal Benomar.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Yemen: UN mediator facilitates transfer of military leadership

A United Nations mediator facilitated the peaceful transfer of command of a key military brigade from a relative of the country’s former President to an official appointed by his elected successor, Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, as part of the country’s ongoing transition process.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Creation of sustainable jobs at centre of UN youth forum

The creation of green jobs is essential to ensure a sustainable future, United Nations officials stressed today at a forum held at the Organization’s Headquarters in New York aimed at giving young people a platform to voice their concerns, experiences and ideas to tackle youth unemployment.